The Tennessee Board of Nursing has suspended the licenses of Tina L. Killebrew, Bobby D. Reynolds, II, and David R. Stout, Jr. The suspension of the nursing licenses was effective March 11. As a result of the summary suspensions, Killebrew, Reynolds and Stout were immediately prohibited from working as a nurse.
All three worked at the same medical practice in Johnson City, and all the nurses' licenses were suspended for the following:
engaging in a pattern of deceptive, substandard care and gross malpractice;
incompetence, unfitness and unprofessional conduct; and
failing to follow the acceptable standard of care for the practice of nursing.
Ms. Killebrew, Stout and Reynolds all have the opportunity to participate in an informal conference before the Board of Nursing next Thursday at 2 p.m., CT. During the conference, the board will determine whether the public health, safety or welfare imperatively required emergency action and whether each nurse's licenses should remain suspended pending the outcome of a contested case proceeding in the matter. The conference will be canceled if all the nurses decline participation.
Ms. Killebrew first was licensed as registered nurse in Tennessee in 1998. She received a license as an advanced practice nurse in 2005.
Reynolds originally was licensed as a registered nurse in the state in 1997 and received his license as an advanced practice nurse in 2004.
Stout initially was licensed a registered nurse in Tennessee in 1979 and subsequently was granted a license as an advanced practice nurse in 2004.