In theory, professional medical boards exist to protect patients from dangerous clinicians. In practice, however, that's not always the case. That's particularly true in the state of California, where ...

Last month, the Los Angeles Times and the not-for-profit news organization ProPublica published an investigation finding that the California Board of Registered Nursing takes an average of more than ...

Last month, the California Board of Registered Nursing, which vets nurses for licensing in the state, had not moved beyond applications from recent graduates filed in March, according to the article.

The California Board of Registered Nursing is accusing five nurses of fraud for allegedly operating a school in Orange County and the Philippines that claimed to train students to be registered nurses ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The California board that regulates the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California board that regulates the nursing industry falsified its records to make it appear it was properly investigating allegations made against the state ...

A state nursing board is warning that it needs more money to protect the public from unsafe nurses and eliminate delays in licensing new ones. Nearly five years after the state poured almost $100 ...

After moving swiftly to replace the leadership of the Board of Registered Nursing, California officials are revamping practices that had allowed errant nurses to work for years after complaints were ...

The longtime executive officer of the embattled California Board of Registered Nursing resigned today, a day after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced more than half of the panel. Ruth Ann Terry had ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California board that regulates the nursing industry falsified its records to make it appear it was properly investigating allegations made against the state’s nurses, ...