Panicked. Missed check in

catsmeow1972, BSN, RN · Nov 11, 2019

I missed one check in, in my entire contract. I knew my OCD was good for something.... In any case, that one time, I was also not selected. When I saw that the following morning, I was like Whaaaaatttt?...Aside from their system glitching (It probably didn’t) I figure that I probably, as per usual, woke at 4, pulled up the website and then just did not hit check in, then rolled over and went back to sleep. While I was selected the following morning (which may or may not have had something to with it) I never heard one word from the CM about it. I’m not sure it was even noticed.
I seriously doubt that the odd missed one is a big deal. It’s when it becomes frequent or a pattern. You could do that email, I suppose if it calms your nerves but then it could also be construed, by them as an excuse to stalk you more and increase testing. I wouldn’t put anything past the crooks that run these programs nowadays.

SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN · Nov 11, 2019

First of all thank you for the post I’m off today due to the Veterans Day holiday and I guess in my mind I didn’t think I had to check in for some reason. I’ve been doing this for over three years and I’m sure that I’ve missed a check in somewhere along the way. I try very hard to comply with all the terms and conditions of the program but I’m human. By the time this is done i will have something like 1000 checkins and will have attended hundreds of 12 step meetings that I loathe. We all make mistakes and I don’t think that one missed check in will amount to much. A missed test would be a much bigger deal I’m sure but from what I’ve seen doesn’t amount to anything more than a peth test and more frequent testing. Good luck and don’t beat yourself up too much

Clenurse24 · Nov 11, 2019

Thanks for the advice all. I did send an email to my case manager. It seems like we are damned if we or damned if we dont. But I didn’t want to be accused of not self reporting. Now I wait for a not some timely short answered response which what I’m sure is what I will get. Turned around time seems to be at least a week. *cue the over analyzing and anxiety

catsmeow1972, BSN, RN · Nov 11, 2019

I completely understand the ‘over analyzing and anxiety thing. The adversarial ‘us-against-them’ atmosphere in many programs makes that an almost automatic reaction. As much as the minutiae of life in monitoring affects us (watch every step, careful of incidental exposure, don’t drink too much water, etc.) I rather think that an awful lot of the people that run these things, the case managers and the like truly have no clue how nerve wracking it is to have to wait until they ‘get around to it’ in regards to approving jobs, answering questions, etc.....or they do know and don’t care.
I spent over 5 years feeling like my every waking moment was controlled by the machinations of IPN when the truth was probably more that we were numbers in a file folder and our emails are just another task for the CM so all the boxes can be checked, rather like being reduced to a core measures checklist. Somewhere late in year 3 I think, Right after I stopped being scared of them and before they pissed me off enough to where I began to stand up for myself against the lies and bullying, I realized that even though all of my waking moments were consumed by thoughts of them, that was most definitely not reciprocated.

The fact that many of us are resurrecting our livelihoods out of the ashes and may be one ignored email away from living in the street is meaningless. I liken it to, I don’t know, psychological abuse, borne mostly out of carelessness with maybe a side of callousness.
I can say, having been out some 3 months now, I only occasionally think about it over the course of my day. Yet the anxiety and paranoia does still rise to the surface periodically.....I think it will be a long time yet before it doesn’t. Maybe not for some, but the whole experience did wayyyyyyy more harm to me than good.

SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN · Nov 12, 2019

Yeah I think about being in this program more than anything else in my life. It’s a sad fact but true. I only have a few more months of this clown show left and I just hope I can forget this experience. It has caused me nothing but harm and anxiety. No good has come out of this and I just can’t wait until the powers that be are done dining on their pound of flesh

Clenurse24 · Nov 12, 2019

I completely agree. Walking on eggshells worried that one wrong move is going to either cause more time or license suspension is completely miserable. You are given zero guidance but are expected to obey at all cost. I have 9 months left, as long as this missed check in doesn’t completely ruin it.

TESSIENP · Nov 14, 2019

I've a friend who'd always do a blood draw after missed check ins. It did catch up to her though, they added a year to her 5 year contract. Now its 6 years. VAHPMP

mississippiRN71 · Apr 6, 2020

Where u OK after the missed check in

Clenurse24 · Apr 6, 2020

As far as I know yes, I notified my monitor and apologized immediately. This happened in November and I have not heard anything since then. The one silver lining of COVID is the Ohio board nursing is mostly shut down with the suspension of board meetings. I am coming to the end of my contract in you, fingers crossed.

mississippiRN71 · Apr 6, 2020

Thank y’all! I got an email response from my caseworker and all she said was write a letter explaining what happened. Shew! Thank God! ??

Mom2boysNJ · Apr 6, 2020

1 hour ago, mississippiRN71 said:
Thank y’all! I got an email response from my caseworker and all she said was write a letter explaining what happened. Shew! Thank God! ??

In addition to explaining what happened they also like to hear what your plan is to prevent a missed check in from happening again.