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Evidently there are many nurses out there who do not realize that Oklahoma is the "good ole boy" system. This means that the good ole boys have banned together to keep things the way they always have been because they don't like change. Additionally, they don't want anyone to better themselves either. It has become very easy for them to keep their "thumb" on nurses. We fight and back stab each other every chance we get. While we are busy fighting, they are busy working to keep our salaries low, nurse/pt ratios high, which makes our working environments awful. We can make changes and a union is not the way to go about it. The best way is first, for us to ban TOGETHER as ONE voice. This means we have to show dignity and respect to each other which we all deserve. I personally hate politics, but we must become involved politically as many nurses with ONE voice so changes can and will be made. We have to be viewed as profession and if we keep going the way we have for many years we are much less likely to be seen as a profession. We should wake up and take action. I know many feel they don't have the energy for this... but if we all worked together we would have plenty of energy to get things changed. Just my thoughts.... 1 Oklahoma Nurse who cares.:)

Hello to all Fellow Nurses, I am writing to see if anyone has been on probation through the Oklahoma Board of Nursing who has had trouble finding a job or someone who has had success at finding a job while on probation. I have worked my entire life in the medical field, first as a nurse aide, then LPN, followed by ADN. I've been an RN for 17 years now, was an LPN 5 years before that. I have never been before the board until now, and on the med error, I wrote myself up on and turned it into the hospital who filed a complaint to the OBN. I have an MS in Nursing Education, and graduated recently with my post master's Family Nurse Practitioner. Of course, my FNP request was denied by OBN because of my med error and bad judgment call (no drug diversion or drug addition etc). I was given a severe reprimand, 3 CEU classes (Nurse Jurisprudence, Critical thinking, and Medication Admin) and 1000 dollar fine. I have completed all but the last listed class. I have applied for 60+ positions across the state of Oklahoma and I've only had 6 interviews to date. I've been told "your too high a risk for the hospital", "a decision has been made that we do not wish to pursue supervised practice", and "we chosen someone else". So, my question to anyone out there is... have you ever been on supervised practice and probation and found a job? If so, how did you do that? I need a job, but am having trouble getting one. From 1 Nurse looking for some good advice! Thanks! :)

:lol2:I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate you putting this info up bout Indiana State University. I am going to start in Spring 2008. I am currently enrolled at Saint Louis University, but I am not happy with the way I have been treated there. Thanks for writing!