Please Help...should I self report?

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Long story short...I am an addict and denial has continued me to the path i am on right now. I was recently called into my supervisors office for suspected diversion. What did I do? DENIED it! Ugh....now I find out its being investigated. I guess i denied everything because every example of suscpious activity that was brought up was not what I diverted. I dont know what I should do. well i know what I SHOULD do...but its not what I want to do. I was terminated from that job. I do have a second job that I work at that doesnt know and i am on good standing with them and never diverted from them. So now I am sitting down trying to decide if I should Call the Health Practioner's Monitoring Program...can i still work when in a recovering program? Will I even be able to get in even if i denied the diverting? Please Help!!!!!

Specializes in LTC, MDS, plasmapheresis.

I hope you like the second apple better.

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If you google "Health Practioner's Monitoring Program allnurses," your post is the second entry to pop up. I like that you are upfront and say what has happened, but do watch how you word things in the future as to not imply guilt. I had a job once where I looked up what people said on the internet. Not that anyone has a reason to look you up...but who knows.

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Specializes in ED, dialysis.

First off, I am proud of you for admitting you have a problem. It took me having my nursing license suspended before I finally woke up. That being said, my attorney has been the best investment I could possibly make, period. I strongly recommend to ANYONE facing the nursing board to hire a BON knowledgeable attorney. They know the procedure, they are defending YOU, and they typically have a working relationship with the BON. As far as self reporting, I would go to the peer assistance group in your state as opposed to the nursing board. Good luck!!

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Med/Surg.
rngaltx said:
... my attorney has been the best investment I could possibly make, period. I strongly recommend to ANYONE facing the nursing board to hire a BON knowledgeable attorney. They know the procedure, they are defending YOU, and they typically have a working relationship with the BON

As I read the above words, they sound very reasonable and I have agreed with similar sentiments many times. However, for some reason today it is striking me as really WRONG that those who can afford an attorney generally get a better "deal" than those who don't. If the judgements the boards made were truly just, we wouldn't need attorneys.

Further, it is almost as if this "knowledgeable" attorney with "a working relationship" with the BON is an offshoot of the BON itself and the attorney fee is like bribing the BON to go easier.

I just think it is a damn shame that we only have justice if we have the money to buy it. :mad:

Catmom :paw:

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Specializes in ED, dialysis.
catmom1 said:
As I read the above words, they sound very reasonable and I have agreed with similar sentiments many times. However, for some reason today it is striking me as really WRONG that those who can afford an attorney generally get a better "deal" than those who don't. If the judgements the boards made were truly just, we wouldn't need attorneys.

Further, it is almost as if this "knowledgeable" attorney with "a working relationship" with the BON is an offshoot of the BON itself and the attorney fee is like bribing the BON to go easier.

I just think it is a damn shame that we only have justice if we have the money to buy it. :mad:

Catmom :paw:

I couldn't agree more catmom.... the only reason I suggested finding an attorney with knowledge of the board is to save someone from making the mistake I did.... I intially hired an attorney who had never worked with the BON and it turned out to be a nightmare. As far as affording it, I am blessed to be represented by someone who is letting me make small monthly payments. One last note:my attorney is a criminal defense attorney who began working with the board a few years ago after going through rehab with several nurses who were battling addiction. He witnessed first hand how unfair the board could be and wanted to provide affordable legal council to nurses. It's not "bribing' the BON, it's making sure whoever represents you knows how the BON works. Trust me, I don't have the money to 'buy' justice. I was lucky enough to find someone who would represent me and let me make small payemts as I could afford them.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Med/Surg.

You were fortunate to have such an understanding and helpful lawyer.

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I hope the OP is getting things together. I'm certain that many here are concerned for her well being.

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Specializes in LTC, MDS, plasmapheresis.

As far as Googling, I'm hoping really nobody in here used his or her real name? The CEO was asked yesterday about privacy on Google. His reply? "Well, I suppose if anyone is doing anything they don't want people to know about, maybe they shouldn't be doing it?" Can you BELIEVE this, in the year 2011???

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what state are you in? go to an NA meeting and go to rehab. if there is a monitoring program in your state, call them. there is help , trust me!!

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Specializes in LTC, MDS, plasmapheresis.

They said do you know why you're here?

I said I have no idea. -Amy Winehouse

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Karl Farmer said:
They said do you know why you're here?

I said I have no idea. -Amy Winehouse

I'll take that comment more seriously when American RN's have the same recovery resources available to them that British celebrities do. :rolleyes:

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where are you from RNZenpeaceful?

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