Graduate Nurse with NO Nurse status!!

[Dlowe76]

I graduated nursing school in May 2015. I have only diagnosed with BP for a year & half. Texas BON first told me that it takes a few extra weeks to get my clearance to take my test. A few weeks later I was told that it would be another 30-90 days while the Enforcement dept reviewed my file. Now the Enforcement dept tells me that my file has been reviewed but now it will take another 4-6 wks to get notification from the legal dept. My NP has also advised me that he doesn't think I am BP & that I have been misdiagnosed. I guess I have 3 questions so 1) Why in world would the TxBON not be up front with how long this process really is? 2) what kind of recommendations/stipulations could I get with no history of hospitalization, no drug abuse & I've never been to jail for anything so no criminal history? and 3) should I push for the new diagnosis immediately or wait for this process to be completed before starting a whole new process of having my diagnosis overturned?

[AngieVaughnReaves]

I am curious as to why you even disclosed that information if you felt it was in error? Are if you are on the correct medication, have you ever been institutionalized, and who diagnosed this? Can you get your NP to write a letter stating why the NP feels as though you have been misdiagnosed? As far as the length of time, the government cannot tell you how long something will take because of the work speed of the employees. I asked why something took so long to do (in Florida) she said we used to have 8 people processing these, now we have 1 and I'm not in any hurry, I get paid for being here and I am, then she hung up on me. Some people have no work ethic. Just keep calling and don't let them push you aside.

[Dlowe76]

At the time I applied for my license this was my diagnosis. Due to my med being an antipsychotic and the fact that I am seen at a state organization, I didn't want to be in trouble with a future employer cuz my med can show up on drug tests. My NP thinks I am not on the right med cuz the dosage I take is not even close to recommended dosage for bipolar and I am mainly using it for sleep. My NP didn't suggest this until after I applied for my license. Since i go to a state organization i see who they assign me. I had just had a renewal of diagnosis in March. I didn't start seeing this NP until May. No I have never been hospitalized for any mental diagnosis. That's why I am wondering why it is taking so long for them to process my file. I have a copy of the original letter that was sent to the BON. It states my care plan for the last year, my future care plan and the meds I take and that I have been compliant this whole time.