http://nursespto.com/nurse-staffing-ratios/ Making our time off, pay off. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://nursespto.com/nurse-staffing-ratios/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Rachael Keilin Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:34:30 +0000 http://nursespto.com/?p=604#comment-110 Wendy was referring to the safe harbor laws in Texas. As I understand it (thanks to some brief internet research), the nursing safe harbor laws protect the nurse's license if he or she is brought before the Texas State Nursing Board for refusing to participate in an assignment that they feel is unsafe. It appears to also protect the nurse from termination if- in good faith- they report an agency, practitioner, or facility believing that a patient is exposed to risk. For more information, check out the Texas Nursing Practice Act Sec. 301.4025 , Sec. 301.413, and Sec. 303.005 which is the "safe harbor" provision. <a href="http://www.bne.state.tx.us/about/pdfs/npa2007.pdf" rel="nofollow">Texas Nursing Practice Act 2007</a> Wendy was referring to the safe harbor laws in Texas. As I understand it (thanks to some brief internet research), the nursing safe harbor laws protect the nurse’s license if he or she is brought before the Texas State Nursing Board for refusing to participate in an assignment that they feel is unsafe. It appears to also protect the nurse from termination if- in good faith- they report an agency, practitioner, or facility believing that a patient is exposed to risk. For more information, check out the Texas Nursing Practice Act Sec. 301.4025 , Sec. 301.413, and Sec. 303.005 which is the “safe harbor” provision. Texas Nursing Practice Act 2007

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]]> http://nursespto.com/nurse-staffing-ratios/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Not Nurse Ratched Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:15:03 +0000 http://nursespto.com/?p=604#comment-108 Are these safe harbor laws only in California? This is the first I've heard of this. This issue is eating up my life right now. I'm often afraid for my license, but as you say I don't want to leave patients hanging either. Are these safe harbor laws only in California? This is the first I’ve heard of this. This issue is eating up my life right now. I’m often afraid for my license, but as you say I don’t want to leave patients hanging either.

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