Nursys record is forever?

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Specializes in Home health/hospice.

So, I made an unintentional potential release of PHI a few years ago. The PHI never made it into unauthorized hands, but I was referred to the Texas BON and completed their requirements to clear my license. Today, having forgotten about the incident, I applied for a travel nurse position and was turned down because of a Nursys record. Help me put this in perspective, please. Should I plan on never being allowed to travel? How about hospitals? Do they all check Nursys and disqualify anyone in the Nursys database?

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

Nursys get's their information directly from state BONs so I think you should start by contacting your BON to see if the discipline is still on your license or when it will fall off if ever. There is a way to dispute what is on Nursys but I am not sure if anyone has ever been successful at having something removed.

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Specializes in Pedi.

Was there discipline taken against your license? Then yes, I would say it would appear for quite some time. My state's BoN publishes disciplinary action taken against nurses back to 1993.

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