IPN and license

Frustration intolerance, Gym? Patience brother...

The exact mechanism for communicating disciplinary action from Florida to other states is held pretty close to the BON's vest. If you used an active FL license as a basis for endorsement or reciprocity in another state, my money would be on FL transmitting the disciplinary action to those states post haste.

I voluntarily surrendered my initial FL license. That stopped any further investigation or action. It also kept me off the OIG list.

This is a situation that is screaming for at least a consultation with an attorney with RECENT EXPERIENCE in FL BON cases. These folks will do a by the hour consultation without requiring a retainer http://www.thehealthlawfirm.com/. Certainly, I need not remind you to get a lawyer if you can afford it.

If you haven't signed a contract yet, wait until you see an attorney, they are worth every penny when dealing with IPN; strangely, they get a little more flexable with an attorney on your side.

Private message me if you like for more info.

Smitty

Only you can decide the path to take. I gave up nursing so I could continue to drink. For me, in the long run, that path was a mistake.

I think I posted some of the long strange trip here: http://allnurses.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=347169

There was nothing to the IPN hoops after I chose life instead of drinking myself to death; it's harder to drink yourself to death than I ever imagined. Anyway, browse those posts if you have time. If my position on the IPN or sobriety issues are unclear, with the benefit of hindsight, I should have dried out 15 yrs ago.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no AA apologist or saved by the Lord convert. That business is great if it adds meaning to your life and provides comfort and direction. You can find your own path and still jump through IPN's hoops, but it will be an exercise in patience like no other.

Smitty

i know that in the states that i am lic in that i would have to report any such issues....i repeat smitty suggest...GET A LAWYER

The mission of IPN is to ensure public health and safety by providing an avenue for swift intervention/close monitoring and advocacy of nurses whose practice may be impaired due to the use, misuse, or abuse of alcohol or drugs, or a mental and/or physical condition. Their words, not mine.

There is nothing unclear about IPN's mission. Public first, then the nurses. Don't misread my position. Your last comments could have been my own 15 yrs. ago. I told IPN shove off. After I sobered up, on my own, just to survive, IPN's function and my place in nursing was clearer to me.

Do I like and credit group therapy for my sobriety? Nope. Do I find AA awash in dogmatic platitudes? Yep. But, you can bet your hind end I participate in the activities IPN requires because nursing is more important to me than drinking or drugging. I go to the Nursing Support Meetings & AA and force myself to look for what I have in common with the other participants, not how we are different. I don't belittle other's beliefs, but I do point out what I feel to be delusional baloney.

My point is you may see things quite differently after several months of sobriety. Maybe not. Early sobriety is an inherently dangerous time to be making big life changing decisions like kicking nursing to the curb. I'm just say'n.....

Smitty