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At the time of the initial incident, she was employed as an LVN with a medical facility providing home healthcare services for children in San Angelo, Texas, and had been in that position for two (2) months.
On or about December 6, 2020, while employed as an LVN with a medical facility providing home healthcare services for children in San Angelo, Texas, LVN spanked the patient on the buttocks. LVN’s conduct could have harmed the patient and could have interfered with or disrupted this patient’s treatment.
In response, LVN states that looking back at the incident, she sees that her mild swat to the patient was a lapse in judgement. There was not at any time intent on her part to do harm to the patient and there is no evidence of resulting harm to the patient and that in her ongoing nursing, it will never happen again.
The above action constitutes grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with Section 301.452(b)(10)&(13), Texas Occupations Code, and is a violation of 22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE §217.11(1)(A)&(1)(B) and 22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE §217.12 (1)(A),(1)(B), (4),(6)(C)&(6)(F).
The Texas Board of Nursing then subjected the LVN and her license into disciplinary action. The accusation would have been defended by an experienced and skilled Texas Nursing Law Attorney, had the LVN hired one. Hiring a Texas Nursing Law Attorney for defense is applicable for any kind of accusation laid against an RN or LVN.
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