WA resident. Got charged w/DUI on 7/27/19.
Graduated From a inpatient program, continued with Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient, and currently Outpatient treatment (set to graduate April).
I find out my conviction sometime in March.
I am a CNA, as soon as I know what happens, I will self report and get onto the state monitoring program. I have completed the victims panel too. MIND YOU: ALL of these activities I have completed were VOLUNTARY. Nothing has been court mandated. I have a lawyer of course
I am a hopeful RN. I talked to one of the monitoring board managers (part of WAbon) and they said I should be fine from schooling all the way to licensing Given all the work I’ve done.
im not doing deferred prosecution because I was told to “save it” if it happens again (GOD FORBID because this has been a nightmare, NEVER EVER AGAIN).
every once in a while I get the panic attacks thinking my career is over. But I know I’m not the only person in the healthcare field that’s struggling with something like this. Please don’t shame me for the DUI. That is not the point. What’s done is done, and I’ll be wearing that scarlet letter for the rest of my career. Please don’t remind me of such. Any advice/encouraging words/experiences/the like would be much appreciated.
thank you.
