Losing your license may greatly affect your future career, but only if you failed to hire a nurse attorney for the case. There are some RNs and LVNs who missed their chances to get their license saved from revocation just because they weren’t able to hire any nurse attorney to defend them. Unfortunately, this RN from Grand Prairie, Texas happens to be one of them.
At the time of the incident, the LVN was employed as a Registered Nurse at a medical facility in San Juan City, Texas, and had been in that position for seven (7) months.
On or about 2013 through 2015, while licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas, the RN performed therapeutic phlebotomies on her family member in her home, which was an unsafe environment, without the presence of a physician’s order. The RN’s conduct placed her family member at risk of ineffective treatment.
In response to the incident, the RN states that there was a period of time that her family member was under the treatment of a physician for a health condition requiring therapeutic phlebotomy. The RN states that he would get lab work through his Primary Care Physician and then follow up for the phlebotomy. The RN states that the family member asked her if this was something that she could do at home. The RN states that she can only recall two separate occasions where this occurred but has no recollection of the dates. The RN states that her family member was not forced by her to do this against his will and that it was his persistence that finally convinced her to do it. The RN states that she made these choices under immense psychological and emotional strain.
Unfortunately, without an effective nurse attorney to defend her case, the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) decided to take disciplinary action against the RN.
Losing your LVN or RN license can compromise your career. However, a skilled nurse attorney can greatly help you in major cases such as this. For assistance regarding your nurse license case, it’s best to contact Nurse Attorney Yong J. An by contacting him at (832) 428-5679.