skinnedknee

I can just feel your tension in your writing! It's really messed up what we did with our careers but you're right, sometimes we need to take baby steps.

Yes, this is true! I try to flaunt the fact that "something" to offer because I have a degree. But everyone does a background check, so if the suspended license doesn't make them worry, it will be my credit that gets me the boot. I interviewed for OutBack Steakhouse a few years back and made it through 3 interviews. It was a position for a general manager for which I have the qualifications (I even told them my credit/background) and everything looked really good, but then ultimately, they didn't move forward because of this. This has happened over 15 times, which is why I have been sticking with serving. But I will keep my head up! Thank you for your reply

Well thank you for your answer. I kind of assumed that and unfortunately, there just isn't a way (short of winning the lottery) I will ever be able to do that. I'd have to pay for refresher courses and retain a lawyer to get my license back in good standing, nor can I go back to school for anything due to a six figure defaulted student loan debt. I guess I'm stuck in the restaurant biz. Hindsight is 20/20

Hi Everyone, It's been years since I've been on here. I self reported in august of 2013 to HPRP (Michigan), stayed in the program for almost two years. I dropped for financial reasons. I will receive my 5 year sobriety chip this coming August. I also have ovarian cancer and am finishing up chemo. This cancer scare has prompted me to re-evaluate my life and how I want to spend whatever time I have left. So I decided to take the steps to work with addicts, considering I have walked the walk. Let me clear, I have no desire to return to nursing! However, every avenue that I consider taking, whether it's getting certified at a peer recovery coach or getting a bachelors in something related, will eventually require that I either get certified or licensed. But my RN license is suspended. How do I navigate through this? Would I have to bring my nursing license back to good before I could get licensed or certed in something else? Because if that's the case, I cannot afford to drop 20k for a licensing lawyer and I might as well forget about having a career at all. You would think that because I'm trying to stay within the addiction field, that the BON wouldn't care. But I'm pretty sure they do. So who makes the final call about this, the nursing board or the board that I'd get a new cert/license from? I just need some advice or stories or anything at this point! Thanks in advance!

I was just reading the instructions on the application to reinstate a suspended license.

In patient detox treatment or Hprp?

Here is what I have to bring to them: Letters my sponsors NA attendance sheets Letter from my PCP with clean urine results Volunteer work Letters of recommendation from employers I just wonder if this will be enough Again, I know I need a refresher course, but I have yet to enroll

Thanks for the reply! When I entered the program originally, I was not required go to rehab or detox. I tested clean at my addictionist/psychiatrist appointment because it had been 6 weeks between the time I was fired at work and the initial eval (which means I was already 6 weeks sober). I haven't picked up since. It wasn't a continual, every day use. Just intermittent. But addiction is addiction, whether you use every day or just a few times a week. I have documentation for everything except for the nurse refresher course, which I still have to take. I kind of figured that I would have to go back into Hprp, I was just wondering what to be prepared for.

I have a very specific question, but let me give you some background first. I started Michigan's Hprp program in sept 2013. I dropped from the program in April 2015. My license has since been suspended. I'm looking to get it reinstated. Now, one of the requirements for reinstatement is completion of a drug treatment program. However, I have been sober since the day I started Hprp originally. Even though I dropped out(due to finances) I remained sober. So my question is, am I supposed to admit myself to treatment program, even though I currently don't need one, just to comply with reinstatement requirements? This is all very confusing. Thanks for the help!

I have been in my HPRP contract since August 2013. I've been on 53 interviews with no luck. I don't want to be a nurse anymore. I'm done. I have no desire to do it anymore. I want to quit HPRP but have heard that there can be serious repercussions but I don't know exactly what that means! Anyone know what happens if you drop HPRP? I've heard that I can get arrested! Is that true?

The first time that happened to me, I was nervous too! I went 6 weeks with no test and then I got hit with 3, one observed! No worries, nothing is wrong!

In Michigan, it's so much better to self report than have someone else report you! Here,if you don't self report, the contract is much more grueling from what I've heard. But my question is, if you didn't divert and truly aren't an addict, maybe you need a lawyer (maybe someone can provide more info on this) to help you sort through all of this. Every state is a bit different from my understanding. It's better to me safe than sorry! Good Luck!

Honestly, I just tell them that nursing wasn't for me. I know this is a bold face lie, but a non-nursing doesn't require you to disclose anything! I've been on several interviews (waitress and retail) and I just tell them that I'm looking to go into hospitality!

I'm in Michigan and we don't call on weekends, just Monday thru Friday.

Thanks everyone! I have tried everything from physician's offices to dialysis to jails. I do have hope. I'm a pretty determined person. I did have an interview on Monday at a psych hospital who gladly accepts participants from my program. So I am keeping my fingers crossed! On the day I posted the OP, I was just so frustrated. But I will keep on truckin!!!