how do i move on?

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Hi guys! I'm going to try to make this short and sweet. I've never posted her before, although I have read a lot of forum posts on here. I posted here under recovery b/c I didn't see any other section that was compliance related. I'm not in recovery, nor did I ever have an issue with substance abuse, but I found myself in a rocky situation with the board anyway. Ok, so I graduated nursing school. I had a misdemeanor for shoplifting a few years prior to then. My nursing license was place on probation with restrictions. I need to find a nursing job to get off but never could find one as an LPN. nearly 7 years passed and I finally found one. I was there 6 months before leaving for personal reasons, but in my time there on one of my quarterly reports, it was reported that I had made a few mistakes with documentation. It wasn't anything intentional or "morally" bad. I mean, it had been nearly a decade since school I was trying my best to learn it all with minimal to no training. People make mistakes. Anyway, I was called in for questioning and whatnot and soon received a letter that I needed to have an educational needs assessment and maybe take a refresher course, but I can't practice in the meantime.

Where I'm at now: I'm over it. Shoplifting, while wrong, is a minor misdemeanor (and the only one I had ever had and will ever have). At this stage, my passion for nursing has fizzled and I don't want to beat this and be a happy, successful nurse. I just want to move on. How do I let my nursing license go without the ramifications of "forfeiture"? That's all I really want to know. Best of luck to all of you out there in this field!

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Med/Surg.

I would ask the board what the ramifications would be if you just let your license lapse. This "educational needs assessment" doesn't sound like it is punitive or disciplinary so there wouldn't be that stigma.

I can totally relate to your passion for nursing having fizzled. I broke my butt to get my license clear of discipline and now there are very few jobs open to me. It doesn't help that I am over 55 & have bad knees that don't mix well with floor nursing. I used to do Medicare Case Management but I don't want all that stress in my life any more. In your case, pursuing another line of work may be your best bet.

In the meantime, I am grateful to have contract work with several health screening companies that keeps me from ending up homeless because I can't pay my rent.

Good luck & let us know how it goes.

Catmom :paw:

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Careful! I voluntarily surrendered in CA even tho I had an expired license there....they still came after me. They wanted to give me 3 years of stricter probation than I already had in my home state and gave me an administrative fee bill for $4000.00. I was originally arrested in OR for DUI and there was never a conviction...now is 100% dismissed. I am 5 months away in OR from a free&clear unencumbered license. I work for a wonderful hospital. So sad as CA now turns all surrenders for whatever reason into the US HHS OIG Medicare Exclusions List...I will no longer be able to work as an RN anywhere in the US again...even as a janitor in any institution that collects medicare dollars. My horrible crime: I did not get a lawyer for 15+K and I had 3 glasses of wine while on-call never saw a pt nor performed pt care...no conviction...100% dismissed. All this hell for nothing. I rue the day I ever entered nursing. I want to wait till I am on the death list, make as much money as I can till then by working at my hospital, then live like a hippie on food stamps and Medical like lots of other Americans out there who live under the radar. I tried, but it crushed me. My spirit will heal tho....I still believe in recovery and divine justice... love you all...

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Careful! I voluntarily surrendered in CA even tho I had an expired license there....they still came after me. They wanted to give me 3 years of stricter probation than I already had in my home state and gave me an administrative fee bill for $4000.00. I was originally arrested in OR for DUI and there was never a conviction...now is 100% dismissed. I am 5 months away in OR from a free&clear unencumbered license. I work for a wonderful hospital. So sad as CA now turns all surrenders for whatever reason into the US HHS OIG Medicare Exclusions List...I will no longer be able to work as an RN anywhere in the US again...even as a janitor in any institution that collects medicare dollars. My horrible crime: I did not get a lawyer for 15+K and I had 3 glasses of wine while on-call never saw a pt nor performed pt care...no conviction...100% dismissed. All this hell for nothing. I rue the day I ever entered nursing. I want to wait till I am on the death list, make as much money as I can till then by working at my hospital, then live like a hippie on food stamps and Medical like lots of other Americans out there who live under the radar. I tried, but it crushed me. My spirit will heal tho....I still believe in recovery and divine justice... love you all...

So how is it not your fault that you drank while on duty, didn't pay for a lawyer, and now have to face the consequences of your actions?

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Careful! I voluntarily surrendered in CA even tho I had an expired license there....they still came after me. They wanted to give me 3 years of stricter probation than I already had in my home state and gave me an administrative fee bill for $4000.00. I was originally arrested in OR for DUI and there was never a conviction...now is 100% dismissed. I am 5 months away in OR from a free&clear unencumbered license. I work for a wonderful hospital. So sad as CA now turns all surrenders for whatever reason into the US HHS OIG Medicare Exclusions List...I will no longer be able to work as an RN anywhere in the US again...even as a janitor in any institution that collects medicare dollars. My horrible crime: I did not get a lawyer for 15+K and I had 3 glasses of wine while on-call never saw a pt nor performed pt care...no conviction...100% dismissed. All this hell for nothing. I rue the day I ever entered nursing. I want to wait till I am on the death list, make as much money as I can till then by working at my hospital, then live like a hippie on food stamps and Medical like lots of other Americans out there who live under the radar. I tried, but it crushed me. My spirit will heal tho....I still believe in recovery and divine justice... love you all...

how did you get off oig list?

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