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Nicholson & Eastin, LLP Successfully Defends Florida RN/Foreign Doctor’s Nursing License

Posted on Firm News, Health Care Law News, Professional Licensure Investigations August 23, 2024 by Sydney Madow

In connection with a Board of Nursing investigation, the Firm successfully defended a foreign doctor licensed as a Florida RN accused of practicing outside the scope of his nursing license. The Board of Nursing’s complaint alleged that the client was misrepresenting himself as a doctor and functioning as a medical doctor at a clinic and Read more →

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Nicholson & Eastin Successfully Defends RN Associated With Nursing School Scam and Accused of Obtaining License by Fraud

Posted on Firm News, Fraud Investigation, Professional Licensure Investigations November 21, 2023 by Parker Eastin

The Firm successfully defended the license of a Florida registered nurse wrongfully accused of obtaining her nursing license by fraud. The RN was one of many victims of a scam carried out by a criminal syndicate currently being prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice that involved alleged fraudulent nursing school transcripts and diplomas. The Read more →

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Firm Helps RN with Disciplinary and Substance Use History To Successfully Obtain Nursing License in Florida

Posted on Firm News, Professional Licensure Investigations August 27, 2023 by Erin Ferber

The Firm successfully assisted an RN with prior nursing license discipline in another state in obtaining a Florida RN license by endorsement. The client previously faced criminal charges in another state a few years prior to her application for licensure as a nurse in Florida. Her out-of-state RN license was suspended on the condition that Read more →

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Firm Helps Florida RN Successfully Defend Against Allegations of Nurse Practice Act Violation

Posted on Firm News, Professional Licensure Investigations August 27, 2023 by Erin Ferber

The Firm successfully defended a registered nurse’s license in connection with allegations by the Florida Department of Health that she may have violated the Nurse Practice Act by practicing below the standard of care.  More specifically, a travel nurse on assignment in the State of Florida was falsely accused of improperly discontinuing a PICC line Read more →

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Florida Department of Health License Investigation Against Plastic Surgeon for Alleged Malpractice Closed with a Finding of No Probable Cause

Posted on Firm News, Professional Licensure Investigations August 24, 2023 by Parker Eastin

In connection with an investigation by the Florida Department of Health (DOH), the Firm successfully defended a plastic surgeon against allegations that the surgeon had committed malpractice and practiced below the standard of care by negligently performing an abdominoplasty on a patient who later reported to the emergency room complaining of pain and blood loss. Read more →

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