With new COVID-19 cases exceeding 5,000 per day in Florida, nurses on the frontlines have had to quickly adapt to new roles and new procedures in a relentless battle to save lives. They have often worked without sufficient resources, support or protection in a constantly…
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida tops 36,000, the challenges Florida’s doctors and nurses face every day are becoming increasingly apparent. From the imminent threat to their own health and dangers of spreading the disease to their families to deciding how best to…
To say that Florida’s doctors, nurses and other frontline healthcare workers are experiencing extreme stress during the coronavirus pandemic is an understatement. They are working long shifts, watching patients and colleagues become seriously ill and end up in ICU, putting themselves in harm’s way and…
Bail Reform and Pretrial Release: Our Clients Should Have a Choice Across the United States, calls for criminal justice reform are coming from every political and socioeconomic corner. Rapper Meek Mill and music mogul Jay-Z have created the Reform Alliance, an organization dedicated to probation…
Thousands of nurses throughout the state of Florida have participated in the Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) since it was established in 1983 as an alternative to disciplinary action for nurses with substance abuse problems. Some have benefited from the program, but many nurses have…
Drug diversion is a serious allegation that could lead to loss of employment, action against your nursing license, and possibly even criminal charges. If you have been accused of diverting drugs from a Pyxis or other automated medication dispensing system, it is important to get…
Nurses have substance abuse problems at a rate similar to the general population. However, for nurses, substance abuse presents a significant problem, since drug or alcohol use can compromise your workplace and jeopardize patient safety. The State of Florida takes this problem very seriously, with…
In the past few years, law enforcement agencies and government attorneys have increased their efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict doctors and others in the health care field who give or receive kickbacks. In fact, federal kickback cases often involve agents, attorneys and resources from…
The man accused by deputies of killing St. Cloud mom Nicole Montalvo will no longer be held in jail on murder charges, an Osceola County judge ruled Tuesday afternoon. The State Attorney’s Office told Spectrum News 13 on Tuesday that it did not miss any…
This past year, news headlines have featured numerous reports of doctors being arrested, fined, and imprisoned for overprescribing opiates. For example, the Detroit Free Press spread the news that Michigan’s “top doctor” had been accused of overprescribing opioids (May 31, 2019); U.S. News and World…
