States are rooting out alleged “fake” nurses and penalizing them for buying fraudulent nursing school transcripts and diplomas from three now-shuttered Florida schools. The bogus documents — which ...

Medscape's Legal and Professional Issues for Nurses allows readers to seek general information from Carolyn Buppert, MSN, JD about legal or professional nursing issues, including advanced practice ...

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed March 27 against Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler County, Pa., alleging the facility employed a nurse who had a history of administering ...

Most people strenuously avoid moving into long-term care facilities like nursing homes. Unfortunately, a parent’s move to a nursing home could eventually cause misery for that parent’s adult children.

The case was filed on behalf of the estate of 70-year-old Patricia O'Donnell who allegedly died as a result of improper care at the nursing facility in which she lived. A Pennsylvania common pleas ...