Medscape's Legal and Professional Issues for Nurses allows readers to seek general information from Carolyn Buppert, MSN, JD about legal or professional nursing issues, including advanced practice ...

A former nurse at WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital has been accused of falsifying medical information following a patient’s death, court documents show. Sara Miller, RN, has been charged with ...

A Louisiana nurse practitioner was convicted by a federal jury for her role in a $2 million Medicare fraud scheme. Shanone Chatman-Ashley, 45, of Opelousas, worked as an independent contractor for a ...

Nursing home operator Mission Point Healthcare Services has attributed problems identified in an MLive investigation to a previous ownership structure but is also promising to investigate. Stories ...