I have a lawyer, I diverted over two years ago, and it's taking all this time for the board to respond, and their proposed discipline is Tpapn, and that it would remain confidential and off my record once completed.
I'm having trouble deciding if I'm willing to do the program or if I'm going to surrender my license, I've been on pain management for basically 10 years and I'm terrified to cold turkey stop gabapentin and hydrocodone but when I call TPAPN they say that they are more open to people being on prescription medication than they used to be. but I don't see that anywhere in these forums.
I feel like the people who answer the phone at TPAPN . Just tell you whatever you wanna hear and then once you're assigned a case manager, they will say absolutely not.. is this y'all's experience?
and has anyone been allowed to stay in a home health job? Because they told me that was possible too but I don't know if I believe them
Why can't you try to obtain a nursing job in the insurance industry? Most are desk or work from home jobs and you will not be with patient's alone - only on the phone. I am not sure this matters but it is something to consider.
It usually does matter. What you are describing above, if done At a physical medical working location/building, is kind of like case management. Insurance and case management aren't exactly the same, but both cross into similar areas, BUT.......the above has to be done in a physical location with another nurse in the general area (the same building at least) who can physically see you 1 or 2 times a day). The above are not my rules, those are Very Common BON Consent Order rules across the country for nurses returning to practice. Do they apply to ALL Nurses and Each and Every Nurse? Of course not, but they apply to a huge portion of them in that first year back in which the overwhelming majority of consent orders do not allow home health, home-office nursing-calls, community health-in home visits, etc, and Many of the consent orders won't allow it for the full duration of monitoring.
Exceptions to the above? ALWAYS possible exception, but Most Common and More Likely than Not for a huge portion of nurses returning to practice is......No Working as a Nurse from home and where you aren't in a location where Another Nurse can't lay eyes on your a couple of times per day. For example, occupation health nursing located literally at a factory where you are the only nurse, or school nursing where you are the only nurse, or in home visit community/home health nursing where you are the only nurse, or working as a case manager From Home by yourself with no nurse around.......all of these are usually....keyword "usually" forbidden when returning to practice.
SheelaDavis
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It usually does matter. What you are describing above, if done At a physical medical working location/building, is kind of like case management. Insurance and case management aren't exactly the same, but both cross into similar areas, BUT.......the above has to be done in a physical location with another nurse in the general area (the same building at least) who can physically see you 1 or 2 times a day). The above are not my rules, those are Very Common BON Consent Order rules across the country for nurses returning to practice. Do they apply to ALL Nurses and Each and Every Nurse? Of course not, but they apply to a huge portion of them in that first year back in which the overwhelming majority of consent orders do not allow home health, home-office nursing-calls, community health-in home visits, etc, and Many of the consent orders won't allow it for the full duration of monitoring.
Exceptions to the above? ALWAYS possible exception, but Most Common and More Likely than Not for a huge portion of nurses returning to practice is......No Working as a Nurse from home and where you aren't in a location where Another Nurse can't lay eyes on your a couple of times per day. For example, occupation health nursing located literally at a factory where you are the only nurse, or school nursing where you are the only nurse, or in home visit community/home health nursing where you are the only nurse, or working as a case manager From Home by yourself with no nurse around.......all of these are usually....keyword "usually" forbidden when returning to practice.