debbiek22

I have to disagree with some of the things you said. I was in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. On Christmas Eve last year, I went to bed and my boyfriend came into the room acting crazy. He threated suicide and starting sticking a needle into his arm (he was on B12 shots at home and had them). He asked how much air would kill him. I screamed and fought with him to get the needle away. I did but then he started choking me and tried to smother me with a pillow. I fought and ran out the door with my phone in hand. I called 911. The police came and my boyfried was a smooth talker while I was hysterical. I ran outside wearing just my nightgown on a cold night. I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. I didn't want to stay there- I just wanted to be somewhere safe. I was interviewed by the ER doctor and a mental health nurse practitioner. I said that I was NOT suicidal and had no intentions of hurting anybody. The NP had me involuntarily committed and I was taken to the mental health hospital in handcuffs on Christmas day(handcuffs are a routine procedure for transporting). It was humiliating. Since it was during the holiday, not much was done for a whole week. Most of the staff was on vacation. I was kept there for 10 days until I could arrange to go stay with relatives. The nursing board found out and punished me! So I suffered from the abuse of almost being killed, forced to go to a psych hospital and punished just because I called the police and ran out of the house in my nightgown! This is like punishing a woman who has been raped.

I have a very sad story to tell. I was a nurse for 26 years and went through a rough period in my life starting with the death of my father and my best friend. My husband ruptured his appendix and went septic, and I had a wrong-sided surgery in which the surgeon removed the wrong ovary. I had severe insomnia and felt like I needed some help. I asked one of the doctors to help me out and she took me to the psych hospital where I checked in voluntarily. The nursing board found out and suspended my license. They ordered me to be drug tested 2-3 times monthly and to see a therapist and psychiatrist monthly. They wrote that I was unable to practice safely. I have had over 100 negative drug screens and saw the mental health providers as they demanded for 3 years now with no end in sight. So yes, they can take your license away for ANYTHING! Pray you don't get involved with them.