Plaintiffs’ operative complaint alleged that decedent George Fenimore, Jr., suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, was prone to wandering away from home, and had begun to suffer an increased number of falls, leading his family to admit him to a local hospital. He was transferred from that hospital to Resnick…
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The state nursing board has the power under state law to revoke a license in the case of a refusal to submit to a board-ordered mental health examination, the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two held September 26 (Ophelia Lee v. Board of Registered Nursing). Ophelia…
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They say it only takes a few bad apples to ruin a barrel. Just as other licensed professions in California battle with the few that can tarnish the reputation of the many, so goes the nursing profession. The head-turner with nursing, however, is that people’s lives are at stake and…
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