26
Jan

Florida’s Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN)

The following information appears on Florida’s Department of Health website: Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) was established in 1984 through legislative action to ensure public health and safety through a program that provides close monitoring of nurses who are unsafe to practice due to impairment as a result of misuse or abuse of alcohol or […]

15
Apr

Florida Nurses and Nursing Students with Criminal Convictions

When the SB 1986 law was passed, it became much more difficult to get a license to become an APRN, RN or LPN, and keep it,  if the applicant has a criminal conviction.  Below is the link from the Florida Nurses Association website regarding SB 1986.  http://www.floridanurse.org/legislative/index.asp This is the cut and paste of the information available from the […]