jmb62

wow your situation really sucks,too.My state (vermont),too wanted to arrest me.They tried to push me into saying i took the morphine for my own personal use when i indeed did not.i made it clear that yes,i had made a serious mistake,and would not admit guilt to anything other than that fact. so after lots of money spent on attorney fees and so on,and givem that i was backed into a corner and had to choose between the lesser of the consequences,i ended up settling with the state,so that the case is basically over.my license is now suspended indefinitely and i can't get it reinstated until i take basic nursing documentation and some danger of drugs awareness and a few other classes approved by the state at my expense,then after that,the license would be stictly conditioned for several years before i could practice in the capacity that I was trained and experienced in.Recently,I got some correspondence from a federal bureau of the US which pretty much said that i may not be eligible to work in any state in any institution that accepts federal monies for any type of health care provisuion.It doesn't hurt my feelings to get out of nursing,as there are too many strikes against me and i am somewhat burned out anyway,on the politics and the way we are treated..At least i can say that i was a good nurse and made a difference in a lot of my patients lives,but now must move on to something else.oh well-----------best of luck to you!

cyberkat Thanks-that's what I thought....would i need to apply for a position in the mE's office as if it were a regular job? Find an opening and go for it or present and sell myself to them and make them realize how much they need me?(same thing,i guess) jMB62

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated here! I have been an RN for 15 years in every realm of nursing,but my license has been recently suspended indefinitely due to an honest narcotics mistake in a long term health care facility last January(2004).In the meantime,I have been unable to obtain a nursing position and know that I have done enough time in inpatient settings,so chose to take another route and pursue forensic nursing.Because my license is suspended and the state holds that the MSO4 count was off when I was in charge(the only RN in a 62 bed facility,supervising LNA's,suctioning,etc with no backup),what are my perspectives for future employment as a forensic nurse? I am currently enrolled on the Kaplan college certification course and am wondering if it's a waste of time-I'm 2/3 done! Anybody with any similar circumstances,insight,advice,orexperience,please reply. JMB62