Nursing jobs approved by IPN

[mississippiRN71]

I have a question. I know that a nursing job has to approved by the nurse's IPN case manager. What if the nurse already has a job when they are placed in IPN and this job is recovery friendly? Do they have to take a leave of absence until the job is approved? Just curious because I am sure I will be placed in a monitoring program at the least when I meet with the board next month. The RN job I currently have is an infection control nurse job at a LTC facility so I don't have narcotic keys of course and I don't have very much interaction with the residents. Lets say I get placed on probation- will I have to cease working for a while or what? Has anyone been through this- where they had a recovery friendly job when they first got into monitoring? I'm sorry. My mind is just spinning over all of this.

[chadprepton, ADN]

It's up to your BON. In Maryland I was already working when I got my contract. I was allowed to keep working and did not have to disclose anything to my employer. I believe in PA they require nurses to stop working a period of time. I'm not sure about your state but I hope that helps!

[lsession2]

It all depends on your contact. You said you really don’t have contact with patients. Sometimes the contact will say direct patient care.

[catsmeow1972, BSN, RN]

It usually has to do with the ‘direct supervision’ stipulation. However, I have seen that interpreted in some rather creative ways, positively and negatively. A lot depends on your case manager, your supervisor at work (and their knowledge of and past experience with IPN) and of course your actual position.