How is it possible to lose license in one state and be able to practice in another?

I was at work a couple of nights ago and I overheard another nurse talking about something that happened a few years back, she had mentioned she had to do remedial education and anger management, so being curious about it I looked her up, and it shows her license has been suspended in another state in 2004. She was indicted w/ abuse/neglect charges. Im just curious how she is still practicing? Just doesnt seem right.
idk...maybe she had a license in more than one state before she lost the one in one of them so is able to still work under the other one she had. That would be my guess.

Quote from txlvn31I was at work a couple of nights ago and I overheard another nurse talking about something that happened a few years back, she had mentioned she had to do remedial education and anger management, so being curious about it I looked her up, and it shows her license has been suspended in another state in 2004. She was indicted w/ abuse/neglect charges. Im just curious how she is still practicing? Just doesnt seem right.

It may take some time, but if indeed she lost her license in one state, she cannot legally use another one from a different state. Also, if it was only taken away for a certain period of time, it would tell you all the details. Go back and read the info again. If it was 2004, she has had to renew her license in the state where she is. No BON, allows you to not mention misdeeds from another state. And eventually you get caught up with. It's only a matter of time.

It's not as hard as you think. Not all states do a good job of investigating people applying for reciprocity. I've known of a few cases where that happened. I've also known of people who lose their license then somehow manage to tapdance to get it reinstated. It's actually pretty sad. FYI, it's no different for MD's either. I knew of an MD who finally lost his license 6 years after an incident of clear negligance. (I know first hand as I was involved.) He managed to talk the medical board into reinstating his license after he did remediation. A total joke. This man killed more people than he saved, really took the blinders off my eyes.

Quote from txlvn31I was at work a couple of nights ago and I overheard another nurse talking about something that happened a few years back, she had mentioned she had to do remedial education and anger management, so being curious about it I looked her up, and it shows her license has been suspended in another state in 2004. She was indicted w/ abuse/neglect charges. Im just curious how she is still practicing? Just doesnt seem right.

Quote from NightNurse876I thought suspended meant something different than revoked...And if I'm right about the definition then its obvious why she's still working, right?

Quote from txlvn31I was at work a couple of nights ago and I overheard another nurse talking about something that happened a few years back, she had mentioned she had to do remedial education and anger management, so being curious about it I looked her up, and it shows her license has been suspended in another state in 2004. She was indicted w/ abuse/neglect charges. Im just curious how she is still practicing? Just doesnt seem right.

Doctors do it all the time.

Quote from Emergency RNNo offense, but what doesn't "seem right" is the fact that you've taken it upon yourself to investigate a colleague when your state BON has probably already decided that whatever it was that she did, professional corrections were since made and that she is now deemed safe and ready for continued practice. IMHO, one needs to trust their Board of Nursing; they're not all so stupid to the point that they have to rely solely on nursing gossip before they launch investigations to find out about bad nurses. Moreover, if the nurse you're so interested in genuinely had something to hide, I don't think that she would be talking about it so freely that anyone could easily eavesdrop and have their interest piqued, like your's obviously was. At any rate, I sincerely hope that whatever "curiosity" you had has since been fully satisfied.As for the BON disciplinary action definitions: Suspended: temporary loss of license, can be lifted once BON is satisfied Restricted: conditions placed on license (eg. not handling narcotics)Revoked: permanent loss of license

Just another example of why a national nursing license would be very convenient and sufficient!