Bulletin Articles

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Fall 2024

Sleep Deprivation: Am I at Risk for Patient Harm?

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Summer 2024
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with information to increase understanding of the role and responsibilities of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

The Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse: 
A complement to the multi-disciplinary team

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Winter 2024
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with increased knowledge related to the coordination of care, creating a PLLC, and avoiding boundary violations.

Staying Inside the Lines: The Importance of Boundaries in Coordination of Care

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Fall 2023
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with knowledge of the impacts of empowerment in nursing practice.

The Role of Nursing Empowerment: An Integrative Literature Review

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2013
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with information about the delegation and to enhance the nurse's knowledge, skills and application of delegation principles.

Delegation : What are the Nurse's Responsibilities?

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Winter 2023
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with increased knowledge in the nursing Administrative Code practice setting variables for accepting a nursing assignment.

Accepting an Assignment

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Fall 2022
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with knowledge of state regulations governing pre-licensure nursing education programs and the relationship between nursing education and the nursing workforce.

North Carolina Trends in Nursing Education and the Nursing Workforce

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Summer 2022
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with knowledge regarding the identification of bullying behaviors and interventions to address the behaviors.

The Role of Leadership in Prevention of Horizontal Violence in Nursing

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin – Winter 2022
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with knowledge regarding the definition of resilience, challenges to resilience, strategies for enhanced resilience and resources to support professional and personal resilience.

Resilience: A Key to Safe Nursing Practice

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2021
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with increased knowledge related to the ability to:
  • identify requirements of Federal, State, and Regulatory bodies for nursing documentation
  • recognize that quality nursing documentation is linked to better patient outcomes

Patient Care and Documentation: The Balancing Act 

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2020
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with:
  • enhanced knowledge of federal and North Carolina laws related to the legal use of marijuana
  • understanding that the legal use of marijuana and CBD oil would not be a defense for THC positive drug screens

Implications for use of Marijuana and Marijuana Containing Products Among Nurses

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2019
• The purpose of this article is to increase the nurse’s knowledge of the legal scope of practice and Board of Nursing resources (decision trees and Position Statements) to effectively recognize and prevent situations that may exceed legal scope.

Am I Within My Scope?

• Location of Article:  North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2019
• The purpose of this article is to provide information for nurses regarding best practices for handling, documenting, and administering controlled substances within a variety of healthcare settings while staying attuned to the signs of substance abuse and diversion.

Protect Your Nursing License: Safe Handling, Administration, and Documentation of Controlled Substances

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2018
• The purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the North Carolina legislative rule related to boundary violations and sexual misconduct, and assist nurses in understanding what constitutes a boundary violation and sexual misconduct as well as the necessity to avoid these behaviors.

Maintaining Professional Boundaries in Nursing

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2017
• Advances in technology, telehealth, and an increasing global focus have had major impacts on the health care workforce. The purpose of this article is to provide information about current trends related to electronic information use and social networking as related to nursing practice. 

What Nurses Need to Know about Informatics, Social Media, and Security!

Chapter 36 (consolidated) North Carolina Administrative Code - Nursing 

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2016
• The purpose of this article is to assist nurses in understanding and identifying practice drift and how to eliminate/mitigate effects. 

What Could Happen: The Consequences of "Practice Drift" ... Is it Worth the Risk?

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2016
• The purpose of this article is to increase each individual nurse’s understanding of the three (3) phase internal process utilized to develop and implement sanctioning guidelines; the usefulness of guidelines for public discipline in regulatory processes; and measurable outcomes resulting from the implementation of sanctioning guidelines. 

Development of Sanctioning Guidelines for Public Discipline in Nursing Regulation: The North Carolina Board of Nursing Journey

"Just Culture" in Nursing Regulation

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2015
• The purpose of this article is to increase understanding of each individual nurse’s responsibility to create and maintain a healthy work environment.

Creating a Healthy Work Environment is Every Nurses' Responsibility

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2015
• The purpose of this article is to assist nurses in understanding the North Carolina nursing laws and rules regarding the clinical management and supervision of nurses and those to whom they delegate nursing tasks.

Who's Your Supervisor or Manager? Nursing Practice: The Management and Supervision of Nursing Service

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2013
• The purpose of this article is to provide information about social networking as related to nursing practice, and enhance the nurse's knowledge and application of social networking.

Social Networking and Nurses

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2012
• The purpose of this article is to enhance the knowledge base and practice of the Registered Nurse by outlining the limitations of human performance as it influences fitness for duty and the nurse's ability to practice safely.

Fitness for Duty includes Getting Your ZZZZs

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2011
• The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with information about the impact of incivility and strategies to promote a culture of civility.

Incivility in Nursing

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Winter 2011
• The purpose of this article is to assist nurses in understanding safe staffing practice.

Public Protection Through Safe Nurse Staffing Practice

• Location of Article: North Carolina Nursing Bulletin - Fall 2010
• The purpose of this article is to assist nurses to understand what validation of competence is and why it is necessary for patient safety and good nursing practice.

Validation of Nursing Competence: What Does it Mean for You?