dnorman

My advice is to find an attorney in your state that has experience working with your state's board of nursing. I Googled and checked reviews and found mine. It took about 2 years to jump thru all the required hoops but while this is going on, your license can remain intact. I continued to work full time thru the ordeal. Stressful, but worth it in the end.

After my wrongful termination for this wrongful event, I got the best job in the world a few weeks later with CVS. I was never going to go to Peer because you have to admit you're guilty. I am not guilty. I have never taken any illegal drugs. And I would choose to lose my RN license before I would plead guilty to something I didn't do. My attorney highly recommended that I seek legal action and even gave me the name of an attorney who could help me. My parents have pushed me and pushed me to sue, but it's all behind me now and my license remained intact. I don't know your situation, but if you are 100%, not guilty, do not choose to go to peer and plead guilty.

I couldn't remember mine from the past. Also didn't know it could be changed with an email request. It's comments like yours (totally off the subject) that made me not respond or post a question for years. Thank you to all the nurses with helpful and thoughtful posts and taking the time to respond.

After working several years at a LARGE hospital with nothing but impeccable job evaluations, I was called for a drug test. I truly have never used any illegal substances. I was told I failed the test! Of course I was in total shock, but quickly went to a stand alone drug testing center. I did this because there's NO WAY anything but dehydration should have showed up. This test was negative. I was fired without being offered PEER (which wouldn't help me. I took nothing and don't have a drug problem). I have continued to pay for my own drug tests as continued proof. All are negative of course. They turned this into the BON. Now a few months later, SHOCK!!! the company admits to breaking chain of custody in many ways including taking my specimen (and others) home.. not to the lab. No papers were signed. No seals initialed. No gloves worn. Didn't take me to the testing place (If someone is impaired, they can't drive themselves last I checked). I do have an awesome attorney. My question is now that they have admitted breaking protocol, shouldn't BON just be thrown out? Yes my attorney will advise me, but has anyone had anything similar happen to them?