rnbusmgr

You keep saying "surrender". If you surrender a license in one state other states don't look too kind on that.

Does one have to maintain an active license in their original state of licensure (RN) to obtain endorsement in other states. Example: Original state of licensure was Texas in 2009; moved to Alabama after 6 months, have active Alabama license now but am deliquent in Texas (original state of lic); is that okay? I am trying to get licensed in Georgia now but need to know if that is possible with a deliquent Texas license.

Why was this subject placed under Nurses with a Criminal History. There is no crime involved with this issue. I resent that you put this post under this subject. I have no history of being a criminal.

Yes they did it was a RECOVERY program for dependency on pain meds. The point I am making is that there is no reason to fine me at this point for a discipline in 2006. The recovery program has been completed. I have no affiliation with California at this time except for an expired license that expired in 2005 (9 years ago). Why the fine when I am not active in California, it is not my original state of licensure and I have not applied for reactivation of license there. It doesn't make sense to me. For them to pick up on this 2006 discipline they have to be going through each person that was ever licensed in California, whether they are active or not. I haven't worked in Cali for 9 years.

I went into the Mississippi Nurse Recovery program in 2006 and completed it in 2011. I have no affiliation with California at this time except for an expired license. I have not tried to reactivate it or anything. This legal case just came out of nowhere. My license in Ca has been expired for 9 years. It makes no sense to me. It would make since if I were trying to reactivate my Ca license but I am not and have not tried since it expired in 2005.

I did nothing. My discipline happened after my Ca license expired. I have not tried to reactivate it since 2005. I don't understand. The previous discipline I had in Mississippi had no bearing on California. I would understand if I was trying to reactivate my Ca license but I haven't.

But I have not tried to reactivate since the license expired in 2005.

I have an issue and would like some feedback on what others out in the nursing world think. I was licensed in California as an RN years ago when I did some travel assignements there. My Ca license expired in 2005 and I did not reactivate and have not tried to reactivate it since then. In 2006 I entered a nurse recovery program in my orginal state of licensure and completed that program in 2011. I have no discipline or restrictions on my license from the orginal state after completing the program. A couple of weeks ago I received a legal packet in the mail from the California Attorney General stating that the Ca Board of Nursing was bringing a case against me regarding the previous discipline I had several years ago in another state. I am given three choices. #1: Surrender my Ca license; #2: Request a hearing with the CA BON; #3 Request a settlement be agreed upon. Of course I chose that a settlement be offered as I live in Alabama now and flying out for a hearing with the BON is not feasible. The Attorney General called me a couple of days ago and offered me the settlement. It is in the form of a public reprimand and I will be ordered to pay over $600.00 ina a fine. Remember, I do not have an active license in California, have not requested that the expired one I had be reactivated. This license has been expired for 9 years. What is wrong with this picture? Do I have any leg to stand on here? I only see this as a form of legal blackmail. What do you think? I can understand this if I was requesting that my expired license be activated but all of this came out of the blue without reason. Bamanurse

It happens all the time...most patients with chronic pain do become addicted to their medications, but I always try to remember..."this is not rehab". it is irritating, we have patients that set their alarms on their cell phones so they will wake up in time for the next dose of pain med. if i find the patient asleep when i go back to the room i wait until they wake up again then give it to them.

Try working a 7 on 7 off or 5/2 split. I love nights and work 7 12 hours shifts then am off for 7 days and can adjust back to day schedule pretty easy that way.

yes hospital politics is craaazzzzy, the patient is always right it seems, i sure would like for them to back the employee once in a while. my horrific write up was unbelievable. I was working on a medical floor with 3 nurses and a tech, one of the other nurses' patients expired. it was at 0600 and we were about to change shifts so we were all running and doing our morning stuff. i went home after my shift that morning. i found out a few days later by a meeting with my nuse manager that i was written up for showing no compassion to that family. someone from the family complained that the hospital staff showed no compassion that morning. this was not even my patient; i was taking care of my own as well as helping the nurse finalize things with the death then gave report and went home. i was written up for "detrimental patient care" and patient neglect. it beats all i've ever seen. the nurse who was responsible for the patient got fired. the other nurse on the floor didn't get written up, i just didn't understand it.

They are crazy and you are crazy for taking report....it is your right to refuse. You have to protect your license no one else cares in the end. Sad fact but true.

Nope shouldn't have happened. That was an extra, unscheduled shift for that part-time employee. Whoever staffed that day was wrong.

Reusing SCD's, I believe that is a safety issue and joint commission would probably have a hey day with that one. I always make sure lights are out and air is turned off in all empty rooms.

@ canoehead, maybe we should ask for a code button to be installed, all of us would probably feel better if we had access to that. thanks for info.