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I know, since then I've been feeling as if criminals have more rights than nurses. As far as appeal, I believe the statute of limitations is a factor. I agree, should seek a lawyer for advice. Thanks everybody. It's nice to be able to share and get feedback from comrades in arms.

Totally inappropriate.

Ortho patients vomit frequently after PACU delivers them. This may surprise you, but have you considered the GI lab? People are generally prepped, and the GI doc suctions most secretions. Though you'd most like have to recover them in the PACU where almost every other patient is having emesis. Also, the emergencies can be quite nasty/bloody. Sorry. Never Mind!

Good luck to you, sincerely. I'm struggling with the same decision. Actually, I don't have much of a choice in the matter. I think I may have been squeezed out of nursing. Having a hard time coming to terms with it in that I cannot seetm to be able get a nursing job. On the other hand, I'm kinda relieved. It wasn't the bedside nursing, I loved that. It was all the beaurocracy, politics, and time spent away from the bedside endlessly charting on the computer, the phone, or answering a lazy nurse's call lights in the ICU and their patients in PACU. I'm hope that you'll be happier and that you live a longer live.

LOA's are a matter of public record and are permanent. It wasn't a matter of getting up and deciding to quit, it was a matter of reoccuring stressful situations (patient safety concerns) that lead to a panic attack. Also, I tried to transfer to another of the umbrella company's facilities but my manager gave me a bad reference even though I received so many customer satisfaction comments for 4 years in a row while in her unit. I wonder if their is a statute of limitations on the LOA? The incident happened 7 years ago, but the LOA was issued a little over 5 years ago. At the time the complaint was made, a nurse (meaning myself in this case) was not allowed to speak on their on behalf at the hearing. You had one chance to respond, in writing, to the complaint. I believe that rule has since changed.

I agree with not.done.yet. There's no harm in one more call. They may be busy, or flighty. A little nudge might do the trick. Or at least give you some closure if they filled the position with someone else.

Huh. Narcs missing. Other nurse sleeping for 4 hours (which is already an actionable offense), having you do her work then rushing to the DON to complain about you? Interesting.

I have been an ICU Nurse for 15 years. About 1/2 way into my career, I was accused of being too rough with a patient while preventing him from kicking a co-worker. I quit that job the morning I was made aware of the accusation (which was a huge mistake in retrospect) and quickly got another ICU job. 18 months later, I received a Letter of Admonition from my state's Board of Nursing. For those of you who are not familiar with an LOA, it's basically a slap on the wrist stating go forth and do no harm. But it's a permanent mark on your nursing license and you must acknowledge it when applying for a job or a license in another state. When my employer found out about it, they did not fire me since they were happy with my patient care (I received large numbers of patient satisfaction letters). I quit my job in mid 2011 (another mistake in hindsight), and have not been able to get a nursing job ever since. Recruiters call me every day because they are impressed with my resume, but when I tell them about the LOA, they say "Good luck" and that's the end of it. Has anyone else faced this dilemma? I was told a LOA was not a big deal, but it seems to have ended my nursing career. No one out there seems to want to give me a second chance.