slml1578

Unemployed, I definitely understand your question. I myself (an RN) have just went through the whole investigative process of the SB. Their investigation of my license took 12 months from the time that they started until they finished. I was unemployed (as an RN) for 2 months prior to their starting to investigate my license, unemployed (as an RN) for the 12 months during their investigation (in which there weren't any restricitions on my license to work as an RN), and I am still unemployed to this day as an RN, which is 4 months after the SB's investigation was completed and they rendered their decision, which for myself and my situation was that they were not going to take any disciplinary action (no fines, reprimands, probations, suspensions, or revocations) against my license. So now you might be wondering why I am still unemployed 4 months later, or after the fact. Well, I myself am not completely sure, but the one most popular answer that I have gotten when I'm told by a prospective employer that someone else was given the job (even a....[no offense to new grads]....no experience-new grad gets a job before someone with experience) because none of my experience is current within the past 12 months and they then suggest that maybe I may want to think about enrolling into a "refresher course", but how is the amount of time that I've been unemployed any different than that of a woman who has been off for close to the same period of time due to the birth of a child, or a major surgery. I mean really, is every woman who decides to take off the last month of her pregnancy and the sequential first year of her newborns life told or suggested to that she should think about enrolling in a "refresher course" every time this occurs and she wants to go back to work, which by my research costs about $1,000.00 and my SB does not know of anywhere in my state that it is offered (this price is based on ones that I've seen offered in other states). Trust me, I tried to find a job during the investigation, but I encountered the problem of places not being willing or able to hire persons whose professional licenses are under investigation for anything. And I've been continually trying to find a job since then and have been unsuccessful. I had nothing restricting my license during investigation, and have nothing against my license now after the investigation has been over and done with, and I am still yet unemployed. I have been working 2 to sometimes 3 minimum wage jobs at a time since the whole thing started. My parents have had to help me financially, in which I've been staying with them and also at my brothers house, just depended on where my job was closer to for saving on gas. I have no medical insurance, so I had to apply to a charity program at my local hospital because the car wreck that I was in 2 and a half months ago which totalled my car and wasn't my fault had resultant medical bills in excess of $1,000.00, that I definitely could not afford on a slighltly above minimum wage job that I only got 20 to 25 hours per week from and had to make a car payment and insurance out of and a monthly physician offfice visit and monthly Rx plus gas and food. My parents picked up the tab alot in the past 18 months. I had a friend who got in trouble years ago for drugs and got 6 years of probation from the SB for it, and she was employed the whole time. My parents have recently began to suggest that they can only afford to pick up the tab for a short time longer and that I need to start considering other options like maybe going back to school to do something else besides nursing because realistically I and they can't wait forever which is true, but neither I nor they can afford that at this time. So for now all I can do is keep working my barely above minimum job. One other thing I don't get is that where is the nursing shortage when I can't get a nursing job? I've applied to positions at 6 different hospitals which are within a 50 to 60 mile radius of where I live. And I have applied to more than 35 positions between the 6 hospitals in the past 4 months and only got one interiview, which was a month and a half ago, but at the end of the interview they told me that I should not expect to hear anything one way or another about the job until the end of July. So, now, all I do is wait.......................... Good Luck and Wishes and a many Prayers........

Thanks for the reply. I have posted a more detailed statement on the forum" Abuse Support by Colleagues" under the thread "RN license under investigation for verbal abuse". Please see.

Thanks for the reply. I have posted a more detailed statement of the situation under the forum of "Abuse Support by Colleagues", under the thread " RN license under investigation for verbal abuse". Please see.

Hello all. I am an RN. Back in March of this year, I was reported to my state board of nursing for verbal abuse toward a nursing home resident. My state board tells me that even though my license is under investigation by them that I can still work as an RN because presently I have a fully valid unencumbered license because the outcome/ my reprimand has not yet been decided upon. I have been having a very difficult time trying to find an employer who will hire me while my license is under investigation by the state board. And furthermore, if the reprimand that I am given is probation, employers are either highly reluctant or restricted from hiring me. How am I supposed to serve out a reprimand if nobody will hire me. I currently work 2, six dollar an hour jobs and I am severly struggling with my bills. The state board states that its not uncommon for a licensee to spend two to three years trying to find an employer to be able to serve out a three, six, twelve, or more months probation. When I have presented the details my situation to various other health care professionals, I get a lot of responses back to me saying that they don't see where I was being verbally abusive. I can be more detailed in another post if needed. I would really like to hear from someone who has been in a similar situation to mine, or who may have some advice for me.