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About Nancy Brent

Nancy J. Brent, RN, MS, JD received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and concentrates her own solo law practice in health law and legal representation, consultation, and education for health care professionals, school of nursing faculty, and health care delivery facilities.

Brent has conducted many seminars on legal issues in nursing and health care delivery across the country and has published extensively in the area of law and nursing practice.

Is there a simple disclaimer that I could add to my e-mails?
Do PRI assessors have to be certified?
Is it legal for an assistant nurse manager or nurse manager to change the times on their staff‘s timecards in order to not have to pay overtime?
I was recently convicted of a felony for forgery, and I am on parole. Will I be able to get my RN license when I‘m finished with school?
What liability am I exposed to when I am forced to care for a patient that I don't feel qualified to manage?
What is the proper documentation needed in an allergy office for narcotics?
How long after retirement must one maintain professional liability insurance?
How much information should a school nurse document in a student‘s health record?
Is it possible to take the NCLEX in one state but receive your RN license from another state?
Where can I find information about sticker-based standing order protocols?
My friend has been told not return to work until she gets her CT results. She is capable of working. Have any of her rights or any laws been violated in this scenario?
I am a school nurse employed by the local board of education and working in a non-public high school. Should I carry malpractice insurance?
I‘m a CPR instructor. Let‘s say my student ends up doing CPR on someone, and the person dies. Will the Good Samaritan law protect the person who taught the student CPR?
What should be done if a patient is restrained and refuses to eat and nurses think he should be fed?
Would the Good Samaritan Law protect nurses and others who are CPR certified if they make church ushers and ministers aware of their availability at any particular service?
At my hospital, two RNs must check blood before one RN transfuses it. Are there different regulations for transfusing blood at a freestanding dialysis unit with one RN and a non-certified PCT?
When does an RN have the right to refuse to document an incident?
My employer is creating a new position: “medication dispensing nurse.” We think the duties for the nurse in this position are outside the scope of practice of an RN. What can we do?
A manager changed the shift coordinator position from part-time to full-time. Fifteen months later, same manager created two part-time positions for shift coordinator. Is there any legal contraindication to doing this?
I work as a camp nurse. My employer is adding specialty camps from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. I am concerned about assigning a paramedic for this time if I am not on the premises. How does this affect my license?

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