C23gregory

I agree with last poster *** is your problem? you yourself said her dwi was dismissed, and usually those questions state HAVE YOU BEEN CONVICTED OF, and according to you this was before it got dismissed and was pending which meant she had only been charged

Thank you. And oh I did not know this, thank god I just checked the schools website and under "eligibility" it simply states for the bridge program I must have a LPN license in that state which makes sense since its a program where basically the bridge program students are thrown in with a brand new group of RN nursing students. So the classes/clinicals I will be taking will be with mostly unlicensed persons and/or other CNAS and LPNs. Thanks.

This. If I can figure out how to post a pic on here I will of what I was carrying it is a large wide, thin, blue case that says "daily dose" I luckily had allready taken my gaba and lopressor but Ive just always has two of my xanax (which were blue 1mg tabs that literally said the word "Xanax" on them and I have always just kept two of those and two (thank god) brand name naproxen which say aleve on them) and as to the question asking me why I carried them around in that to be honest I dont really know, I remember a couple times since Ive had that script where Ive been extremely tense/anxious/angry/whatever you would like to call it where Ive taken one aand they had really helped me feel a million times better, perhaps I should be evaluated for GAD or something but when I got the daily dose thing to carry my meds and put the two aleve in there (it was divided inside and I kind of made the left side of container for my neurontin and metoprolol and the right side of container for what I considered my "PRN" meds whre I put the OTC NSAIDS and decided to put in two of the xanax so that I would always have something with me to take for situations (last time I had taken one was maybe 2 months ago when my step-brother attempted suicide)..at one point I even had a zofran in there but ended up taking that a while back obv. d/t nausea. Also what does BFD stand for sorry for the ignorance

Please understand I am 100% going to get an attorney for both my criminal case and to report to the BON. I am trying to find one who is good with DUI and BON and really would have a hard time spending more than $3,000 to do it as $3,000 is allready a ton of money to me, but I will do everything in my power to not lose my license as nursing is my life. And when you say having my license "just tagged" isnt a minor potential(sorry if I did not use the correct term here should I have said actions taken against my license) do you mean I have a greater likelihood of losing my license all together? I am trying to track down a nurse I knew who had three "tags" (or actions against license) over a period of years, one for drug diversion where they had a track record of 6 patients who she had signed out PRNs for who all denied getting PRN meds from her and another was for stealing a doctors Rx pad somehow and was caught at a Walgreens pharmacy trying to fill a forged script for 180 15mg IR oxycodones (not only was she pretty open about this but you could read everything about each one on the DORA website when you looked up her license) and the other was more minor I dont exactly remember but I believe it was something along the lines of her having a complaint against her through DORA and she ignored all comunications from the BON regarding it. She ended up having to do the peer assistance program and made it through and eventually became the SDC at the LTC I worked with her at! I would like to find her lawyer and ask her a few questions. She was however a RN who graduated from same school as me, Im not sure if they will give me harsher discipline since Im just a LPN. I will do anything to keep my license and am starting next week at some alcohol/drug classes where I will get proof I attended and I also found a private company near me where I can go and take UA's and breathalyzers on my own and I plan to do that weekly until my court date to try and show the judge I have been clean and proactive about wanting to keep my license. I also was granted a temporary driving permit yesterday at the DMV which is valid until I have a hearing with the DMV which is valid until my DMV hearing so as long as I dont get anymore tickets I will atleast be able to say I have been driving everyday and have had zero issues as I now drive like a grandma.

I have a small blue container thats semi flat I carry in my pocket to work everyday as I also take gabapentin TID, metoprolol BID and keep an advil in it as well just incase I get a bad HA or knee pain starts acting up, never thought much about keeping the alpraz. in aswell I guess I kind of viewed them all the same, after this experience Im just going to start taking a backpack with me to work so I can keep everything in original bottles. And another thing I realized after talking with a nursing friend is that we've both known other nurses who were caught diverting and did not lose licenses, and obviously since they were diverting narcs that means they were in possession of a controlled substance, in some cases schedule 2 substances (not sure if courts take into account whether the drug is schedule 2 or 4) and I personally worked with a nurse who had a dui before going to nursing school, got her license and then got another dui (dwi actually I believe) and she still has her license so that gives me more confidence. Again thank you all for taking time to respond.

As in big problem do you mean losing my license completely? Or a tag on my license? Ive known nurses who have been caught diverting narcs and still kept there licenses, and my biggest fear is losing my license. I realize nobody on this board can tell me exactly what will happen to me but is it likely Ill never be able to practice again? Or just a tag on my license? Also how do I go about reporting this to the BON? And I assume I dont need to report it to them until after my court case as theres always a chance it could be changed to a DWI or some type of plea bargain. any insight is appreciated thank you all so much

This is great to hear, may I ask what state? and when you say documented drug and alcohol counseling what types of programs are you referring to?

This is going to be my main issue as Im positive it was from my exprired Rx. And thank you all for your advice how much should I expect to pay for a lawyer? I know prices vary greatly but if anyone knows an "average" price or doesnt mind sharing what they paid it would be much appreciated.

SO I reside in WY however I work(ed) in Northern CO very recently. I was prescribed xanax a little over a year ago after a family members suicide and did not take many. Recently have been very stressed with both work and family issues. To make a long story short a few nights ago on my way home from work I stupidly decided to take one of my xanax after getting into an argument with a coworker and was allready very stressed. Its about an hour drive home and I was pulled over for "erratic driving" and the officer asked if I would submit to a BAC test, I replied I would be more than happy to take a breathalyzer but would prefer not to be poked as I hate needles. He then returned to my car with two separate papers, one was a ticket for "DUI, Careless Driving, and possession of a controlled substance schedule 4" and the other was a paper stating that I refused to do a blood test. I signed, trying to be as compliant with the officer as possible. They did do a breathalyzer which of course showed no alcohol in my system (which neither of the papers he gave me even mentioned) I was then arrested, vehicle impounded and spent the night in jail. I lost my Rx bottle during a move and can not think of another way to prove I was legitimately prescribed it. Anyways, today after thoroughly reading both papers he gave me, the "refusal to test" paper states I will have my drivers license revoked for one year with a possibility of getting a restricted license or after two months of revocation I can apply to possibly get an ignition interlock device installed in my car. I am fine (though not happy) with probation and court costs and such however I am very worried about my nursing license. Is this something I need to send to my state BON now or after my court date? Will I lose my license/get a tag on it? I am an LPN who has been a nurse over two years with zero issues and was planning on transferring my license to Wyoming very soon, will this affect that? What kind of discipline should I expect from nursing boards? Nursing is my life, I have all pre-reqs completed for a LPN-RN program I was planning on starting this fall, will this even be possible now? I am extremely worried and any help regarding both the criminal aspect of this and the nursing aspect of this, any help would be very much appreciated, I want to be a nurse my entire life, it is my passion. This was my first offense and I have no other criminal history. Please help if you have any knowledge regarding my isssues,. Thank you all so much. EDIT: Also meant to add, a friend advised me that if I start AA/NA meetings ASAP (court date is just over one month from now) as he said generally judges are more lenient to people who do this on there own. Like I said any other help/advice greatly appreciated.

Thank you guys so much

Hello there I am an lpn trying to become rn through excelsior. I had recently heard at September 2015 we would have to also sit for a 16 week "conference" for the nursing exams, and then I logged onto here and saw posts saying July 2015. Does anybody know for sure? I would really like to avoid this if at all possible I want to test out of everything, this sucks it is purely for more cash. Does excelsior make major changes like this often? I am just worried because I allready have money into excelsior with enrollment fee and everything and I just fear this won't work out in the end for some reason. Any advice?