IrishCMSRN

Hi, I just enrolled in the OU RN-BSN and start 4510 soon. I'm going to be working full-time during this program. Can anyone who has completed it offer suggestions or things you wish you had known about the course prior to starting? Study suggestions? Anything helpful? Are there a lot of deadline changes? I'm trying to be as prepared as possible, thanks in advance!

I’m in the Philly/PA area in the same situation. Finding it hard to get hired. It’s soul destroying but I’m still hopeful. Anyone know of PNAP friendly employers? I’d welcome a referral.

Hi, I’m in the same boat as the original poster. In the past few months I’ve sent out hundreds of applications and no one wants to touch me with a ten foot pole. I’ve tried dialysis, rehabs, LTC, all the big hospitals in my area with no luck. I got a job at the local supermarket to pay bills which is great but it’s not my calling. I’m still hopeful but it is disappointing.

Has anyone found any programs that will accept monitoring?

I too am searching for an RN-BSN online program. My license is Active but "on probation". Has anyone found current programs that will accept us? I've contacted Ohio University and Chamberlain and they now say no, along with many others. So depressing.

Hi, Just started applying for med/surg positions at Temple in Philly. Anyone work here? Recommend? Pros/Cons? Thanks!

ughhhhhh.....call an attorney who specializes in medical licensing. Once you get sucked into RAMP it will follow you and your license forever. I made the same mistake in PA. Trust me, talk to an attorney before going to any evaluation. The "board" is NOT your friend.

Just curious who the attorney is? The guy I was recommended to by PNAP took my 3k lied to me and really did nothing I couldn’t have done myself.

My update is that BON are the cruelest and most unfair bunch of old biddies. A fellow nurse in the program relapsed on stolen narcs and got ONE year suspension. I could no longer afford to pay to be in the program and dropped out. They gave me a THREE yr suspension! it doesn’t make sense. I think THEY are all on drugs! As for the legislature, no clue.

Knowing what I know now, I would skip the test. The board is not your friend. The minute you admit to use, you are starting over again at month zero. I’m not typically a dishonest person but have been screwed over royally by this program. Good luck!

Tommy, I have an entire “manifesto” of my awful Pnap experiences and I’m willing to share with u. Please email me. [email protected]. I’m beyond anonymity now. This program destroyed me and my career. I’m willing to fight the fight !!

I was 3 months shy of graduating from PNAP when I tested positive for ETOH. I was honest, admitted it and they extended my contract another 3 years. After a year or so I just couldn’t afford to pay for it anymore and quit. License is now suspended. I’m in the process of changing careers and enjoying my life for the first time in a Long time! Never going back. They lost a really good nurse who just happened to have a disease that didn’t even affect her work. I know other nurses in DMU who completely relapsed on illegal substances and have only had one or 2 yr suspensions. The whole system is unfair. I’m on an NPDB list for not being able to afford to continue, meanwhile other DMU suspended nurses are NOT and working in hospitals as aids etc. I had such a bad experience I never want to return to the field. It needs to end. Also! As I no longer had an attorney PNAP told me to reach out to my BON. Prosecutor with any legal questions. Which I did. The lady I contacted, let’s just call her “Peg” REAMED ME OUT globally for contacting her. I apologized and a few days later she sent me another scathing email asking why I was continuing to contact her. I hadn’t. She had read the original email again! Total incompetence!

Sorry to hear. I quit nursing for this very reason. Couldn’t afford to stay in the monitoring program. They lost a great nurse!

Persephone that made me laugh. Thanks!

Hi Chad, Thanks for the response. My suspension is for 3 years and I don't have any desire to go back to nursing. I was a really good nurse and I loved my job. I just got sucked into a dark cloud and addiction followed. I really don't have any resentment for other nurses getting second chances, I actually got 3 chances then just couldn't afford to stay in the program so I had to quit. I'm just wondering what impact this listing will have on my future endeavors. I've heard scary things like "you will never get hired again by any company that receives any kind of state or federal funding"? I'm like WOW!?