Nurse Risk Control Spotlight: Defending Your License

April 1, 2021

According to the National Practitioner Data Bank, nursing professionals were on average more than 62 times more likely to be involved in an adverse licensing action than a medical malpractice payment in 2019.* And compared to findings in the 2015 Nurse Claim Report, NSO and CNA’s newly released Nurse Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report found that the average license defense expense has increased 33.7 percent to $5,330

Access the full Nurse Claim Report, risk control spotlights, and other resources by visiting NSO's Nurse Claim Report homepage.

Read this Spotlight to find:

  • License Protection vs. Professional Liability – what’s the difference?
  • The role of the State Board of Nursing (SBON) in investigating complaints
  • An overview of the disciplinary process
  • Helpful recommendations on defending yourself if you were to receive a complaint summons