@article{ref1,
title="Crossing the line: sexual misconduct by nurses reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank",
journal="Public health nursing",
year="2019",
author="AbuDagga, Azza and Wolfe, Sidney M. and Carome, Michael and Oshel, Robert E.",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="109-117",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine nurse sexual-misconduct-related reports in the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and to compare them with reports for other types of offenses. DESIGN AND POPULATION: We analyzed NPDB's reports of adverse state nursing board licensure actions and malpractice payments for all nurses from January 1, 2003, to June 30, 2016. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, 882 nurses had sexual-misconduct-related reports. Most were aged 35-54 (63.2%), male (63.2%), and registered or advanced practice nurses (61.5%). The disciplinary actions noted in the 988 nurse sexual-misconduct-related licensure reports were more frequently serious than those noted in the 207,023 reports for other offenses committed by nurses (90.8% vs. 74.8%, respectively; p < 0.001). Of the 33 nurses with sexual-misconduct-related malpractice-payment reports, 48.5% were not disciplined by any state board of nursing for these offenses. Three-quarters of the victims in the 47 sexual-misconduct-related malpractice-payment reports were female, with &quot;emotional injury only&quot; reported as the severity of injury in 91.5% of these reports. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Very few nurses have been reported to the NPDB due to sexual misconduct. We welcome a zero-tolerance standard against sexual misconduct involving patients by all types of health care professionals, including nurses.<br><br>© 2018 Public Citizen Foundation. Public Health Nursing Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0737-1209",
doi="10.1111/phn.12567",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.12567"
}