12/10/2026
10 Ways to Protect Your Nursing Licence
You worked hard for that nursing licence. You survived nursing school, clinical placements, and exam questions where all four answers looked correct. Here is how to save it from calamitous situations.
1. Stay within your scope of practice.
Being the only nurse available does not suddenly qualify you to become a surgeon. Yes, even if you have watched doctors do it since the Industrial Revolution.
2. Document accurately and promptly.
They say “if you did not document it, it did not happen. I hate that crap but it is what it is😂😂😂
Chat. Chat. Chat, as much as you can. Record what happened, what you did, and the patient’s response.
3. Check medications carefully.
Even if you are so tired with just 3 brain cells remaining, please check the drug well. Those 6 rights of drug administration are still relevant today. If possible, verify with another nurse. You have heard stories like “a nurse gave bupivacaine IV and patient had cardiac arrest”, Patient bled and died because of wrong pump settings for heparin drip”, Patient died because nurse administered 100 units of insulin instead of 10”. RIP to those licences.
4. Act when a patient’s condition changes.
“They looked fine earlier” is not a reassessment. Your patient is not a parked car you can assume is exactly where you left it. A nurse lost her job recently because she kept busy on her phone while patient was in RVR on telemetry. That patient went to ICU and survived but her job….gone. A true story by the way.
5. Protect patient confidentiality and mind HIPAA issues.
Avoid taking pictures of anything in the hospital for your personal use especially social media.
May God protect those like me with Big mouth on social media so we will never say anything to fracture our licenses.
6. Keep professional boundaries.
Be warm, kind, and supportive. However, remember that a therapeutic relationship is not the opening episode of a hospital romance. God of Habbakuk, never even think about it!
7. Delegate safely.
Delegation is not shouting, “Somebody please do something!” while disappearing down the corridor. Choose the right person, give clear instructions, and check the outcome.
8. Speak up about unsafe conditions.
Jane Do this-Yes. Jane do that- Yes, Jane take 50 patients-Yes. You Yeeeeessssswoman😡😡😡
You are a nurse, not an octopus with eight arms and unlimited charting capacity. Raise concerns early, use the chain of command, and document appropriately.
9. Report mistakes honestly.
If something goes wrong, prioritise the patient and report it promptly. Covering up an error is like putting perfume on burnt toast: the original problem is still there, and now everyone has questions. And for God’s sake, never lie. If it is discovered, bro, you are gone.
10. Get a malpractice insurance. This helps to provide an attorney in case anyone sues you. The most popular is
Protect your patients, protect your licence, and save the plot twists so you can have extra time to come back and enjoy the content on my page, and Netflix maybe😂😂
