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Signing this petition will help put the nursing world on notice what is happening in Arizona.
Two petitions headed in the same direction, and guess what? The AZBN needs to be stopped from setting nursing back 100 yrs.
Perjury is considered a felony in most states when the witness, under oath tells a falsehood that effects the outcome of a defendant getting convicted. It is a serious offense that usurps court integrity and can pervasively infect the entire system. That is the general outlook from the law books, but if you are involved with the AZBN and the administrative law court your chances of experiencing perjury against you is pretty good. The significance is that knowledge of this behavior is not only well known but common. Very odd. There is not much of a defense as this perjury is often sustained from incredulous witnesses whose adamancy of tails of out of school are gleefully swallowed up and supported by azbn staff, if not created, by those in case delivery. What is in print is believed over and over when in fact it can easily be erroneous, and often is.
A nurse charged by AZBN, and refuses probation will likely experience perjury at the hands of the Adm Law Court. It is a very unique experience to listen to people lie about you under oath. The intentional concept they create will forever be remembered as as act of evil with greed of self or $$ is the motive. This can easily be said as there are presently at least 20 nurses claiming perjury in their cases. With solid evidence.
You can save yourself by immediately leaving the state when a complaint has been filed against you, not sign anything and claim the azbn as crazy when they revoke your license 2-3 yrs later after you got licensed in another state. Get out do not sign anything.Clarence Darrow can not help you. Perjury is pervasive here, and you will experience it.
“View every day as if it is your last day of peace.”
The new facility for health care agencies is centered in the government center in downtown Phoenix, Az. It has easy access with ample parking.
All cases heard today, or now posted here have already been determined, paper work aligned to completeness, before this facade meeting for the hoodwinking of the general public. The view of protecting the general public costs Arizona about 2 unreported deaths created by medical error every hour. The patient doesn’t matter anymore, unless you’re John McCain.
The meeting was conducted by the President Randy Quinn, whose presence is maintained and always in control of every move. His visual gained from years of nurse assessments is an out of shape, middle aged man with hypertension. The standard issue, plain white shirt & tie of sorts easily expressing the system and the AZBN will today pass judgement.
The first case on Thurs. was that of reissue application for well known whistleblower R.N. Peary Allen Brown. A very interesting case of a medical mal that eventually brought down a grossly incompetent physician who was prime witness against Brown. The hearing showed Quinn as a mean mumbling mad man with fear. Very quick denial of license to which Brown later said, “It was Biblical, almost to the tee.” Quinn giving dirty looks and welcomed Brown at the same time. After the vote Brown Left and came back in; two armed police from Maricopa County showed up and stayed the whole time and followed Brown out at lunchbreak. Brown was seen talking to many eager looking students.
A few cases a Sage Mark Dunham had borrowed $ from hospice patient. Respondent claimed isolated incident and got probation and ethics course.
Atty Williams allowed by Quinn to disrupt schedule by retrieving a lost client in the hall. Quinn made no dirty looks here, pleasant. The same part of town.
Narcotic addicted nurse pleads well for time leniency in program and gets it.
Kimya Khales per parents complaint to dismiss after nurse not clamping line leading to childs death. Dismiss/Banner. Oh Randy Please save us.Parents gasping still.
Nurse with purple hair defining erratic driving as fatigue from nursing and seemingly passing field sobriety test and not charged. Gets dismissal and we have absolutely no reason to conclude this case had merit to even be there.
Very distracting the cops watching every move, left at noon & headed towards Mexican restaurant, nurse instructor & students agreeing Board itself should have some kind of monitoring. Students show additional interests about civil matters which Board seems involved with?
Other cases of note defined a cross section of social issues that were evident simply by the way some of the respondents were dressed. A tall man of retirement age came in and sat in front of me. He was exactly the Michelin Man replica wearing, shorts, sandals and a shirt made from a torn scallop net and carrying a large beach bag like straw bag as a purse. He sat in front of me for for 5 mins rumaging through his beach bag before being called to the Bd. I could see his plumber’s crack. I tried to get Beth A. Campbell’s attention so she could fire one of her world reknown flesh eating spitballs down his crack but that turned out to be a stretch, even for Beth.
Quinn mumbled some nothings out of horrible audios and dismisses this complaint on this R.N. I thought he was from the carnival outside. I really Did. It changes images of Nursing In Arizona.
Being followed out of the building by real police who were neutral was not an issue, except the unnecessary costs on taxpayers.
27 Fri
We are biased here and consider “bad nurses’ our colleagues needing assistance and not one a bureaucratic monster government agency can deliver.
Kent, who knows the Board very well is a gracious professional as always, Quinn still not over her comment,”judge rubber stamped it”. Quinn pretending it doesn’t go on. Why hide it.
Chelle, as usual, tells AZBN you scrutinize more than any other Board. Ha. Now you’ve got to defend your social media persona even though you have absolutely no idea what that is. Using social media in unrelated employment issues as tools against nurse is civil rights violation. Routine.
Agenda frequently askew with attorneys playing musical chairs with the schedule. Patient concerns are gone.
well the AZBON had lots of ‘bad ‘ nurses at the meeting , crowded . actually that is a sick joke , most of them are not bad at all , not as bad as the BON ! ! AND STAFF! . Unreal when i lived in WASH state they would have like THREE nurses before the AZBON .
well miss april covia requesting a rehearing , Krishna , who is part of a dead end entry level job , pretends to know what she is doing . Actually Cobia appeared to be very shrewd and quick, with answers , and objections. Kinda of a waste of time since the AZBON does not grant rehearings, no matter how they skirt around it.
MS Kent , who knows the board very well is gracious as always. Appears that mr UNPROFESSIONAL himself Randy quinn still has not gotten over her saying “the judge rubber stamped it ” we all know this goes on, so why pretend it does not RANDY QUINN, who taught you to ‘pretend ” things are real???
the number of ‘failure to respond is quite high, is the AZBON sending to wrong address’s ??? like they havent done that , purposely ! I think who ever is responsible for this , would kill a patient if let lose ,
so many of the settlement , you just knew by looking at the nurses faces they did not do what they signed to bury it and put it away. , in a way you cant blame them but then again, most would not cave in , not anyone who is interested in doing the right thing.
so strange agenda , ‘list available at the board office , but get there NO ONE KNOWS what is going on !
and the psych evals flying again. the azbon is ordering without regard to cost, to the nurses.
dont forget a new investigator LORAL PULTZ, makes you wonder what they tell these people on interview . cant you hear JOKEY RIdenour? ‘now if you can go HARD of these people we do not want you here, we will guide you what nurses we want to target on more than others, they need to learn a lesson ! ” you know we are for public safety (SCREAMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! saying it jokey does not make it true ! This woman is looking rough, smith who has been at board , comes and goes is just as nasty as before , and the tall homely “beth?? from atty Gen office, is a real story teller, makes you sick they way she thinks she has to sit there and lie and make someone look like the biggest animal in the state , when in fact time to look in the mirror , ! ok so the day was long the education report is like WTF is Malloch doing back at the board , give if up and get some younger blood , !!!
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All of the above is compiled from first hand view and on site assessment. There are many missing cases but the mission to bring activities/opinions forward into public view is partially complete.
The police of Maricopa County conducted themselves as professionals promoting a sense of safety by a neutral image presence. Being called there is a Board initiation that does not support the Board. They are peace keepers for all. Not needed since few, if any, could ever breach the security of two trained police with guns. Of course that is the point of it, except other breach easy.
Perhaps a nurse of many years can give an easy view:
It is with o try
I remember one nursing student tell me
If the board put you on probation that is because you deserved it .
I said I’m not a criminal say that to me again after you have worked as a nurse for a couple of years.
Randy Quinn told the nursing students if you don’t stand up for your self
You will never make it in nursing .
I say stand up for your self in nursing and you’ll get fired.
Be aware of your health care, and your neighbors too.
The only valid way to tolerate Quinn; Hypoxic & Lethargic
Most experienced medical personnel have probably heard the term, “Medical Mafia”. The term represents a state of mind that corrupts the health care system with lying lawyers, alteration of medical records to avoid litigation, ignoring medical errors, victimization of medical mal victims, manipulation of regulatory agencies like AZBN to destroy whistleblowers and anybody else that threatens their money train, promoting staffing shortcuts to make more money, and much more. Unlike the Mafia so many are aware of you don’t know this organized crime unit exists and is designed to make money and lots of it. The largest incidences of white collar crime is disguised as the most caring & righteous event you could ever hope to have, only to wake up irreversibly damaged for life. The new mafia lives well on our insides and the expenses are high when it comes to real quality.
26 July 2018 AZBN Mtg recap more to come
Its a comfortable feeling knowing that one can gain peace of mind when there are several people in the room with guns and badges. Thanks to whomever called them it was nice having some honest people around.
All one has to do is check the AZBN website for the disciplinary action review and get quite the eyefull of alleged violations committed by nurses that have been disciplined. Some of the most egregious cases make it seem that many nurses are so out of control. Speaking to many of these nurses, at random, which takes a certain amount of persistent research as direct contact information is seldom available can bring the flip side into view. Many of the nurses have exercised their own values as well as the value of their mentors to end up on this disciplinary page and whose own story often is a long stretch from that viewed on this website. Information that is tainted beyond the reality of what actually has occurred is common. Why would a nurse who completed probationary stipulations in another state, be forced to repeat the same monitoring regulations in Arizona? Once declined and fuck off Arizona and go to another state, why would that discipline action remain on the Az. web page for better than ten yrs.?? The case was over in the previous state of Washington, and closed, so when a potential employer searches the web they find the Arizona review which carried the ‘out of state’ evidence in their deposition which the nurse refused to accept; case should be deleted. One of many cases that expose over regulation and under management. Where are the bad nurses?? The truth is well known but can not be handled.
The following is an older post but supports a long standing fact of the unequal disciplinary actions nurses are subjected to. There is a nurse right now helping herself to drugs meant for the patient. She is well known to be an addict, but slips by because she is somebody’s somebody. Sorry for its length, at the bottom actual decisions of AZBN.
It be us, the nurses in the field, to promote patient safety. Troubled nurses and physicians can be impaired; the % of complaints related to drug abuse and alcohol related issues is 38% of total complaints. 37.75% won’t help themselves and lie to the AZBN. Pay attention, it’s up to the nurse in the field to put a dent in this epidemic. Nursing in Arizona could be a governor’s campaign issue. Of course not D. Ducey, doesn’t care about nurses, or nurse abuse.
The actions and results of Auschwitz were well known from the start. Don’t know what it takes. To the one who saves one nurse, saves the world.
Imagine working a good portion of your life as a nurse practitioner. You’re settled into your own practice, established in life. You have the latest BMW SUV out there, a beautiful home, the best dogs ever….and loving parents who are bursting with pride every time you come up north to visit. You would think that graduation day was just yesterday by the way they beam at you over the dinner table during every Sunday dinner.
The seasons come and go in a small northern Arizona town. The leaves are boldly beautiful in the fall, the snow sparkles in the winter. As you sit in a cozy living room having coffee and homemade cookies with your parents over a holiday weekend its hard not to breathe it all in…..this is your reality, your life. Everything is preciously simple, predictable…. and yet so peacefully, unbreakably, enduring. You take pride in the fact you can care for them, oversee things to make sure they are well provided for. There is nothing in this world you can’t give back to them after all they have done to help you through school.
Life. Is. Great.
Until it isn’t.
Until it won’t be anymore.
Until all that remains of your life are just fleeting embers floating away in the wind……
Such is the story of one nurse practitioner I began corresponding with in 2013. He had been following my case for quite some time and was frustrated with his counsel. It seemed to him that his attorney was more interested in placating the Arizona Board of Nursing than representing his interests. A short time later he would take his defense into his own hands by doing all the legal work himself in order to ensure that his own bests interests were being kept front and center.
He stayed up many days and nights at a time doing legal research, studying other nurse’s cases, emailing back and forth with me. The following are highlights of this nurse practitioner’s journey battling the Arizona Board of Nursing.
Val Smith Multipurpose Board Staff, Investigator
Joey Ridenour Director of AZBN
Noteworthy is that the nurses involved in bringing this story to you are not listed here to be their real names. Nor is Nathan. Scary when you need screens to tell your story without fear of retaliation
As most nurses know, it’s easy for virtually anyone to file a complaint against one’s license. In Nathan’s case this was no different. In August of 2011, a patient who became angered by a question Nathan had asked him during a psychiatric assessment, filed a complaint against his license. The patient would later contact the board to “quash” the complaint, advising the Board of Nursing that he did not want Nathan to be disciplined for no reason. Nathan recalls “The guy filed a rambling similar complaint on a NP co-worker at the same time. Hers disappeared… mine didn’t. The only difference I could see was an ASU connection. She was a grad and a preceptor and had good connections there.”
The complainant’s request fell on deaf ears…the Board of Nursing would continue their hunt into Nathan’s past…and into every private aspect of his life. Instead of dismissing the complaint against Nathan, they came up with 12 “Factual Allegations” UNRELATED TO THE INITIAL COMPLAINT to potentially charge him with.
For a period of 13 months Nathan’s case sat on a desk and was passed off from investigator to investigator until it landed on the desk of University of Phoenix Assistant Dean of Nursing and 2014 RN.com “Giving Excellence Meaning” Award Nominee—a Nurse Practitioner herself, Janeen Dahn. From the point she picked it up, Nathan recalls, everything went to hell—AND FAST.
As per usual for most nursing board investigations, (depending on who you know) the state uses all its time, technological, and financial resources to delve into the life of a nurse. Nathan’s case was one that required the “special knowledge and tactics” of Valerie Smith—the on again off again retired consultant that me and others believe is “brought out of retirement” for the more “problematic cases” such as Nathan’s and mine. The AZBON’s hired gun, Valerie Smith has a background primarily in psychiatric nursing (no general med surg. just psych.) and is notorious for “diagnosing on the spot.” (She did as much on the stand during my administrative hearing when I cross examined her)
The common denominator among nurses who come to me with their stories is their interaction with Valerie Smith. Nathan and I were similar in the sense that we fought the charges and sought to secure our constitutional and/or Civil Rights during a process that ceremoniously strips them away from a nurse. HIPPA does not apply to ANY NURSE under investigation. The Arizona Board of Nursing has within its grasp the ability to subpoena any and all legal, medical, and psychiatric/pharmacy records. They can, and will, use what they find within those records against a nurse whether it is relevant to a case or not.
It’s well known by now that a nurse’s personal life, their entire career, their physical and mental health history are all fair game. In many instances, the Board of Nursing pads its investigative reports with defamatory false “statements” from “coworkers” to further their case against a nurse. Sometimes—they go too far in their attempts to inflict harm–Most recently they made the mistake of publishing a nurse’s personal address, her email address, her social security number and date of birth on a public site. There is no maneuver that escapes them when they are in pursuit of a nurse’s livelihood. However, it should be noted once more–they apply the shock and awe approach to specific cases, and not all cases.
During the course of his investigation Nathan was shocked to learn that his medical records had been subpoenaed by and reviewed by Investigator Dahn. During a meeting with her, Dahn (allegedly) quizzed him about his sexual preference and his sexual practices as per what was written in his primary care physician’s progress notes. The words “high risk behaviors” were (allegedly) used by Dahn. He described to me the “three religious medals she wore” on her clothing as she interrogated him and how he found it ridiculous.
You see, Nathan is gay. “I outed in the 80’s…” he recalls.
Within all the medical records reviewed, Investigator Dahn (allegedly) included in the investigative report a one page progress note from his physician that discussed his gay status and his negative HIV status as well as other personal particulars irrelevant to the initial complaint lodged against his license:
“She (Investigator Dahn) (allegedly) made a big deal out of a few things: that I graduated from a diploma RN program. That my medical record said ‘high risk behaviors’. The investigative interview was a sham, she wasn’t even listening to me…conclusions were drawn. It’s a kangaroo system with zero objectivity. I was sure I had the justification, the rational data, and expert emails to justify my actions in the complaint. Then she (Investigator Dahn) hits me: “Why did you quit this job without notice? Why were you given a written warning at ___________? (I’m an NP) Why did you write yourself 2 separate anti-biotics in 2011? And a few more totally unrelated to the initial complaint. The board meeting was last Monday. Four days before that, my lawyer called to say the original complaint had not even mentioned that there were 12 items stating unprofessional conduct and failing to maintain minimum standards. I was like WHAT? I didn’t even get to answer to them. I still don’t know what they all are-I have an idea. They are now trying to railroad me into a 12 month probation… I’m not sure I even want to remain in the profession-I’ve been in clinical practice for 15 years.”
Janeen Dahn Advanced Practice Nurse Evaluator & Investigaor
Nathan felt strongly that they were using his sexual orientation as a basis to establish that he wasn’t a safe practitioner, that somehow his sexual orientation would translate to him providing unsafe care to patients. Over the past few years, Nathan has had to go back and forth with the Board. It was his full time work searching for jobs, strategizing and reading up on the law in order to find ways to secure his constitutional rights throughout the process. It hasn’t been easy to do, as there are blocks to Constitutional Rights when you are a nurse under investigation in Arizona:
“It’s in the 4th amendment to the Constitution, due process, searches of private matters, probable cause , double jeopardy all to protect our liberty=right to practice chosen profession from government action=AZBON. They claim they have to balance with public safety -no member of the public was at risk even if the crap they are claiming against me was true. There are checks in place so government or government agencies can’t make up things against you, to take your protected health information, to delve into personal private areas of your life. I was born and raised in Boston where all these crazy ideas began… it’s in my blood. I think around here people like to feel they can make up their own rules. I beg to differ, we’ll see. Odds are against me but I love a good fight.”
When Nathan requested discovery of all evidence the Board of Nursing had against him, they denied his requests. One would think that a nurse can appeal to other government agencies for another set of eyes, an impartial party—to take another look. In Arizona such an agency does not exist. Nurses, patients, and other attorneys have appealed to the State Ombudsmen’s office numerous times (without response or resolution), the Auditor General’s office, the State Attorney General’s office, and state legislators themselves. The media itself—will not investigate the Board of Nursing’s actions against licensed professionals. They will however—investigate the Medical Board and the Dental Board. Go figure.
As the years go on and Joey Ridenour continues her “Command” role over Arizona’s version of “B613”– the Arizona Board of Nursing soldiers on in its effort to impede upon the basic Civil Rights of nurses. In my case—freedom of speech (my social media accounts are still monitored by the state) and in Nathan’s case—his status as a gay man who happens to be a nurse practitioner. Other cases involve nurses who are older in age. Yet, nurses with multiple DUI’s or multiple drug offenses are gently set free from the proverbial investigative web of wonder to resume their careers unscathed. Their records fiercely protected from the public’s eyes like the B613 files in Scandal. At one point, Nathan took note of several cases against ASU nurses that were dismissed by AZBON officials, but he and I were too busy to investigate further. The question still lingers.
Nathan has experienced other challenges on his road to justice. He lost his home. He lost his vehicle. He was unable to secure a job, but was finally able to get Circle K to hire him. He had to quit after a short while due to his declining health. His health status has taken a significant hit throughout this process. He has also watched his parents’ health decline these past few years as a result of the ordeal that has impacted not just him—but all of his loved ones and friends who have been on this road with him.
…..Just one day prior to his hearing before the Arizona Board of Nursing his father suffered a stroke and Nathan was unable to be with him because he was scheduled to do his own defense the following morning……
During the years we corresponded back and forth, supporting each other in the middle of the night as we struggled to put together our own cases and cope with our losses, he shared with me how he felt on one occasion he had gone out of state to visit his parents: “When I went back to MA for a job interview I saw my parents for the first time in 18 months and I couldn’t believe my eyes… they don’t even look the same. I think this has had an effect on them. They are both in their 80s. The last time I saw them they were vibrant and active, now they appear withdrawn, almost defeated.”
There is a lifelong guilt, the responsibility one bears upon their shoulders, when they choose to battle against the Board of Nursing’s injustice. It’s no longer about just you, everyone around you becomes a part of things. Everyone around you suffers with every hit you take. Your family, your friends, your significant others. In some way or another, to some degree….they are affected by the point of impact.
I have not yet heard back from Nathan about the outcome of his case. My guess is he is in MA caring for his ailing father and supporting his mother. I hope he triumphed. I hope he is able to recover what is left of his practice… more than that—I hope he is able to get back to living his life, one with peace and the self-realization that he is bigger, bolder and better than the process that has not just engulfed him spiritually, physically, and mentally—but has taken a good portion of his hard earned life from him.
I don’t know what I would have done without those emails back and forth in the middle of the night the past few years…..our experiences and feelings mirrored each other’s in so many ways. I consider him my friend, my colleague, and a brother in all this….and I am proud to finally tell his story. Because he was and is so brave where others are not. Because he chose to keep getting up no matter how many times he was knocked down. Because he wanted to set an example and establish a precedent for all gay nurses.
I believe Nathan has an important message to get out there—BEING GAY DOES NOT EQUATE WITH BEING A DANGEROUS NURSE. BEING GAY DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE ANY LESS OF A GOOD SOLID PRACTITIONER THAN THE NEXT NURSE. BEING GAY CANNOT BE USED AS A PREDICTOR OF FUTURE BEHAVIORS AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR A NURSE FOR THAT MATTER. BEING GAY SHOULD NOT BE A PRECURSOR FOR LOSING ONES HARD EARNED NURSING LICENSE. BEING GAY DOES NOT GIVE THE STATE OF ARIZONA THE RIGHT TO USE THAT STATUS TO TAKE AWAY THE LIVLIHOOD AND STABILITY OF ANYONE. BEING GAY IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE NURSE PRACTICE ACT.
THE DEFINITION OF A NURSE…..should not EXCLUDE people on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, or sexual preference. The question is, just how far will state lawmakers allow ANY STATE to go when it comes to persecuting nurses on the basis of these very factors? More importantly—how low will the profession allow itself to be taken down before making a stand that supports acceptance, tolerance, and the high standards we’re expected to uphold as touted within the Code of Ethics for Nurses?
Maybe—this case is a sign that our profession has arrived at a point in time that The Code, The Oath, and the very tenets that Nursing was built upon no longer matter…
The following are from the September and November 2014 AZBON Minutes
McCormies moved Busby seconded to issue a letter of concern for refusing to place a patient on the bedpan, instructing the same patient void in her brief, and for forcibly moving the patient up in bed on or about July 25, 2013 while working a shift through dependable nursing at Avalon Southwest in Tucson, Arizona, and for sleeping on duty while working a shift for Catalina in-home health services Inc. in Tucson, Arizona in or around July 2011. After further discussion the motion failed. Busby moved Quinn seconded to retry board option number two, to issue a letter of concern for refusing to place the patient on the bedpan, instructing the same patient void in her brief, and for forcibly moving the patient up in bed on or about July 25, 2013 while working a shift through dependable nursing at Avalon Southwest in Tucson, Arizona, and for sleeping on duty while working a shift for Catalina in-home health services Inc. in Tucson, Arizona in or around July 2011.
Busby moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for working outside the scope of practice for registered nurse while employed at back in line spine health and wellness from in and around September 9, 2014 through September 17, 2014, and for continuing to work in an advanced practice role on or about September 17, 2014 after he had been advised by the board staff that he was not authorized to work as a nurse practitioner. After discussion, the motion was amended to include upon meeting all license requirements grant licensure.
Busby moved and it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for on or about April 4, 2012 instructing a CNA to place a hot pack on patient without a current physician order and not documenting the action or doing a pain assessment and for sleeping while on duty on or about August 7, 2012 which resulted in a confused patient wandering who was not supposed to be bearing weight after surgery
McCormick moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for testing positive for marijuana in a January 3, 2014 preemployment screening at Flagstaff medical Center in Flagstaff, Arizona
McCormies moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for her November 16, 2012 conviction pursuant to a guilty plea of extreme driving under the influence, a misdemeanor, in Phoenix Municipal Court in Phoenix, Arizona and the December 17, 2012 violation of St. Joseph’s Hospital medical administration policy when she failed to waste a controlled substance that was removed for patient from the Omni cell until three days later when she returned to work and her June 24, 2013 violation of St. Joseph’s Hospital medication administration policy when she failed to return controlled substances to the Omni cell after the medication was not used for patient during the procedure
Busby moved and after discussion for complaint number one, it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for receiving a DUI on March 4, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona, and for bringing a family member to Tuscany McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, on or about March 16, 2013. Busby moved Machesney seconded and it was unanimously carried to dismiss complaint number two
Busby moved and it was unanimously carried to grant licensure upon meeting all requirements to issue a letter of concern for her February 13, 2013 misdemeanor conviction of driving under the influence a misdemeanor. Both occurring in Prescott city court in Prescott Arizona
Busby moved and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for his misdemeanor conviction on or about April 15, 2013 for attempted stalking/ domestic violence in Gilbert, Arizona
After discussion, it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern to respondent for documenting she performed a sharp debridement where patient A’s wound bled more than normal, but failed to document the debridement in the nurse’s notes, causing a delay in treatment while employed at Cornerstone Hospital in Tucson, Arizona
Busby moved Berrigan seconded and it was unanimously carried, based on the information in the investigative report to issue a letter of concern for testing positive for cannabinoids on a preemployment urine drug test on or about November 22, 2013 at Scottsdale healthcare in Scottsdale, Arizona
Quinn moved and it was unanimously carried to grant licensure upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter concern for his June 7, 2002 DUI conviction Mesa, Arizona and January 5, 2013 DUI conviction Phoenix, Arizona
Busby moved and after discussion was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for her May 25, 2013 conviction for DUI misdemeanor in the city court of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona and respondent’s admission of marijuana use without a medical marijuana card
Busby moved McCorvey seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for abandoning her patient assignment in Prescott, Arizona, on or about August 27, 2013
Busby moved and after discussion, it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for failing to submit to random urine drug testing on July 31, 2014 and August 22, 2014
McCormies moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for initiating a propofol infusion on a patient in the intensive care unit on or about March 15, 2014, who was not mechanically ventilated and for failing to follow facility policy on bypassing the barcode medication administration system prior to hanging propofol while employed in the ICU at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration hospital in Tucson, Arizona
Busby moved McCormies seconded and after discussion, it was unanimously carried to issue a letter concern for failing to remove nitroglycerin patches from patient A on or about December 2, 2012; December 3, 2012; December 4, 2012; and December 5, 2012 while on duty at the Hacienda at La Posada in Green Valley, Arizona and incorrectly documenting removal of the patches in the medical record
Quinn moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to grant certification upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter of concern for July 7, 2012 attempt to smuggle Crystal methamphetamines into the United States, which was never charged on September 20, 2012
Quinn moved. Busby seconded and it was unanimously carried to grant certification upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter of concern for the October 6, 2011 conviction of domestic violence. A misdemeanor in the Municipal Court of Phoenix, Arizona, and on November 27, 2013 conviction for DUI and misdemeanor in the Municipal Court city of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona
Mcormies moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for testing positive for marijuana in a return to work drug test on or about December 20, 2012 while employed as a RN at Scottsdale Healthcare
September 2014
Snyder moved it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for medication errors made on or about November 8, 2009 and July 31, 2013 while working as an RN at hospice of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona
Johnson move Snyder seconded to issue a letter of concern for tampering with the prescription label and submitting the label as false evidence. In response to a positive urine drug test for oxycodone a drug for which she did not have a prescription after discussion motion filled with five opposed into in favor Dalton moved Berrigan seconded based upon the findings of fact and statute, rule violations identified in investing date of report offered a consent agreement for decree of censure
Johnson move Snyder seconded and it was unanimously carried to grant registered nurse anesthetist certification upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter of concern for applicants April 4, 2013 conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of .144 at 20 to 50 hours
Quinn moved Terrell seconded and it was unanimously carried to allow responded to continue on consent agreement and order, issue a letter of concern, while under consent agreement and order number for failing to complete a psychiatric substance abuse and anger management evaluation of the PhD level board approved evaluator within 30 days of the effective date for the order and for failing to make an appointment to undergo a complete the nursing ethics counseling or submit a syllabus of proposed ethics course work to board staff within 30 days of the effective date of the order
Snyder moved, Johnson seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for failing to obtain relapse prevention evaluation in a timely manner
Busby moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried upon meeting all requirements grant licensure and issue a letter of concern for the May 2, 2002 arrest by Phoenix, Arizona Police Department for assault, but did not result in prosecution; for the June 5, 2009 misdemeanor theft conviction, for the December 22, 2003 conviction of disorderly conduct a misdemeanor in the Lake Havasu Municipal Court in Lake Havasu, Arizona for the January 4, 2004 conviction of possession of drug paraphernalia, a class one misdemeanor, for the November 22 2005 conviction of possession of drug paraphernalia, a class I misdemeanor, and for the December 19, 2008 conviction of possession of drug paraphernalia, undesignated felony for which was later designated as a misdemeanor in the Yavapai County Superior Court in Prescott, Arizona
Busby moved Berrigan seconded, upon completing of retraining/ retesting within six months of today’s date and meeting all certification requirements grant certification and issue a letter of concern for the October 1, 2009 misdemeanor conviction of driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage with a blood alcohol concentration of .132 in the Gilbert Municipal Court in Gilbert, Arizona, and for the April 19, 2011 misdemeanor conviction of possession or use of marijuana in the Superior Court of the state of Arizona
Busby moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried issue letter of concern for mistakenly administering amphetamine salts to the student, MO, when it had been prescribed to another student on or about April 22, 2014 working as a school nurse
Busby moved. Johnson seconded to issue a letter of concern for being rough and rude taking care of patients while on duty at the caring house in Sacaton, Arizona, on or about February 9, 2013.
Gutierrez moved Dalton seconded and after discussion, it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for being verbally abusive to patient, causing the patient emotional distress, as reported by staff and the patient regarding his request for as needed medication during overnight shift on or about January 5, 2014 at foothills rehabilitation Center in Tucson, Arizona
Johnson moved Snyder seconded to issue a letter of concern for respondents arrest on or about October 4, 2013 for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia in Tucson, Arizona later dismissed; and for her admission to board staff of her periodic use of marijuana and for failing to report the charge to the board within 10 days as required by statute, enrolled after discussion motion filled with five opposed into in favor Quinn moved Dalton seconded based upon the findings of fact and statute, rule violations identified in the investigative report offer a consent agreement for decree of censure, if not sign within 30 days issue notice of charges
Johnson moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried upon meeting all licensure requirements grant licensure and issue a letter concern for the June 30, 1998 conviction in Maricopa County Superior Court for possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. The November 2, 2011 conviction in Phoenix Municipal Court for driving or being an actual physical control under the influence of intoxicating liquor any drug vapor releasing substance or any combination thereof, a misdemeanor, and for failure to report July 22, 2011 DUI charge to the board within 10 days as required
Busby moved Dalton seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for submitting a dilute random urine drug test specimen on October 25, 2013 consent agreement and order will remain in effect
Gutierrez moved Berrigan seconded and it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for failing to assure that all surgical materials were accounted for prior to moving patient A to the post anesthesia care unit while working as a circulating nurse at Banner Good Samaritan on March 1, 2013
Dalton moved, Busby seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for failing to check patient’s blood sugar, prior to administration of Lispro insulin 10 unit subcutaneous and failing to notify the physician of a significant delay in patient’s discharge on or about September 21, 2012 at Banner Baywood
Johnson moved, Dalton seconded, and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter of concern for failing to notify the physician patient A’s blood glucose result greater than 500 and for discharging patient A with unstable blood sugar on or about September 21, 2012 while employed and on duty as an RN at Banner Baywood
Dalton moved Busby seconded and it was unanimously carried issue a letter of concern for failing to cause appropriate follow-up for patient A’s blood sugar of 500 and directing RN to continue discharge order for patient A on or about September 1, 2012 while employed and on duty as a charge RN nurse at Banner Baywood
Quinn moved Busby seconded and it was unanimously carried to issue a letter concern for participating in the practice of using a hot pack on or about April 11 and 12, 2012. Without a providers order which caused second-degree burns of the abdomen of the postsurgical patient while on duty as RN
Snyder moved Delton seconded and it was unanimously carried to grant certification upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter of concern for the April 30, 2012 citation by the Peoria Police Department for shoplifting, a misdemeanor, from Target for which applicant was convicted on August 7, 2012
Busby moved, Snyder seconded, and it was unanimously carried to grant licensure upon meeting all requirements and issue a letter of concern for the January 1, 2014 incident involving her public intoxication and failure to cooperate with police for which she was convicted on March 26, 2014 for obstruction in Scottsdale, AZ.
About a year ago the AZBN was chosen to present their model for disciplining nurses which we recognize as being selected through Emma Mamaluy, in house legal counsel, and Janeen Dahn associate director in charge of Complaints & Investigations. This was done at a National Council of State Boards of Nursing conference in view of many representatives of the country’s nursing boards presumably because of the model the AZBN used with success in the vast volume of nurse disciplines served. Arizona is second, only to California, who successfully revokes dump truck loads of nurse licenses. The presentation by both Mamaluy and Dahn give a clear picture of the pristine approach of the window dressing used to remove nurses from practice. The massive volume of fallen nurses is in itself and by itself an alarming trend that simply adds to the now well known fact that health care in the U.S. is the 3rd leading cause of death. The presentation, again and again, state how their goals are specific to protecting the public. Is that right? The U.S. Dept. of Public Safety reports that at least 1 person every hour, in every state, dies from UNREPORTED medical errors. Bernie Sanders, chair of that committee, announces that 20 years ago it was reported that figure as being 100 a year. What happened?
The ‘great minds’ Dahn refers to in her presentation defines to the general public what a great job the AZBN is doing in disciplining violators of the nurse practice act. Mamaluy defines the legal aspect in accomplishing this process in the cheapest way possible. ‘One size fits all.’
These presenters get their information and complaint investigation evidence through a venue that has many different levels of staff and health care agency management whose costs are unmeasurable but common sense knows this figure to be in the high millions. They are convinced they do the best job in the world.
Many a nurse interviewed about this disciplinary process they just went through will easily define perjury and tampering with evidence, incredulous witnessing and intimidation as the mode used to be expelled from nursing.
Mamaluy, is the pit bull on social behaviors deemed harmful to the public. Domestic violence with your drunken husband, exposing patient safety issues, testing positive for marijuana, defining physician quacks, crying during a ten minute ridiculous psychological evaluation and an unreported OUI can cost you your career; if not send you to jail. We won’t even mention the collisions between health care administrations and nursing boards. Huge false allegations are reported, over and over. Of course racism belongs on the same flagpole with the Arizona state flag. Broadway Joe is a disgrace who was allowed to continue for 20 rs. or more.
The patient toll keeps rising as does the costs for maintaining these monstrous agencies whom are packed full of ambitious people making lots of tax payers money who don’t have a clue what the floor nurse goes through in a 12hr shift. That is where the experts are at, not in the war locker of the AZBN, as they claim. I take it back, maybe they do have a clue, that is why they so desperately present themselves as public saviors in spite of the fact the general public is scared to death to use the health care system.
Mamaluy and Dahn need to get in the field and help nursing stab these horrors of dereliction of duty and report the truth in medicine. It might be suggested for either of these ‘great minds’ to work the floor to get a better perspective of ‘real nursing’. Well, size them up in this video & see if either one could make to the end of 12 hr shift.
Most experienced nurses have a solid understanding what the term ‘confidentiality’ means in relation to patient privacy without needing a 10 week course in relating to what the general public has access to. It is relatively simple, or was before the massive governmental regulations bored itself down on every comma, period and sentence ever printed on health records.
What about the nurse who gets investigated by the AZBN and submits themself to evaluations by providers and pays for that evaluation themselves. Being of sound mind and body the future of those records are guarded from release to the public, most of the time, depending upon the politics of the case and, more importantly, what that nurse agrees to on a consent agreement. The access to those evaluations, even for the nurse who bought and paid for an evaluation, is blocked by the attorney general, violating federal law. Siting some rinky dink state law sponsored by AZBN. As many Arizonians now are aware of the overburdened government is overburdened by the overburdened government. That isn’t a typo. Rules, laws, laws,rules and the continued monster growth of a government is so far removed from the Goldwater foundations there isn’t enough sky up there to float another bond to pay for this overburdened monster.
Any consent agreement you sign for the AZBN is about protecting the faults and errors of the AZBN and the attorney generals’ office. This process has zero to do with protecting the public. However, it does not over ride Federal law for access to those who have paid for an evaluation and the record can ALWAYS be made available to that person. In the ‘Rino’ state of Arizona you’ll need to file suit to get your own records that you paid for.
The predictable response from the most predictable AAG
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #4220
1680 Iron Spring Road, Suite 103 Prescott AZ 86305
(928) 458-5817 www.drcindyrollins.org
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Dr. Rollins,
As you know, I am one of the Assistant Attorney Generals who represents the Arizona Board of Nursing. Although I do represent the Board, please note that I do not represent you and cannot provide you with legal advice. I understand that Ms. Reichle has requested documents from you related to the evaluation that you performed on behalf of the Board in September 2015.
In connection with your evaluation of Ms. Reichle in September 2015, Board staff sent you documents from the Board’s investigative file. Under ARS 32-1664(M) and (N), documents received and maintained by the Board as a result of its investigation are confidential. Because you were acting as a consultant for the Board in performing the evaluation, documents provided by the Board remain confidential in your possession. Specific items from the Board’s investigative file are available to a respondent under ARS 32-3206, but that is only in connection with an administrative hearing, and those items would come from the Board (not the evaluator).
In this case, instead of pursuing an administrative hearing, Ms. Reichle resolved her Board case with a consent agreement in November 2015. Ms. Reichle did not comply with the consent agreement and, pursuant to its terms, her RN license and AP certificate were revoked in January 2016. Ms. Reichle’s Board case is closed and she is not now entitled to receive documents from the Board’s investigative file at this time.
If Ms. Reichle has requested documents not addressed in this e-mail, please let me know, and I will provide further information with regard to those specific requests. Also, if Ms. Reichle were to take any legal action to obtain confidential documents, please let me know so that the Board can take appropriate action.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Campbell
Assistant Attorney General
Assigned to the Arizona Board of Nursing
(602) 771-7859
The roaring lion needs to go back to law school. Law allows provider to decide. Suppose to. The dedication of this post, and other posts, is in direct evaluation that the A.G. office is directly noted with obstructional actions. Can it be confused with being legally correct. It is when you don’t have to answer to anybody. Confused about the legalities related to health care records?? If there is a law it doesn’t matter when you are with the A.G. .
On a lighter note, rumor has it Stormy Daniels is challenging Joe Arpaio for the vacant senate seat.
The black population of Az is one of the lowest in the U.S. Can an answer come to us why that is? Many states are equal or about 20% black, with Washington, D.C. the highest with better than 60%. Az is less than 3 %. So when a black male nurse starts working in Maricopa county he would be considered a big fish in a little pond. Willie, Raheem Mangum is a well seasoned black, male nurse from Penna. who was reported by a patient for abuse, filed report several weeks after incident, which didn’t occur. Police investigation tossed the complaint out. The complaint was further advanced due to Mangums’ unresponsiveness, as he fled the state before being hung. Two years after back working in Penna. he was notified by Penna. that Az had revoked his AZ. license. He would claim the day he left Az., after he bought a house in Maricopa County and working four years, was for the specific reason of investigator Blake telling him she didn’t like black nurses. Being labeled ‘disruptive’, at a Board mtg he was escorted out by security. Disruptive for the experienced generally means being clear headed and speaking the truth. He says he wasn’t disruptive.
Nurse Mangum went home that day, packed his bags, and went home to Penna. The Penna. Bd put him on unrestricted probation, he is still working as a nurse. Scared to return to Arizona. “Its been bad enough facing racism but I also got the feeling I needed to be a closet heterosexual just to survive.” Willie says. “If I was gay as well? Tar and feathering?
There comes a time when there is a point which long term, deleterious public abuse will not be tolerated, this doesn’t want to apply to Arizona.
Barry Scheck, who took enormous bad hits for being on the O.J. defensive team, went on to define greed, stupidity and neglection of duty in 100s of other cases. A brilliant investigator whose solid integrity never stumbled. These levels of discrepancies rudely reign in and around the AZBN with demonstrations of false witnessing, witnesses with Alzheimer’s disease, imposters, and most importantly filtered through the corrupted attorney generals’ office.
We, as nurses are the largest group of workers in the world. The only administrative positive is the highly mechanized ability of the AZBN to eliminate the constitution. That’s a positive? It is for the Board. No doubt our group has a huge potential of addiction and drug theft which, if we could eliminate, we could also get rid of the AZBN.
The evidence of constitutional violations fills databanks but when the administration defines the power of the AZBN you just as well might fill out the paperwork long before the case has a chance with the truth. The stupidity of this paperwork is viewed with the genius of Bill Gates. The trail of corrupted governmental evidence is quite remarkable. How one has the balls to determine the outcome of a case in advance is the academy award for arrogance. How does Bill know this? He invented the technology in the back room, and the Bd is tracked through its own system. Easy to find.
There will come a time when that victimized nurse will break the assembly line abuse of good nurses who report patient safety issues, and it maybe at a high price. Somebody’s got to be watching the clock that is rapidly advancing on 12 noon, and take the public concerns to the street for the duel of a lifetime. Somebody has to do it. Who is that nurse? You?
“The once honorable profession of law now fully functions as a bottom-line business, driven by greed and the pursuit of power and wealth, even shaping the laws of the United States outside the elected Congress and state legislatures.” Retired Az Judge John F. Malloy.
