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There is a licensing board for nursing.

In my opinion, pretty rare to get their ticket yanked, unless their actions were utterly egregious resulting in significant patient harm, intentional, the result of substance or mental health impairment, or part of a pattern of many errors, or a combination of those such that they’re deemed incompetent to practice. A simple error or named without any real involvement just because their name appeared in a chart, even more rare. Discipline of some sort if an error, but likely wouldn’t lose their license.

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Wouldn't be named if not involved

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bullshite! They'll name everyone on duty and the judge will decide which to exclude (no liability) in a hearing.

I wouldn't worry I'd truly not involved

She was only there for the assessment after the incident and was ordered to give pain medication after hospital refusal.

Not legal advice but I would think they need their own attorney unless the company attorney can get them dismissed? Maybe check with their medical malpractice insurer….

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It’s not me but someone I am close to. Problem is that incident was caused by an aide while nurse wasn’t at residence and the family refused to bring patient to hospital.

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If she’s supervises this aid or is the supervisor of the person who supervises this aid, then she could be on the hook

I talked to a very successful med mal lawyer about whether I should get nursing insurance or not. He said “go ahead and give me a pocket to pick. Also, I’ve sued a bunch of nurses but you can’t get blood out of a turnip, unless you got some insurance “.
But at any rate, the lawyer will cast the net wide, subpoena everyone and everything he can and then sort through everything he can find in depositions and discovery hoping to find something.
When in a deposition, answer the question you are asked in the simplest, briefest way possible. If the answer is “yes” answer “yes” even if it seems like the stupidest question you’ve ever heard and isn’t Germain to the situation.
Resist the urge to tell said lawyer why it’s stupid or ANYTHING else. That’s not your job as a witness. Keep it short and sweet.
The lawyer and family don’t want your license, they want money, as much as they can get. They can only get money from the nurse if the nurse is grossly negligent and practicing outside their scope. IE: I went to check his blood pressure but he had abdominal pain so I took out his appendix while I was there. Otherwise, as long as you were competently doing your job, there is nothing to sue you for.
I’ve been deposed several times, never came close to being sued. Can’t get blood from a turnip.

I’m no lawyer but I work in the medical field and it’s Not likely.

Providers in my field have been sued for malpractice and they don’t lose their license, it would have to be something criminal or if they were using and it resulted in an injury.

I don't know how the nursing board works, but with regard to the medical licensing boards in general, those are completely different issues. First there would need to be a complaint to the licensing board and then only after an investigation and what is very likely a rigorous due process would the license be in jeopard.

TLDR: involved in suit but without separate complaint to nursing board, no license is not in jeopardy.