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CPS called on ME!

Hello,

I have been a nurse since 2008. I have worked ER, Home Health, Home infusion, case management, med/surg, tele, IMU, and in a clinic that had me and 2 medical assistants for 9 surgeons in 7 different specialties. I've done nights, I've done days, and I've worked the M-F 9-5. I learned a great deal, liked it all okay, never really LOVED any of it. In 2020, I became a mom at 40. And in 2024 I had another baby. I just want to be a stay at home mom, but, like everyone else, I have to work. In 2025 I quit working at the surgery clinic and got offered a unique opportunity to be a preschool teacher at a private catholic school. I have no familiarity with teaching. I took a course over the Summer last year by Harry Wong and that was all the education I got. It has been a steep learning curve, but I LOVE IT SO MUCH! The pay is atrocious....and I'm not sure I could continue making 30K a year and keep surviving. But I guess I won't have to. A month ago one of my students parent's caught him in the bathroom sticking his finger in his orifice. He is 4. Apparently his mother questioned him about this and he told her that I was taking him to a room every day and sticking my finger in his orifice. His mother told the principal this and I spent 3 weeks out of work so CPS could investigate. The findings were that I was completely Ruled Out as a suspect. I have an aide in my room and I'm never alone with a single student for any reason. And if there is a potty accident the doors remain open to the bathroom as I assist.

But because of this I have been told that I will not be offered a position next year as it is "too tumultuous". This also affects my nursing license. I'm in the process getting the CPS report expunged, but I apparently still must report the whole thing to the BON in both states I'm licensed in and see if they want to do their own investigations.

So now I'm out of a job, I'm not sure I can apply for a nursing position due to having to report all this to the BON ( my license still says unencumbered on Nursys) and my kids won't have insurance by the end of June. I also REALLY do not want to go back to bedside. Sorry, but after this year of being a human again I had no idea how poorly being a nurse affected me. I'm just plain tired of seeing people die. So anyone in school seen this kind of thing happen before? Can anyone who has basically been falsely reported to CPS recover?

Thanks!

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    I don't have any experience in this, but I don't think YOU need to report this to any BON. I don't even think your employer should be reporting this, as you are not employed by them as a nurse, so unless you are using your RN license in your teaching job, this is completely separate from your nursing license.

    Besides that, you were cleared of any wrongdoing and no charges were filed, so there is no public, criminal record that needs to be "expunged". Yes, your name is probably on a very long list of people who have been accused of harming children, but that list has to exist and I don't think you'll ever successfully get your name removed from it.

    If I were you, I'd look at insurance case management or triage jobs that allow you to work from home. Or pharmaceutical nurse rep jobs for patient care programs. No direct patient contact/care other than via phone calls.

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    Well it's a school and I'm not using my RN license right now, but they are mandated reporters like we are and ultimately the principal decided to report the parent's concern to CPS. I have had contact with a lawyer who specializes in nursing license issues (and while she may be trying to validate her job some) she did say that I have to self report this incident to the BON, because while it wouldn't show up on a regular background check, it will show up on one that is in depth like the may do for an RN position. And while I would only be flagged as an 'accused perpetrator', CPS keeps these records for 10 years. I did recieve, from the CPS office, a paper to submit to have my role as an 'accused perpetrator' removed from the list. I have, of course, submitted it.

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