hbpa2021

I have had my narcotic restrictions lifted. I found a position in Nurse Navigation and have thankfully been working there for the last 3 years. I found it extremely difficult to find employment. I got lucky with this one because a major focus for the position is helping pregnant women get into recovery or help them stay in recovery. I’ve applied several places over the last couple years to try to get back into some hands on nursing but all of my applications get declined almost immediately. I’ve heard it’s easier to get positions in addiction nursing, dialysis, and home health- if that’s not a restriction for you. Home health is one of my permanent restrictions so I wasn’t able to try for that. Good luck!

Yes forever?

Can permanent restrictions ever be removed? I live in Ohio and I have permanent restrictions such as not working in home health, hospice, director positions, etc. I want to relocate to N.C. but they will not reciprocate licensure with any sort of encumbrance. TIA?

Thank you! It is frustrating. I think it’s so unfair that I’m stuck with them forever. I made a mistake and it wasn’t a repeat offense or anything but I’m punished for the rest of my life. Criminals get more rights than we do. CONGRATS to you as well though!!

@berdeenbird I don’t have an answer for this but I’m in Ohio and close to completion as well and I just wondered if you have permanent restrictions? I want to move south when I’m done with the probation stuff but I have permanent restrictions too (no management positions, hospice, home health..) and I read that an encumbered license wouldn’t be accepted in the state I’m looking into. Do you have any insight to this? I too only get vague answers from my monitoring agent and just don’t really know where to turn.