I need advice

[Madilyn Juliet]

I have been a good nurse for 14 years. In 1994 I was a supervisor for a small clinic - during the phen-phen craze. I reported a couple of bad docs for prescribing the med to very small gals. In turn I also found out several of my nurses were working on probation and supervison. Long story short I was fired-I would have quit anyway but the nurses reported me to the DPR for stealing script pads. I hired a lawyer and fought it for 7 years! I ended up taking the least discipline which was a displinary action on my license. It appears on the internet as I stole script pads for my own personal use! It is embarrassing and I feel has kept me from getting good jobs! Does anyone know of anything I can do? Any advice would help!

[ainz]

Madilyn Juliet--no intention of reprimanding, just trying to clarify some things. OK, to answer your original question. It has been my experience that you can overcome this kind of thing with a proven track record. As time goes by and you have continued to successfully work as a nurse without any issues and especially if you have advanced, say into management or having recognized clinical expertise, or advanced your degree, etc., this can be overcome. You need enough good stuff to overcome the bad stuff. How much time is adequate?--I don't know, a few years a least.

Anyone, I know this is frustrating but continuing to do the right thing will help tremendously. You can also try an attorney but I doubt the Board of Nursing will allow your record to be cleaned since the board does not handle criminal cases.

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

If you want a bad example of how a board of nursing can let things get out of hand read this extract - warning it is a legal transcript and the best place to start is about page 8 where the judge summarises his findings.

http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/qjudgment/dc01_001.htm

Click on Barry v Queensland Nursing Council and remember this happened in a state that is far less litigious than America!!

[Agnus]

(((((((((((((Madalyn Juliet)))))))))))))))

I wish I had more to offer than this hug.

[geekgolightly, BSN, RN]

Hire an expungement lawyer. If you are reporting to us what has actually transpired, you need good assistance. Any good criminal trial or expungement lawyer will be able to straighten this out.

[Todd SPN]

Originally posted by Madilyn Juliet

I was not arrested because no evidenceof a crime was committed. But this is haunting me and making me want to leave the nursing profession espiecially since I have had the negative feedback from some of the prior e-mails-I guess I could not get a job with you! I needed support not more reprimand!

Well, since there was no evidence, I don't believe you did it. That being said, I can't believe you plead guilty to something you didn't do. What's wrong with this picture? Why would you do such a thing and have to correct it after the fact?