It is not enough to damn the nurse. It is not enough to speak platitudes about standards. It is time to act. If the nurse registering authorities fail in their accountability to the profession we will not only see the demise of nursing in nursing homes but in acute care as well. They become irrelevant.
Nurses are individually accountable.
However, this is not enough. If we truly want quality nursing care and professional standards, both the employers and the registering authorities need to develop some level of accountability as well.