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The concept of Safe Harbor Peer Review is sort of new to me and in this week’s readings I learned quite a bit. In California where I reside I haven’t really heard of the topic and it’s not part of our Nursing Practice Act but I’m not sure if the facility I work in has this process. However, this concept is important to report unsafe nursing practices. Also I learned that under this act in Texas it “protects the nurse from licensure action by the BON as well as from retaliatory action by the employer” (Texas Board of Nursing, 2013). This is great to know in regards to my nursing practice even though I do not live Texas, here in CA we have a similar protection under the whistleblower protection act. I have not encountered any situation in where
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