Cideous Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/25/opioid-epidemic-nurse-christina-collins-prescriptions-east-tennessee/2411378002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyVetDude Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 This is what happens when a nursing board tries to discipline NP's. These nurses on the board does not even have a single experience prescribing a simple Zpak, yet they try to determine how narcotics should be prescribed appropriately. It is quite sad to see that they don't know what they really dont know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted December 26, 2018 Administrator Share Posted December 26, 2018 19 hours ago, ArmyVetDude said: This is what happens when a nursing board tries to discipline NP's. These nurses on the board does not even have a single experience prescribing a simple Zpak, yet they try to determine how narcotics should be prescribed appropriately. While that's an appropriate theoretical concern, I'm not sure it applies in this case. A quick Google search finds a LinkedIn for Lee Ann Stearns, most likely the one mentioned in the aritcle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-ann-stearnes-79b81831/ She's a 2009 MSN graduate practicing in emergency medicine, with a background in family medicine as an RN. She should know better. The American Pain Society, whose journal she's accused of relying on inappropriately, has been called an Astroturfing organization: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/addiction-corporate-morality-crisis-171029102559319.html (yeah, that's not a great source for the allegation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalPalm Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 22 hours ago, ArmyVetDude said: This is what happens when a nursing board tries to discipline NP's. These nurses on the board does not even have a single experience prescribing a simple Zpak, yet they try to determine how narcotics should be prescribed appropriately. It is quite sad to see that they don't know what they really dont know. Um, a simple search of the Tennessee Board of Nursing demonstrates that the members of the Board include both RNs and APRNs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexapro Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 What is the point of this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeryOldPA Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Lexapro said: What is the point of this thread? I was wondering the same thing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 11 hours ago, VeryOldPA said: I was wondering the same thing myself. A PA in Cal was busted for something very similar and a thread was started....see first page on this board. I was simply pointing out that it happens not just to PA's but NP's as well. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexapro Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 And physicians get busted all the time as well. Should we start a thread about that? At least the thread about the PA was relevant to this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted December 29, 2018 Administrator Share Posted December 29, 2018 Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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