Georgia lawmakers are proposing a new program to monitor and help rehabilitate healthcare professionals with impairments.

The Georgia Board of Nurses handles over half of its disciplinary cases in secret — meaning patients cannot know which nurses are abusing drugs, how many nurses are addicted or how many relapse, an ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - South Georgia hospital leaders and frontline workers are sounding the alarm over a new federal proposal that would reclassify some nursing degrees as “non-professional.” They say ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Georgia nurses who have struggled with – and even overcome – addiction want to see the state adopt a less ...