Hello, ladies and gentlemen! New to the forum and thought I would take a second to introduce myself before posting my question. I'm a 26 year old, single mother, and will be graduating nursing school in 8 weeks. Super excited but I am also finding that I have mixed emotions due to the application process for state boards.
I went to treatment in July of 2009 (voluntarily, well...kind of, let's just say it wasn't court ordered ) for a dual addiction; alcohol and xanax. After a 30 day residential treatment program I lived in a sober house for five and half months before returning home to Indiana.
I know here in the state of Indiana the application for state boards specifically asks if you have ever been to treatment for chemical dependency. Recently, through a mutual friend also in the program, I found out when the BON receives these applications they bring in the applicant for a meeting with the board. The meeting generally consists of the BON finding out about your program-are you working with a sponsor, attending meetings, etc., any legal ramifications as a result of your using (I had none), length of sobriety, DOC....of course all the things they would justifiably want to know.
I was wondering, has anyone here ever experienced a problem getting licensure for an addiction that preceded being a health care provider?
) for a dual addiction; alcohol and xanax. After a 30 day residential treatment program I lived in a sober house for five and half months before returning home to Indiana.
waldo_1984
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Sissykim, you bring up another point of view my sponsor brought up in our discussion. That what happened before my being licensed was my own business.
I apologize but I don't have a lot of time to post right now, will elaborate more in a little while.