Jobs before consent order

NurseJackie69 · Apr 11

Work restrictions depends on your consent order from the BON and some people have none, some have 1, some have 4 or 5. Totally depends and each one is different and it's not about which state it is. It's about the individual.

Don't confuse Monitoring and the Nurse Board Consent order. Monitoring is simply one of the conditions that nurses must comply with that is part of the BON consent agreement/order. Monitoring is simply put...you check in daily and pee if selected. The BON establishes all of the other stuff. For example, can you work over 40 hours per week, can you work in a float pool, can you work nightshift, do you have a narc restriction for 6.months or a year, can you work for a staffing agency, can you work in a nursing home or community health setting, etc. All of that comes from the BON. The monitoring people are simply people that are concerned with you checking in daily and drug testing when selected.

You will have to wait to read your consent order to get the answer to your questions. Your monitoring ends when your consent order ends or vice versa. They run together. Your restrictions ends when your consent order says they end. Your monitoring will not end until the consent order ends, but if you have restrictions, sometimes the BON will allow none, some, most, or all of those restrictions on your practice after a year, or 2, or 3, etc..it will specify that in the consent order.

NurseJackie69 · Apr 11

Following up on the above, if you have restrictions, none of them will extend PAST your consent order and monitoring. Once you have done your time, often 5 years is the duration of your consent order which means your monitoring will be 5 years. If your consent order is 4, your time in mo itoring is 4. Depends on what the BON gives you and Once your consent order is finished, monitoring and restrictions are finished and your license goes back to normal. They dint restrict you "for life."

A common restriction. No narcs for the first 6 months up to 1 year after you return to work, then that restrcition is lifted. Another common restriction, no more than 48 hours per week worked and no night shifts, but after 3 years, the nightshift restriction is lifted. These all vary though. Some have restriction on No in home nursing or community health nursing or staffing agency work for the full duration of your consent order. Lots of variance and you really will not k ow or be sure until you get your consent order from the BON.

Smit5292, BSN · Apr 11

Thank you so much for the info!! You have been very helpful!! I really appreciate it!!

NurseJackie69 · Apr 12

You are welcome. I can tell you this. If you are in monitoring for diversion of drugs from work, expect a Narc Restriction of 6 months up to 1 year. If you are in for alcohol, DUI, there's a great chance, more than likely, that you will NOT have a Narc Restriction. The above is not set in stone or an absolute hard and fast rule, but it's very common across the country for narc restrictions related to diversion of drugs from work compared to alcohol issues/DUI's. Again, even the above can vary and you can find a nurse who diverted narcs and somehow, didn't get a narc restriction or the alcoholic who gets a 1 year narc restriction. There are always exceptions to the rule, but in General, if you divert drugs from work, expect a narc restriction for 6 months to 1 year and if you are in for alcohol or mental health issues, expect no restriction or if you do get one, up to 6 months.