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In my first job out of nursing school, I was caught up in a work environment that promoted "pranks" and "humor" and I made a mistake I deeply regret. I sprayed a patient once on his bicep using a can of "pain ease" lidocaine while they were sleeping once discharged in the waiting room. I know it sounds horrendous, but at the time, it seemed harmless. my supervisors had earlier been spraying me with cans of "pain ease" and it was often a common theme amongst employees on our floor. a coworker had recorded me spraying the patient on a smart phone. i was turned in by another coworker who had witnessed the event. I was immediately terminated and turned into the board of nursing. At the time, I didnt want my coworker to get in trouble and I knew I was already going to be suspended or fired so i took the blame and said it was me who had recorded the incident in addition to performing it. Had i known that I was going to get reported to the board of nursing, i would have said that I wasn't the one who recorded it, because now it looks significantly worse on my part and to the BON. I sought legal advice who told me not to tell the board that I wasn't the one who recorded it. they said that i shoudl have reported her to begin with when I had been terminated. Because now, after having waited to get reported to the board, I can face further punishments and be held responsible for NOT reporting another nurse in the wrong doing to the board. So i said nothing. Now 8 months later, after review of my case from the board, they have given me a board which will be official if I choose to sign it. That is, UNLESS I refute or request an informal conference to be held for me to express my side again etc. It doesn't make sense to me, I know what I did was wrong. But I am also 22 and have a lot to learn. Since then, I have changed and matured, and can assess that as a new nurse you are a product of your environment. My environment was one in which this behavior happened all of the time amongst SEVERAL if not all of the nurses. I KNOW that I possess the moral character and requisites to continue practicing nursing and that something like this won't ever happen again. I don't want to pay for this mistake my entire nursing career because of a momentary lapse of judgement I made so early on. it seems like people who receive DUIs can continue to hold their license and eventually have it expunged from their record. My question to ALLNURSES is, should i refute my order to the board after they already reviewed my initial response and drafted the board order? Or should I accept my fate and have this ding on my license forever. Would the board be willing to expunge my case eventually after an appropriate amount of time? ANY response or feedback no matter what would be greatly appreciated!

I was recently fired for violating HIPAA. I was subsequently reported to the board for doing so. The board has instructed me to list potential employers pending the results of the "investigation". I know that because of what I did, the board will not revoke or suspend my license, but probably, i will have to take CEUS. What will the board tell my potential employers? i have received job offers but am scared of what the board is going to tell them. any info would be great!

I am having a majorly hard time deciding between an ER job or a telemetry floor job. I became a nurse in January and was recently fired from my ER job for reasons that did not pertain to my nursing skills. I live in austin and love it here. I received a better ER job than the one I had at a level one trauma but the only thing about it is that its in Dallas. My two best friends from nursing school live in Dallas. The only thing is I love living in Austin, I have family here but I was only able to find work on a telemetry unit but its at a very good renown hospital. I also have a good friend from nursing school moving to Austin because I got her an old job at my old job in the ER. SO do i choose ER or tele?! or Dallas vs ER Dallas PROS --renown hospital --ER job --2 best friends who live here Austin PROS --renown hospital --cooler city --one friend moving here Austin CONS --telemetry floor Dallas Cons --not as cool of a city HELP!

Thank for replying Ruby, Upon my termination, I spoke to my HR rep. she stated she can only answer dates of employment and pay, and that she legally cannot answer anything else. I have two supervisors on my unit who agreed I can use them as references, but I know my manager and my director of my ER Would not agree to me using them as referrals. at least, they wouldn't have positive referrals. I am wondering since I have to use a manager, if I should use my managers name, and then just put the number of my hospitals HR.

Hi all! I was wondering if someone could help me answer this question: I was terminated from my job about two weeks ago. I was a new grad in Jan and have about 7 months of experience. I have an interview with a new hospital and I received an email asking me to provide 5 references, 2 of which have to be managers. for my manager, should I put hrs email and phone number instead of hers?