Discipline on LPN

[Eallen1]

Im an lpn and have had my license suspended once.

My husband and lived in Fl which is where my license was from. We had to move to another state and our situation was dire. I took every nursing job i was offered. Worked 16+ hour days 7 days a week. After 5 months i crashed. I was working my day job and had to rest. I sat at the desk and signed out meds and treatments as though i had performed them. I did this with 2 different places. It did not last long before it caught up to me.

My license was suspended for a year. I went through legal/ethical classes and took an LPN refresher class. Regained my license went through the probation period and have been working with the same company (without issue) for 6 years!!!!!

I am starting the RN program in the fall. Discipline actions never leave your licenses.. I am wondering that once i have my RN, will a prospective employer even look at my LPN?

I dont want doors closed to me after all this time!!!

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

It would show up on your background check, if nowhere else.

[NOADLS]

There is the option to outright leave the LPN out of your history, but I don't think it is clear cut that the benefit outweighs the risk or vice versa. If I were you, I would test the water by limiting the amount of resumes distributed and seeing how employers proceed with you. If you find that the LPN history isn't favorable, you can always choose to leave it out. The onus will be on the employer to dig deeper. Just remember that there is always going to be an employer out there who doesn't do their due diligence and will let someone slip through the cracks. Play your cards right and you will make it work.

[margin261]

I'm currently applying for jobs & most of the applications ask these 2 questions:

- have you ever been terminated from a job

- have you ever had a professional license suspended or put on probation

I am an RN that was an LPN for 13 years. Early in my LPN career my license was suspended for 6 months & I was on probation for 2 years.

I have never lied or tried to hide that from potential employers. I've had them tell me many times they appreciate my honesty and, to my knowledge, have never lost out on a job because of it.

Being honest with a potential employer shows that you have taken responsibility for your mistake, have learned from it & aren't likely to repeat it.

If you lie on an application & they find out- you'll be terminated for lying on the application and nursing is a small community. Others will find out & it will appear you learned nothing from your mistake.

If you go through all the hard work of RN school- just be honest on applications. Employers like to hear people being accountable & taking personal responsibility for mistakes.

Good luck!