Help me please!

[olchrustyone]

I am being ordered by the Texas Board of Nursing to undergo a chemical dependency evaluation after submitting a declaratory order packet. I called (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME: PLEASE DO NOT POST NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARDS PER TERMS OF SERVICE) and his secretary assured me that he was not biased and rarely went against the patient to receive their license. I'm still extremely nervous because this evaluation will determine if I can even get into clinicals and I have been working my butt off. My offense was 6 years ago. I haven't used since, but I'm scared they will be looking for any fault they can find. I have saved the 1500 for the evaluation and I can't afford an attorney because I'm a single mom and student. Can anyone please give me a clue to what my chances may be!!!

[RegularDiet, BSN]

On 2/9/2018 at 7:14 AM, catsmeow1972 said:

Further back in this thread, someone alluded to not going for the evaluation from somewhere on the BONs list. I don't know about states where the BON runs thier own programs but in my single state experience, where the program is outsourced, an evaluation will not be accepted unless it is from one of thier "approved" evaluators. To me that reads that you have to go to who they tell you to go to as in someone who will say what needs to be said to justify the issuance or continuance of a contract. I gather they've wised to the idea that one could go to thier own psychiatrist who might actually know the person or to an impartial individual who would not have any financial interest in recommending any unnecessary treatment. The things that go on in these programs, if they happened in the real world, would be appalling material for the headlines of newspapers. I tell my non-nursing friends about this and they don't understand how this can even be legal. Maybe it can, but it sure isn't ethical.....

YES TO EVERYTHING HERE! I'm in the midst of my drama but when I am finished with the whole ordeal I intend to be vocal about it!