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‘Terrified’ to seek help: Georgia nurses can lose license if they admit addiction. Advocates want to change that.

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. It can be tough for anyone to decide to get help for substance abuse, but nurses in Georgia face a special set ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Georgia’s drug-abusing nurses get ‘secret sanctions’ amid opioid crisis

The Georgia Board of Nurses handles over half of its disciplinary cases in secret — meaning patients cannot know which nurses are abusing drugs, how many nurses are addicted or how many relapse, an ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

List of participants in multistate nursing license program grows

Georgia nurses have even greater career flexibility as Massachusetts becomes the newest member of the Nurse Licensure Compact. This addition expands the program to 43 states and jurisdictions, ...
Times Argus

Georgia woman placed on probation for using another woman's nursing license

BARRE — A Georgia woman has been placed on probation for using another woman’s license to practice as a nurse here. Corissa Bettis Laws, 38, pleaded guilty by video Thursday in Washington County ...