Professional boundaries protect patients. A nurse manager wonders if a line was crossed when a male staff member and female patient connect on social media.

A patient entered a nursing home, executed a last will and testament and died days later. His nephew challenges the will which was witnessed by a nurse.

A school nurse asked how she should respond to high school students, who drive to school and ask to be dismissed because they don't feel well.

This defamation case can show you how to avoid being on either side of a lawsuit. When a patient or fellow staff members say or write negative things about your nursing practice, it can be devastating to your personal and professional reputation. Especially if what is being said or written is not true. As I

Standards of practice serve as the basis for your overall legal standard of care, which could be called into question in a lawsuit.

A reader was reprimanded for a HIPAA violation because she threw a document with Protected Health Information into a regular trash container.