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Faithnow: I think you totally read into my post wrong. You are bashing me on here and that's not right. I have a job at a nursing home now and I find it very rewarding as I love the elderly and I love being a nurse, and if I HAD to get a job in a dialysis unit, I would find ways for it to be rewarding as well because I just simply love being a nurse. The point I was trying to make is that I have been in a hospital my entire nursing career and I miss learning new things everyday and the excitement of 'acute' care. I love learning. At the nursing home, I don't feel like I'm learning, you can only do a blood sugar so many times before you want to kill yourself. The residents are the reason I love the job. And, I have admitted it to myself. Yes I diverted, yes I learned from my lesson, and yes I am VERY glad it happened to me because I will come out a better person. The only REAL question I wanted to get an answer to was: Do places hire you after you get off probation. I know for the rest of my life if I go on an interview I will have to say "I was on probation for diversion so many years ago," and to me no matter how you look at it, all I think that ANYONE is going to think when they hear that, whether I have gone to rehab, etc or not is "you stole drugs from your job."

I still think it would be impossible to find a job even after probaton and be stuck being in a dialysis unit for the rest of your life! Am I wrong here?

Ok, I think I may have screwed up a little bit, but I recently got fired from a hospital who suspected me of diversion, and the allegations brought forth to me said nothing about diversion and I hired an attorney who helped me make the statement. We addressed every allegation including "failure to secure medication at all times," etc. I thought I would get off a little. We had a phone call to the investigator from the board of nursing and my lawyer knew the truth and I asked her point blank should I tell them I was diverting or not. She tells me that it would be worse if I got caught in a lie. During the conversation with the investigator, I told her I had been diverting. Now I am awaiting my sentance which (god willing) will be probation for diversion. Now, here is my question for all of you, how do you go about applying for a job and say "yeah, I'm on probation, I was caught diverting." My reality is this: will I have to spend the rest of my life working as an RN at a dialysis center or nursing home for what I've done. And, if I do get probation for 3 years, even after that 3 years, it is still on your record, and I believe it will be just as hard to find a job after probation. I know there are some out there that can help answer these questions. I would also like to talk face to face with someone who has been through all of this or is currently going through this. I cannot find one person who has been caught with diversion in my area, and it is imperative that you find a friend who understands exactly what you are going through (preferably in Missouri). Please help

That is the problem I am facing now. I have gone to two interviews and told them what happened, and they are telling me that they can't hire me until the board makes their decition. Are we just supposed to sit around for those 9 months until that decision is made? I could really use a good reference, and being you live in Missouri too. I have found it so difficult to find out information. Could you please email me personally? I want to ask you, what happened when it came out in the board of nursing newsletter for you? I live in a small town, and everyone is talking and making up what they thought would happen and every job I go to, someone knows someone who knows someone.... agh!! Thank you ssooooooo vvveeerrryyy mmmmmuuucccchhh for your input!!! email: [email protected]

Dixiecup- I am new here and I cannot manage to PM anyone or anything, but I am desperately seeking a fellow Missouri RN who has been through this, can you please help me?? I was just confronted Dec 28, and I have no where to turn and no one to talk to, my so called "friends" all abandoned me after they heard what I did- I beg of your time... email me [email protected]

When you went on your job interview, what did you tell them, how did you put it? Just curious