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Specializes in Critical Care.

Hello everyone!  A good friend of mine, who is a BSN Nurse, is looking for a new position since his license now contains restrictions (he made some mistakes and is rehabilitating his license).  He currently cannot give out narcotics nor work alone, needs a supervising nurse to work alongside him.  This obviously limits his opportunities and wanted to see if anyone had any ideas.  I've heard mental health facilities, possibly correctional positions, any others?

Thank you all in advance.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
20 hours ago, Balbaroy said:

I've heard mental health facilities

With all due respect, Balbaroy, this information is erroneous.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

Dialysis is an option. Most clinics are large enough to always have at least two nurses on staff fulfilling that requirement for supervision and we do not administer any controlled meds so the restriction on giving narcotics would not be a barrier to employment. 

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Agree dialysis in a large unit might be the way to go. The only caveat to dialysis nursing is that sometimes you do have to hand a narcotic prescription to a pt. Would that be an issue?

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
13 hours ago, traumaRUs said:

Agree dialysis in a large unit might be the way to go. The only caveat to dialysis nursing is that sometimes you do have to hand a narcotic prescription to a pt. Would that be an issue?

Good question. The rare patient that takes a narcotic pain med during treatment brings their own med and was always able to self administer in my clinic. I suppose on the off chance a patient uses a narcotic from home during dialysis and they can't self administer another nurse would be glad to help out with that. 

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