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At the time of the initial incident, she was employed as an RN at a hospital in Texarkana, Texas, and had been in that position for one (1) year and four (4) months.
On or about September 15, 2021, while employed as an RN at a hospital in Texarkana, Texas, RN failed to administer a continuous Heparin infusion to a patient; additionally, RN incorrectly documented in the medical record that the Heparin infusion was administered to the aforementioned patient. RN’s conduct created an inaccurate medical record and exposed the patient to a risk of harm in that failure to administer medications as ordered by the physician could have resulted in non-efficacious treatment of the patient’s condition.
In response to the above incident, RN states the Heparin was administered as ordered.
The above action constitutes grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with Section 301.452(b)(10)&(13) Texas Occupations Code, and is a violation of 22 TEX ADMIN. CODE §217.11(1)(A),(1)(B),(1)(C),(1)(D),(1)(M)&(1)(P) and 22 TEX. ADMIN. CODE §217.12 (1)(A),(1)(B),(1)(C)&(4).
However, without enough evidence to prove she’s not guilty, the RN lost the case. This is the reason why the Texas Board of Nursing placed her RN license under disciplinary action.
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