Board Of Nursing Troubles

Hi everyone. I was hoping for some advice or really any words of encouragement.

I'm a new nurse. I worked on a floor for 5 months (2 months out of orientation). One day when coming off shift my manager asked to speak with me and I was told I was suspended pending investigation. Manager said he received multiple complaints that I was not checking on patients. Two days later I was fired, with no mention about the Board Of Nursing. I spent a week recuperating, pretty shaken from being fired from my first job, and my first nursing job. Right as I started applying for new positions I received a letter saying a complaint had been filled to the Board Of Nursing. (I just want to make note, NO-ONE was hurt or injured during my entire employment there)

Everyone I spoke to said to just cooperate and just get it over with, that the most the Board would do was give me a fine and make me take some classes. I did that, and just waited for the investigation to be over. It took over a year, and without being able to get a nursing job the entire time. I finally received word that they were done and I would receive an email about what they wanted me to do for reprimands.

It was then that I was completely blindsided. I got the fine and mandatory classes I expected. But in addition, I was told that I was going to be on restriction. I could not practice nursing without having a supervisor with me constantly for a year.

Ive attempted to contact a lawyer about this but absolutely no one will call me back about this issue. And I can only find one nursing defense attorney in my state.

I just don't understand? I would if my accusation/charge was for diversion, but I have never failed a drug test in my entire life, and still wouldn't now. I'm a new nurse that has been out of work for a year and now I will have restrictions on my license. I'm terrified I won't be able to get a job anywhere. Who wants to hire a new nurse with restrictions rather than a new nurse without? I'm worried I might have to change careers, but I can't think of doing anything other than nursing. I've worked for all my college and high school life to be a nurse. I am just so lost and confused. I don't know what to do.

Anything would be helpful,

GradOf2016

Edit: More of an explanation of what happened

I had a shift one day and I was just running around like crazy. Instead of going into the rooms to check on the patients I would look as I passed by or listen to them. Then charted my hourlys, and they viewed that as false documentation. I was taught by my preceptor that it was ok to check non my patients like that. I completely understand I should have done more and gone with my gut and just went into the rooms. I never received any formal reprimand or was corrected in anyway before I was fired.