If you are drunk, don't drive!

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If you are a nurse, and you drive while you are drunk; the Board of Nursing can suspend your nursing license for good!!! This is hard to believe...but it is true!!!!

Specializes in CT ,ICU,CCU,Tele,ED,Hospice.
Oh, OK. So you had a bad day, go out for a few drinks, and kill someone on the way home. And if that someone were my loved one, you bet your patooty I do not think you should ever be a nurse again. I'd fight every which way I can to have your license taken away until the day after never.

1st off i wouldn't personally.i was not speaking about me.no there is no excuse for drunk driving however 1 has nothing to do directly with the other .you have a right to your opinion i have a right to mine .i also want the md's held to same standard . stay out of my personal life as long as i am not doing anything illegal.

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OK, so in the case of a pedophile who just happens to be a "terrific nurse" but only abuses children when he is off duty - is he "nobody's damn business"?

He is somebody's business just not the BON's. There are already laws to address the problem.

I don't think comparing a pedophile, batterer, murderer, rapist, etc to a DUI is a fair comparison. All but the later is a deliberate act against another human being. A DUI is not.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
He is somebody's business just not the BON's. There are already laws to address the problem.

I don't think comparing a pedophile, batterer, murderer, rapist, etc to a DUI is a fair comparison. All but the later is a deliberate act against another human being. A DUI is not.

I respectfully disagree.

Drinking and driving is like picking up a loaded gun and shooting it in a crowd. Sometimes you hit someone, sometimes you don't. Just because there are times you don't doesn't mean it's not a deliberate act against another human being.

Most BON's disagree with you that having a criminal conviction is not their business. Here in Florida a sex crime will cause you to loose your license quicker than a DUI.

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Not merely mine but about every nurse manager I have come in contact with. But then they are nurse managers.

Given the frequency of postings here regarding the unscrupulous actions of nurse managers, I'm not surprised.

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What it comes down to...is being responsible for your actions...both on and off the job.

Agreed but this isn't what the debate is about.

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I respectfully disagree.

Drinking and driving is like picking up a loaded gun and shooting it in a crowd. Sometimes you hit someone, sometimes you don't. Just because there are times you don't doesn't mean it's not a deliberate act against another human being.

Most BON's disagree with you that having a criminal conviction is not their business. Here in Florida a sex crime will cause you to loose your license quicker than a DUI.

The distinction between being deliberate or not is made by the "intent".

I'd be willing to bet that a majority of those here that support the BON sticking their nose into their private life, have at one time or another operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.
1st off i wouldn't personally.i was not speaking about me.no there is no excuse for drunk driving however 1 has nothing to do directly with the other .you have a right to your opinion i have a right to mine .i also want the md's held to same standard . stay out of my personal life as long as i am not doing anything illegal.

With all due respect, DUI is doing something illegal.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.
He is somebody's business just not the BON's. There are already laws to address the problem.

I don't think comparing a pedophile, batterer, murderer, rapist, etc to a DUI is a fair comparison. All but the later is a deliberate act against another human being. A DUI is not.

Oh, yes it is. DUI carries the possibility that you may "deliberately act against another human being" by killing him.

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Specializes in SRNA.

Whether it is illegal or not is a red herring.

-S

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Oh, yes it is. DUI carries the possibility that you may "deliberately act against another human being" by killing him.

No question a drunk driver has the possibility of killing someone but that is not their intent.

Your rationale escapes me as everyone who drives a motor vehicle carries the possibility that he/she may kill someone.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.
No question a drunk driver has the possibility of killing someone but that is not their intent.

Your rationale escapes me as everyone who drives a motor vehicle carries the possibility that he/she may kill someone.

The outcome is still the same. Everyone who drives a motor vehicle UNDER THE INFLUENCE carries the possibility that he/she may kill someone.

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Everyone who drives a motor vehicle UNDER THE INFLUENCE carries the possibility that he/she may kill someone.

Everyone who drives a motor vehicle, WHETHER DRUNK OR NOT, carries the potential to kill someone so your rationale for intent is baseless.

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