A licensed RN / LVN in Texas may be subjected to a disciplinary proceeding before the Texas Board of Nursing. Whenever an LVN or RN finds herself in such a situation, she will need to find the best nurse attorney in the country. This is important, as it is her only chance to protect her RN / LVN license. Otherwise, the Texas Board of Nursing may find her guilty in the administrative case and order for the revocation of her RN/LVN license. So, hiring a nurse attorney at this time is crucially needed.
The disciplinary proceeding before the Texas Board of Nursing is an administrative proceeding wherein LVN / RN are charged for the commission of an offense or violation of certain state laws.
An LVN from Deer Park was one of the thousands of nurses charged before the Texas Board of Nursing. The complaint alleged that while employed as an LVN, she failed to provide nursing care for the patient.
On or about August 15, 2017, while employed as an LVN, she failed to accurately transcribe a physician’s order for Morphine Sulfate Contin Extended-Release for a patient. The LVN entered the medication dosage into the electronic medical record (EMR) as Morphine Sulfate 30 mg, 3 tabs, three (3) times per day, totaling 90 mg, instead of 60 mg, 1 tablet, three (3) times per day.
The correct dose was not entered until the next day when LVN returned to work, causing the nurse working the next shift to administer the incorrect dose due to the incorrect transcription.
Her conduct resulted in an inaccurate medical record and was likely to injure the patient in that subsequent caregivers would not have accurate and complete information on which to base their care decisions.
Subsequently, another incident happened the day after. The LVN failed to document vital signs and failed to document incidents on a Medication Incident / Error Report when the patient was given the incorrect dose of medication due to the transcription error into the EMR.
Additionally, the LVN failed to document the reasons why the patient was later transported to the hospital.
Her conduct resulted in an inaccurate medical record and was likely to injure the patient in that subsequent caregivers would not have accurate and complete information on which to base their care decisions.
LVN was given the chance to defend her case. She admits she inaccurately transcribed the medication into the electronic medical record (EMR), which should have been 60 mg, and not 90 mg. She also states she did not administer Morphine Sulfate to the patient, when she came into work the next morning and was informed of the incorrect transcription of the medication, she corrected it immediately.
Another incident about the LVN happened on or about December 9, 2016, when she failed to use the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for a patient.
Subsequently, the emergency medical team placed the patient on a cardiac monitor, transported the patient to the hospital, and where he expired.
The LVN’s conduct resulted in a delay in emergency treatment for the resident that was needed to prevent further complications. The Texas Board of Nursing eventually found the LVN guilty. She was only sanctioned to remedial education.
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