Unlicensed recent nursing graduates must have licensed nurses review their documentation, or supervisors can become liable for the junior nurses' errors.

What types of documentation should a nurse retain in her personal files in case her license or job is threatened. Although not patient records, these are legally discoverable; keep this at home and share with counsel, if it becomes necessary.

Incident reports shouldn't be documented in patient records; they are internal quality documents intended to identify and remedy errors.

Nursing board investigations differ in several ways from malpractice investigations.

Tips for unfairly terminated hospital employees on how to begin the appeals process.

Before volunteering, determine whether your state requires a license for such work and the scope of tasks it permits, and any liability issues.

In cases of suspected manager discrimination, follow your facility's grievance procedure to make management understand how you are receiving different treatment.

Charting errors shold be corrected on the same paper, not destroyed, as any writing makes them part of the medical record.

Advice to an RN in good standing for contesting an unfair dismissal.