Anyone ever had an accusation from the BRN and nothing come of it?

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I have an accusation against me that is being investigated by the BRN but it has nothing to do with patient care, drugs, alcohol, anything criminal etc. I'm being accused of unprofessionalism for something I won't get into on here. I had a nasty divorce that involved a restraining order against my ex. During that time he made up an accusation and him and his lawyer tried to use it to leverage me to give him custody and drop the restraining order. When I didn't do that he contacted the BRN. After a year of speaking with him and his family they contacted me. I figured it wouldn't go anywhere since I had a restraining order against him and part of that was due to him admitting to making up false allegations to control me. I told them that and fully cooperated with an interview. I even had his court deposition where he admits to doing that in the past so I was shocked when I got a formal accusation in the mail 5 months later. I contacted a lawyer and he was also shocked by all this. He is hoping we won't even have a hearing and he had me get letters from co workers as well as do CEs on ethics in nursing to show the board how professional I am. If the board has already committed to investigating and then a formal accusation do they ever let it go at this point? I wouldn't have thought it would get to this point so now I'm stressed this lie is gonna stick with me forever. 

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Yes, nurses have received no BON actions when their investigation into a spousal complaint is unfounded.   You need to ensure that your lawyer has experience dealing with board of nursing for your best bet to maintain active license.  From what you've written, given good advice so far.   The American Association of Nurse Attorneys can provide you with a second opinion too.

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