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So devastated!! They gave me a job and them they asked me to leave cuz they made a mistake! I even confirmed with them that it was ok to quit the call center job I had just started and they said yes it was ok I would start working today. I quit my other job on short notice and went to start orientation today at 5:30 the HR Manager comes searching for me to tell me I cant work after all cause of my restrictions.....it was such a nice place and was not at all chaotic there. But why does this keep happening. How could they make such a mistake..I repeatedly asked about my restrictions and then turn around and say that due to.the restrictions I cant work! Now I dont have a job at all:(

Oh goodness CryssieD thank u I really needed to hear that right about now. I will try to stay focused on right now. God Bless!! All of you.

Thank you ladies and I completely understand. It definitely is a start. I just wana get my foot in the door. But....I keep thinking negatively and everything that can go wrong...perhaps due to what happened to me previously...I dont want to think that way..I try to stop the thoughts as soon as they start.....and pray.

I have wonderful news!!one of the places that previously turned me down due to my restrictions calld me back!!! I went today and I start wednesday!!!I am beyond excited and greatful to my God who doesnt leave me as negative as I get and as much as I have wanted to give up I didnt.He Guided me..and all your wonderful words to all who have responded to me A BIG THANK U AND MANY HUGGS!!! I learned from the last place I was at. And something thatvwas previously said that its wat we do and learn along the way that counts.

Thanks yes that helps alot.CryssieD I am so happy that I have everyone here who understands. Thanks to everyone for your input. I will keep trudging forward. Sometimes I do tend to throw myself a pitty party...and then start to wonder. By the way I finally found another job where I actually had to explain why I wasnt working as a nurse cuz they pulled up something that had an alert under my name. They still hired me its a call center for a fone company but I still had to explain why I wasnt practicing nursing, It was somewhat difficult to do so.

Thanks for that cryssie, so can u give me an idea where I look for corrections jobs...is that like at prisons or jails. Ive seen openings but for like hospitals that say corrections then it says must have unrestricted license.

I have tried with dialysis quite a bit. One manager offered to train me but as soon as I told him I had restrictions he refused to talk to me. I am an LVN and many of the dialysis centers say RNs only. It would be awesome I even offered to volunteer time until I became familiar with dialysis and offered to train as a pct but they still refuse. I just dont know.

Thanks Sallyrnrrt.....I keep wanting to give up but something just keeps pushing me forward, a little voice inside says "don't give up"

So a quick question to everyone and anyone that has stipulations, just went through a brainstorm......Anyone ever stepped down to working as a CNA? Is it allowed? I wonder? I emailed my investigator to see what she says but who knows.Is it something anybody would do? Im getting a little desperate here. Or a nurse tech at a hospital with the stipulations i wonder if they would even hire me. Just an idea. Any feedback welcomed.

I am going to have to give up my current search for a nursing job and continue looking for a non nursing job again. I have been working non nursing jobs since 2003. After all that hard work I went thru to get that license back....all it took was two months for that nursing home to knock me right back down. The thing i feared the most. I would actually stand in front of the door and say a quick prayer before i would walk in everyday. Back to a non nursing job I can't sit and wait. Ill be on the street.

Thanks Catmom.. thats basically what I did. Not only do the narcotic restrictions stop me, so does the no on call, no homehealth,no hospice, no prn, no agency, no specialty areas, no triage, no overtime, no rotating shifts and no night shifts. But thanks again for response, i really feel alone at times.

Hi well thank you everyone that has responded to my post, I haven't logged on in a while. I have been to so many interviews I have lost count. I hadn't worked in 9 1/2 years I found a job in mar of 2014 and was terminated on may 21,2014 for something that should have never occured. The DON didn't even give me a chance to rectify the situation she just termed me and reported me to the board and now I am under investigation and have been since the day she reported me in May. I already have restrictions and should have never taken that position in that place.....i didn't go with the little voice that tells you "don't do it."- so anxious to return to work as a nurse I took the position anyway. So now on top of the long list of restrictions, I have to explain terminated and restrictions...and just the unknown of what is going to happen to me when they are done with their investigation!!! I can't even afford an attorney. I dont even have a job right now. As soon as I get up in the morning I am putting out applications...going to facilities. But every interview is the same as the one before. They explain everything about their company and how great it is and so glad to have me there, but as soon as I bring up the restrictions its all over. If this has happend to anyone let me know..I just couldn't believe I already had restrictions and now under investigation again.

Thank you for your encouragement. I have been to so many interviews I have lost count. I even ended up going to one place twice under two different DONs. I have applied to so many places but those narc restrictions just throw me off and actually I have applied for multiple treatment nurse positions and they require to be on call and thats another restriction. I have applied to dialysis, psych hospitals. The state hospital offered me a position but as soon as I told them of my restrictions they didn't even want to look at me. And even worse now I have to explain a termination for a documentation error. uggh

Thank you I will cont to have faith. ...

Well I am so overwhelmed still waiting on that one person to say "ill give you a chance" hoping and praying everyday for that one job thats for me...so difficult with these stipulations...the other day my son says what are you waiting for so you can get a job as a nurse again...when will your probation be over? I said I have to find a job first so it can come off....he says well tht doesnt make sense if u cant find a job because of the restrictions how can you find a job to get them off? You are a nurse not a call center person!!! I wanted to cry so bad but held back and just told him I will not lose faith...its just so difficult because I remember how easy it used to be to get a job and now it seems almost impossible.

Hello everyone...well so far the co worker I work with day and day out has really eased up. The director of nurses and a.d.o.n. were really surprised at how well we were getting along. It all started with me helping her with the oxygen tank that day. Although there are still times that I feel I am singled out the nursing mgt seems to pick and day the smallest things. The other day they came to tell me that I needed to be in the dining room assisting the other nurse and I usually am except for one day , the tranche patient I had needed suctioning desperately and well....I believe that helping someone breathe is priority to help someone eat. And so therefore I spent some time with her making sure her airway was clear and then worked my way to the dining room. Regardless I was callld on that and she did say I know u were suctioning someone but you still need to be in the dining room. I just said OK. And the other incident were labs. Before administering coumadins I checked for any changes or new orders and there was none. I gave the coumadins and later on that evening labs had been sitting on the second floor fax since noon. I had to call the d.o.n. and tell her and she wanted me to write a mmed error. I called the MD on call and she gave an order to cont on same doses band I did. Called the d.o.n. bk and told her. She then said I didn't have to write it. Can you imagine how scared I was and quick to get blamed sometimes I am so uncomfortable and sometimes I am not. It gets stressful

Goodmorning, and yes I am attempting to be very kind to her. On Tuesday she didn't really ask to much or comment too much about the narcotics and she ended up needing my assistance with an oxygen tank. she had no idea how to even begin to set it up. I helped her do it and taught her how. She was very greatful indeed. I felt so good to be able to help her back with something. On Wednesday she called in and I worked with a different nurse. I don't know if they told her ahead of time I couldnt pass narcotics but she didnt even ask me anything. when she got there she automatically did the count and no questions asked not even once. She had been a nurse since the like 1976. Sweet woman. Helped me out alot. We were really busy that day. I had an admission and admissions at ltc facilities are very time consuming as many of you may know. But regardless she was back yesterday and it was a little better with her. I continue to be nice to her and maybe eventually she will stop asking questions. She did comment last night that i must hardly be making any money with all my restrictions and all. I just said yea that i wasnt hardly making money and walked away.

Thanks all gor the support today she was a little better but she still made a comment I caught. She couldnt find some coumadins and then dhe found them later and said " I think its so stupid for nurses to steal drugs from the med carts. Why would anybody even do that." And then just looked at me. I alredy told her it had nothing witn diverting meds. In little whiles I just want to tell her I tested dirty for cocaine on pre employment drug screen nine years ago and mayb shell stop but she alredy looks at me all weird as it is.

Thanks for the feedback. I will document when I do help her but so far she does not let me touch any of her work. I will document it though. I love my job because I love nursing but I have only been there a week and I am already stressing due to this situation. I hope she gets better. Nursing management constantly gives me the thumbs up that I am doing great and amazed at how well I know my job. being that I had been out 9 years, its just her. It's scary, but I shouldn't let this fear overcome me. I will continue to move forward in my career. It just isnt that easy.

Hi All, well i was able to find a job within a month and a half of relicensure, but asides from all the issues i already have to deal with I am running into another problem at work. I have narcotic stips for one year this is known by the entire nursing management team including the administrator. I felt really weird and embarassed the first day i was orientating i had to tell the first nurse i was with i couldnt pass narcotics and then and all she said was oh my god are you on tpapn? i just told her no and that was the end of that. Then i had to tell my the nurse i was relieving i couldnt touch narcotics, he was ok he didnt ask me anything else he just said ok. Then i had to tell the medication aide i couldnt count narcotics. And he didnt ask why either. just said ok. Then there is the nurse i work with daily. This nurse i told her from day one i couldnt pass narcotics for one year and if she could help me out with that then i could help her with something everyday. She just said ok...but since the first day i had to work with her alone it was on. The med aide would tell her he was ready to count and she would say to tell me and then i have to tell her that i cant count. then she will get upset. And on Thursday. this past week she wanted me to count the cart again. we were at the nurses station and all the nurses were there. she tells me in front of everyone.."why cant you pass narcotics?' i know i turned red as a tomato because when she asked me that in front of everyone my face turned hot. so i quickly told her that it had nothing to do with diverting meds or anything to do with the meds at work that it was something that happened nine years ago and left it at that. but she continued to get upset everytime she had to deal with the controlled drugs for me. and even then still told the med aide again for me to count. so i dont know how to handle this anymore. i try to continue working with my head up and just do my job taking care of my patients that depend on me.

Hi I have stipulations just starting my 2 year probationary period. I did get turned away from quite a few places I even had a d.o.n at one of the interviews start of very nicely then as soon as I mentioned stipss she pulld them up. Read through it and then took my app, placed it face down and said I hope you learned your lesson. But by the grace of God and with alot of prayer right after that interview I got a call from another place. I was hired and started that same day. Its difficult but very possible. Keep your head up and dont give up.

Thank you. Definitely will. It is a little overwhelming but in a good way.

Thank you I am soooo happy and feel so blessed.

hello everyone!!!!! I GOT THE JOB!! Not the one I had the interview at. I got a call from the ltc that I had done my clinicals at on my way.to the other interview. They didnt give me the time of day. But I went.over after and left there with a job. Im so excited and very very blessed.

Ok I definitely will look into that. Sallyrnrrt thank you so much