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The Kentucky Board of Nursing has denied claims its mandatory "structural racism" training was enforced through the threat of license revocation, but Kentucky law shows nurses could be stripped of ...
The Kentucky Board of Nursing scrapped its requirement that nurses take "implicit bias" training as a "mandatory" continuing education course for licensure. Documents obtained by the Washington ...
Senate Bill 10, which addresses Kentucky's nursing shortage, cleared the legislature Tuesday. The bill now heads to Gov. Andy Beshear's desk.
The Kentucky Board of Nursing, which licenses and oversees nurses, would be restructured by the bill, including through a new provision that members appointed by the governor to the 16-member ...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday, declaring an emergency in the commonwealth due to the dire nursing shortage in the state. Beshear signed the executive order during ...
LEX 18 has learned the Kentucky Board of Nursing is reviewing Stratton's medical records recorded by jail medical staff. Calls to the Board of Nursing were not returned today.
The Kentucky Board of Nursing does not have subpoena power in other states. The timing of the complaint can have an impact. COVID-19 slowed things down.
Eyvette Hunter, a Lexington, Kentucky nurse is accused of killing a patient. She still worked at UK Chandler Hospital after a patient’s death at Baptist Health.
Impersonators claiming to be from the Kentucky Board of Nursing have been making calls to registered nurses, falsely stating that their licenses are under investigation and asking for payment of a ...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has issued a state of emergency because of the nursing shortage in his state. "Like the nation at large, the Commonwealth of Kentucky is experiencing a dire nursing ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky nurse is under investigation in connection to a federal operation dubbed 'Operation Nightingale.' According to federal officials, the scheme involved executives from ...
Kentucky has about 59,500 registered nurses working in hospitals, clinics, schools and other sites, according to data from the Kentucky Board of Nursing, with others in advanced or specialized ...