I got a job!!!!

Junebug59, RN · Sep 25, 2013

I so sorry wenman81....., keep your head and spirits up. keep on, keeping on....

TXRN2 · Sep 25, 2013

wenman81- i, too, am so very sorry this didn't work out- just sucks for you!! don't give up- keep plugging away!! although i know this is hard!!

10yearnurse · Sep 25, 2013

Thanks for the support ladies. Sigh. I'll take as much as I can get.

tweety62 · Sep 25, 2013

I also just got hired.I live in NC & background checks of all kinds are standard.Not to worry!!.I am the nurse who wrote "what if this happen to you"I was told by new employer that I got a very good reference from my former employer. THANK GOD!!! So don't worry about it ,I also was suspended for 3 shifs.I had never had that happen to me,but there were quite a few of us to be suspended around thar same time.YOU GO GIRL.....U GOT THE JOB !!!

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BamaRN2004 · Sep 26, 2013

Oh no!! I was just thinking about you today!! I am so sorry. Chin up. Your gonna get a great job! Might take awhile but I have faith in each everyone of us! Xoxo

swansonplace · Sep 26, 2013

Really awesome. Tell me how you did it.

10yearnurse · Sep 26, 2013

They rescinded the offer once HR saw the board order. DON and manager were OK with it but HR said no go. :-(

10yearnurse · Sep 27, 2013

update: offered a job in psych. Unfortunately, i would be only rn as it was a night position. So, no go. But the lady I met with was awesome and recommended another place to me and said ideas in the right spot. Said she would hire me in a second. Said, even if I relapsed (which I won't) she'd stick with me. How uplifting it was. I'm still in tears (very embarrassed). Anyways, that's where I'm at.

Junebug59, RN · Sep 28, 2013

hang in there wenman81. how long have you been in the program? I got a call Wednesday by HR at a hospital I applied at. she did a quick question interview, just basic questions. then said she would turn the info over to the recruiter in HR. and that I would have an interview in the next couple of days. well, of course I guess she went to the BON website to verify my license and saw the board order and I get the email saying sorry.... we are looking for a qualified candidate. it's so humiliating. I went from being a nurse any o.r. manger would hire in a heart beat to now I can't even get a job flipping hamburgers...... I am so depressed. I don't know what to do.

10yearnurse · Oct 5, 2013

Hi Virgo,

I'm right there with you. It is just that, humiliating. Having to relive it and bring ourselves down constantly is such a struggle. Thanks for the kind words and you hang in there yourself. I've had a lot of reprieved job offers. So difficult.

Junebug59, RN · Oct 8, 2013

yep.... got a call yesterday from HR recruiter. he was more concerned that I hadn't worked in 5 years than he was about the IPN involvement. I told him I have worked in the O.R. for 30 years prior to my 5 year abstenience from nursing. how could I forget 30 years of experience in 5 years???? so wacked..... i'm seriously at the end of my rope and sanity. my poor self esteem can't take all these turn downs for a job. i'm losing my self respect, my identity and my sanity. I swear, i'm beginning to think i'm nothing but trash. who wants to hire a nurse with a criminal background. I have 2 dui's, possess of pot (1/2 joint), disorderly conduct. I didn't steal meds from work or my patients. I was weekend warrior. did it on my own time. never went into work intoxicated. not trying to justify or judge anyone. it just seems no one out there is willing to give 2nd chances...... i'm really depressed today.... thanks for listening y'all.

swansonplace · Oct 8, 2013

yep.... got a call yesterday from HR recruiter. he was more concerned that I hadn't worked in 5 years than he was about the IPN involvement. I told him I have worked in the O.R. for 30 years prior to my 5 year abstenience from nursing. how could I forget 30 years of experience in 5 years???? so wacked..... i'm seriously at the end of my rope and sanity. my poor self esteem can't take all these turn downs for a job. i'm losing my self respect, my identity and my sanity. I swear, i'm beginning to think i'm nothing but trash. who wants to hire a nurse with a criminal background. I have 2 dui's, possess of pot (1/2 joint), disorderly conduct. I didn't steal meds from work or my patients. I was weekend warrior. did it on my own time. never went into work intoxicated. not trying to justify or judge anyone. it just seems no one out there is willing to give 2nd chances...... i'm really depressed today.... thanks for listening y'all.

Seems really hard! I would try the florida keys. I'm not sure how they will react now, but I grew up there, and it is a different environment. Not to say that the BON rules don't apply, but the social environment is much different there.