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I can't say that I rely on lip reading, but I have noticed that I am having people wearing masks repeat themselves more often. I should book an appointment with an audiologist!

Thank you for your thoughtful insight @Davey Do. I have been suffering from anxiety and PTSD from a work situation due to mishandling of medication (no patient harm) and I am trying to cope with it. Making it tangible through art sounds like a good first step in healing.

I felt the same way as a new grad. I kept telling myself that I will stick it out 2 years to pay of my debt and student loans then find something else to do. I was a mess my first year and then it became easier and easier. Good luck to you.

I have seen "CPR PRN". Good thing I have an order to do something should the Full Code patient try to die.

How does the random urine/blood/hair testing work if you are chosen and have to work that day? I know some people work 07:00 to 19:30. Are there places that are open late? 24hours?

Yes.

Thank you xbananachipsx for the checklist. I don't like surprises or the unknown so I'm trying to get a feel for things should my life implode.

So you just started probation. I wish you peace and success. It sounds like your journey to probation was a lengthy one. I can't decide if it's cruel for the CA BRN to take so long or if it is better for the accused to sit with the idea of probation for a bit and get used to it. Specifically, what is on the "checklist"?

From what I have read, 3 years probation is the CA BRN's go-to punishment. Steal a prescription pad, forge a provider's signature and hand out prescriptions to all your friends and family? 3 years probation! Forget to waste meds once? 3 years probation! It's rather bizarre.

Thank you!

That's right Sanfranjflo, I cannot change anything now. I don't want to reveal too much about my situation here, but when I can send a PM I will. But at least my situation is not as bad as the CA BRN former president, Joseph Morris! Sexual harassment and fabricating documents for state auditors got him in some hot water. His license is now in jeopardy.

Thank you for your replies. The fact that they sometimes may only call is unnerving to me. In the past I have received several robo calls about investigations. I have voice-to-text voicemails so whenever I have seen something about an investigation I have erased it. These Robo calls went something like "press 5 to speak to a representative now!" - cheesy stuff like that. I am just afraid that I have received one of those calls from an actual BRN investigator and I erased it unknowingly. This will result in an "unprofessional conduct" charge for not cooperating with an investigation that I didn't know was taking place. I am beside myself. I have noticed that things seem to move quicker if they involve law enforcement as this is filtered through live scan and might be an automatic trigger to the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and then the BRN. All of this and no medication was missing and I wasn't offered a urine screen. I just want to leave nursing.

Sharklady, Happy to hear that your journey is going well. You are more than halfway there! So you got a letter. That makes me feel better that maybe I have not missed something. Hopefully the CA BRN is consistent in how they notify people. That's what I am wondering.

A year? Wow. I know they are overloaded, but a year? From the time an employer files a complaint? Or maybe some employers are not prompt about filing a complaint? I signed up for the USPS "Informed Delivery" so I do not miss a letter and I am now thorough about checking my phone. Perhaps, I am being paranoid. Oh well, thank you for your response!

I am concerned that something that happened at work about 6 months ago will be reported to the CA BRN (if it has not already). The situation involves narcotics that were charted given and wasted appropriately, but involved a trip to the bathroom in my pocket in between (I am stupid, I know) which a coworker saw and reported. I was brought into the office and read the riot act at the end of my shift and I was expecting to have to give a urine sample, but was not required to. A week later I was called at home by the manager who basically said this would lead to disciplinary action by the hospital (yes, with the meds being accounted for and no urine test offered). I was off from work for a long stretch and put in a 2 week notice, which I had been planning to do ever since COVID sprung up. Anyway, my question is directed to anyone and everyone who has been investigated by the CA BRN: How were you notified of an investigation? I do know that if it involves narcotics and you are a California resident you will be first notified with an offer for the Intervention program. (I was not a resident at the time of the incident. I commuted from Nevada a few times a month, so I would not have been eligible for the Intervention/Diversion program and besides, I do not do drugs and nothing went missing). Did you get a letter? The lawyer I spoke to has a practice that deals almost exclusively with healthcare professionals stated that the investigator may call, but it is preceded by a formal letter (not the same as the official Accusation letter sent by certified mail). I do know that some nurses have had an "unprofessional conduct" charge added to their disciplinary actions from not calling an investigator back after they left a message. I am just worried that they may have tried to contact me by phone only and I would have ignored/deleted the message from a number I did not recognize. I did contact my phone provider and do have a record of incoming calls, but I was told by my phone provider that only the calls that I made or the incoming calls that I answered would show up on the call log and not the ones that came in and went to voicemail. Yikes.