title: What happens when the board of nursing comes calling: investigation and disciplinary actions.
abstract: Each state has a Board of Nursing that governs the nurses that practice in that state. Each Board of Nursing has a process by which it investigates and hears cases against nurses accused of wrongdoing. This article gives a general overview of what steps are usually taken when the Board of Nursing suspects that a nurse's actions may be in violation of the laws that govern nursing practice.
authors.forename: Harriett Twiggs
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Smalls
mesh_terms: D009726:Nurses; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards
keywords: Board of Nursing; Nurse Practice Act; investigation; license revocation; license suspension