Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

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How will this affect future employment? It was some B/P meds. Awaiting to see if hospital files with BON.

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Get a lawyer - plain and simple. Your previous employer is legally obligated to report you to the BON as they terminated you. They may not, and if they do the BON can take months to get around to your case. That does not let you off the hook - in the meantime contact a lawyer, take some ethics courses and re-evaluate the'just BP meds' viewpoint. As far as the BON is concerned you have diverted medications which could have negatively impacted outcomes for your patients. I am sorry you are in this mess, but at this point damage control is critical.

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One of the relevant facts that they may consider is whether or not the BP meds were "taken from the Pixus" (stolen from the hospital) or diverted from the patient (in other words the patient did not get the medication intended for them. As pointed out above most attorneys will give you a free consultation.

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Not to be a stickler, but you also took a prescription medication without a valid prescription. Even though it was a BP med, if you didn't have a valid prescription for it, that is also a crime in itself. Could go so far as "practicing medicine without a license". Plus the theft. Sorry and good luck!

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On 6/19/2019 at 9:04 PM, exelor said:

How do I get ahead of this? Dont i have to see if they file with BON?

I would like you to explain what happened as we are here to help.Your story is incomplete,how many times,for what length of time,who caught/reported you?, friend or foe?

What happened at the meeting to fire you?What was documented?

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Get an attorney. End of story.

No one on AN can give you a valid plan. We can only give opinions. We practice nursing, not law. However, I will say "what the hell were you thinking?!!!"

Blood pressure medicine. It must have been a lot over a long period of time because I don't know anyone who has been fired and reported for taking a tylenol or a lopressor, or whatever. But then again, we always ask a doc for a prescription and the in house pharmacy for something so basic. It'll usually be a one time dose or no more than 3 until you see your PCP but c'mon, blood pressure meds? Did you steal a whole 30 day supply? Did you piss someone off and they reported you? There has to be more to this story.

But since it's potentially legal, stop talking to us and get you an attorney.

Also, ask to have this thread deleted for legal purposes.

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16 hours ago, NurseBlaq said:

But since it's potentially legal, stop talking to us and get you an attorney.

Also, ask to have this thread deleted for legal purposes.

^^ Here's the best advice you have received so far. Do not explain any further on AN or give any additional details that can identify your case (although it is likely too late for that). These threads are not confidential and do not protect your information in any way. Good luck with your situation.

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Specializes in Non judgmental advisor.

Hey, don’t worry you won’t get reported firing you is a quick easy fix , secondly you will get a job , a nurse is a nurse you do not need to list you stole meds . HR can only confirm your dates of employment they may say you are not eligible for rehire . But there is way to much of a nursing need for that to really effect you . Nurses who stole narcotics lost their license got it reinstated have jobs !

Im actually thinking here , I wonder how you got caught. Why get an attorney ? You know what you did . You still have a license , I’m someone who has been an agency nurse her whole career , they just need a pulse and an RN license , many responders here just aren’t aware of how much gravy there is to swim in with the nurse job pool. And the interviewing process. You didn’t kill anyone (even that people are getting away with )

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7 minutes ago, Nurselexii said:

Hey, don’t worry you won’t get reported firing you is a quick easy fix , secondly you will get a job , a nurse is a nurse you do not need to list you stole meds . HR can only confirm your dates of employment they may say you are not eligible for rehire . But there is way to much of a nursing need for that to really effect you . Nurses who stole narcotics lost their license got it reinstated have jobs !

Im actually thinking here , I wonder how you got caught. Why get an attorney ? You know what you did . You still have a license , I’m someone who has been an agency nurse her whole career , they just need a pulse and an RN license , many responders here just aren’t aware of how much gravy there is to swim in with the nurse job pool. And the interviewing process. You didn’t kill anyone (even that people are getting away with )

That whole post is horrible and is terrible advice. What state do you live in? I really hope you don't live in my state and I never wanna work with you or nurses you hire. What in the actual hell....

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8 minutes ago, LubbDubb77 said:

That whole post is horrible and is terrible advice. What state do you live in? I really hope you don't live in my state and I never wanna work with you or nurses you hire. What in the actual hell....

It is horrible , but it’s the truth , just like nursing is a business about money despite the advertisements , im actually a travel nurse , that has worked in 32 states , I thought I would offer an alternative response from someone who has been on many many, interviews , seen nurses who lost their license get work . Think of it as telling a quadriplegic that just because you got a bad hit in life doesn’t mean you have to stop living. I’ve taken short term jobs for nurses who were fired because of stealing drugs , and ran into those same nurses somewhere else. It may be horrible to you , but it is a telling of a truthful experience. Nurses like me? I’m just an agency nurse offering authentic advice based on experience, when I take assignments I work very hard to help and do not participate in gossip , however I see many things , so my sight is what I’m offering here . ?

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2 minutes ago, Nurselexii said:

It is horrible , but it’s the truth , just like nursing is a business about money despite the advertisements , im actually a travel nurse , that has worked in 32 states , I thought I would offer an alternative response from someone who has been on many many, interviews , seen nurses who lost their license get work . Think of it as telling a quadriplegic that just because you got a bad hit in life doesn’t mean you have to stop living. I’ve taken short term jobs for nurses who were fired because of stealing drugs , and ran into those same nurses somewhere else. It may be horrible to you , but it is a telling of a truthful experience. Nurses like me? I’m just an agency nurse offering authentic advice based on experience, when I take assignments I work very hard to help and do not participate in gossip , however I see many things , so my sight is what I’m offering here . ?

Quite true there was a charge nurse at our facility who was in the habit of writing orders for doctors that she felt were “ common sense, but often overlooked (she would then harass the ICU nurses to quickly execute them, usually things like SCD’s for DVT prevention or lovenox). Well she eventually screwed up and gave a snake bite victim Lovenox and the MD was outraged. She was terminated but never reported to the board ( bad PR for the hospital) and a few years later rehired by a sister ( owned by the same company) hospital as House Supervisor.

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2 hours ago, Nurselexii said:

Hey, don’t worry you won’t get reported firing you is a quick easy fix , secondly you will get a job , a nurse is a nurse you do not need to list you stole meds . HR can only confirm your dates of employment they may say you are not eligible for rehire . But there is way to much of a nursing need for that to really effect you . Nurses who stole narcotics lost their license got it reinstated have jobs !

Im actually thinking here , I wonder how you got caught. Why get an attorney ? You know what you did . You still have a license , I’m someone who has been an agency nurse her whole career , they just need a pulse and an RN license , many responders here just aren’t aware of how much gravy there is to swim in with the nurse job pool. And the interviewing process. You didn’t kill anyone (even that people are getting away with )

This tired old myth seems to never die. It is NOT TRUE that employers can only give your dates of employment and whether you are eligible for rehire. They can say anything that is true.

Many facilities will have a voluntary policy to only give out that information because they just do not want the hassle of potentially being sued by someone who is pissed that their reference has cost them another job. But there are no laws which forbid employers from being truthful about past employees.

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2 hours ago, Nurselexii said:

It is horrible , but it’s the truth , just like nursing is a business about money despite the advertisements , im actually a travel nurse , that has worked in 32 states , I thought I would offer an alternative response from someone who has been on many many, interviews , seen nurses who lost their license get work .

How does a nurse without a license get work as a nurse?

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