Totallyburned

Bail ship!! Unless you can find a 'gross negligence insurance' for which you cannot!! Perhaps you do not know the legal complications nurses run into, gee, wonder if anyone does?? But, honestly...you are at risk and even more so when you take on being independent. The states are not behind nurses, if by chance you find yourself in the system...more than likely...you will be screwed. Think about looking into how many nurses have lost their license for no fault of their own. The truth gets blurry when you only get pieces of the whole puzzle. The state does not divulge the truth, their job is to protect the community and it would appear to the community as though that is what they are doing...but, it is not!!! Allied Health Professionals do not get fair representation, so, unless you can get that insurance, think twice!

I have had a major ordeal within the context of my career and I no longer wish to continue working as a floor nurse or for any hospital as an RN. My BSN will do what for me at this point, if the position requests for a nurse, then I am not going to fit. I do not want to exercise my nursing ability whatsoever!! I am done with the varied abuses received and or implied or experienced by others. What then are my options? As far as I am concerned, any and all states can make their silly claims of the nursing shortage crisis...but unless some serious changes are made to respect the field of nursing, count me out.

I have a BSN and have a serious matter, I am bailing out of nursing and no longer want to deal with nursing period. But, since I have a four year degree, am wondering how I can make it work for me? Share what you know, it will certainly help me in my plight...

I am a nurse that has gone through an administrative trial for accusations of gross negligence, & won...however, the assistant attn'y general, that tried me, accused their very own administrative law judge of being biased, thus following up with an appeals via the bureau of health serivices and ignoring the ALJ's recommendation, proceeded via slapping me with an undeserved probation. I am, however, fighting their appeal against the ALJ's decision (complete exhoneration), despite the hospitals open and admitted altering of records and tampering; adding to information and leaving out critical portions of the chart...oh, there is more they were openly guilty of, such as perjury, but the state did not even chastise them, the state had exculpatory information...I just don't understand why me? Taking me to trial was more than likely cheaper than going after the hospital (there is after all political matters not clear to us all), the trial costed the state over 1 million and I paid out 100,000.00 in personal attn'y fees. But rather than go after the real offender, the hospital, it looks good to clean up the community and get rid of the nurse. About protection, as much as I know, there is no insurance against gross negligence claims, nor will there ever be is my guess and understandble seeing there would be so many claims. Just check out the site that shows nurses who have had their license pulled. I just won't go away though, I fight! I am awaiting for the appeals judges to docket this case for an oral argument. I am more than confident that I will win again, but here is the let down, if you think you have any protection, your wrong, because you can most definitely be used as an escape goat and although your innocent, your screwed! My story is quite entailed and I am so very wore out. I lost almost everything and I hold onto only the truth (God sees everything and he is my defender!). I refused to just let them lie and use me to cover-up for their mistake! We need fair and honest representation! No one would listen to me, the ANA never responded to my pleas for their help, and the MNA's 'Anita Szczepanski was the only one that would listen, she told me they are looking into it, but never heard a word back from her, even though I wrote her and called her numerous times. One person stepped in, only after I threatened to notify the Detroit Freepress journalist (I did anyways), that was the pre-elected now governor, Jennifer Granholm. She demanded that the asst. attn'y gen. provide a written detailed report and that the committee reconsider their decision...that is until after she was elected then they proceeded to fire away. The new attorney general, M. Cox wrote me a very unprofessional letter that stated I should have taken the first offer to go on probation---huh! The odds are against the nurse in all realms. You ought to go to the sites that list the nurses who are having their license pulled...it will shock you. But, who is standing on their behalf...NO ONE!!!!!!!!! Why should anyone want to be a nurse, we are unsupportive of one another. However, I am very supportive and have become as politically pro active as I can get. I have to add, I am the only nurse ever in the history of Michigan's that has to face an appeals board that has won an administrative law judge's decision, what that means that my case sets a precedence for other nurses and if I lose, it will hurt nurses in this state and they don't even know about it. If you want more details, just write me '[email protected]' I will talk to you and share with you my painful journey and will keep you updated and if your in a situation like my own, I can extend my ears and offer you good advice. Honestly, it would behove nurses to demand fair representation, at least a trial before our peers. My guess is that I won only because I kept the original papers and my witnesses. Take care all...do write