A New Alliance

I am so excited to be able to announce the formation of an alliance that will help the nurse struggling with substance abuse and chemical dependency in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. I'm joining forces with a good friend and colleague, LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD. She is the owner and CEO of The Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, in Blue Ash...a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. LaTonia is a Registered Nurse in Ohio and a License Defense Attorney in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. I'll be assisting her with nurses facing board actions as a result of substance abuse and chemical dependence.

Check back for updates.


Law Office of LaTonia Denise Wright, LLC
11427 Reed Hartman Highway, Suite 205
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
513-771-7266 local
888-571-1110 toll free
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Thank You Samantha and Mt. St. Joe's School of Nursing!

Sam and her classmates at Mt. St. Joe's Nursing Program did an outstanding job in their debate last Tuesday. They were debating whether a nurse with chemical dependency should receive treatment or discipline from the board of nursing. I have to say that Samantha did a great job (she had a little help from someone who has an inside view and experience with addiction).

I wanted to thank them and their professor, Dr. Susan Johnson, for making me feel at ease and welcomed. Hopefully this will start an continuing relationship for the students at "The Mount". Learning as much as they can about this deadly disease can only help themselves, their colleagues, and the patients they will care for during their careers.

Thank you all!!!!!

Punishment vs. Treatment

I'm speaking tomorrow (Tuesday June 9, 2009) at the College of Mt. St. Joe here in Cincinnati. A student had the courage to contact a complete stranger to discuss this highly charged, extremely unpopular topic. Her class is having a debate between disciplinary measures to deal with an impaired nurse vs. "alternative to discipline" methods of dealing with the disease and the nurse who suffers with it.

I'll post the results tomorrow. It should be an interesting day.

Thanks for having the guts to take the less than popular stance, Samantha!