MB,RN

Ooooooops. So sorry! But thanks for replying to the OP. I didn't pay enough attention! Sorry to both of you two!

?? You said you stutter? Just trying to help. Good luck.

I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. I unfortunately have little advice to give you but you seem to have the patients best interest first! Are you a new nurse? I was always self conscience when I was new and I would constantly second guess everything after the fact (a bad report). Hopefully you'll gain more confidence and it may make you feel better with your job! Don't let it define you! As far as my perception of someone who stutters... solid assessment skills and prudent decisions as a nurse speaks for you, not the stuttering. (In my eyes). I wouldn't care if you had trouble with speaking if you could save a life and make a difference! I personally think if someone judges you for that, they're just plain ignorant. But it's life. People are mean. Good luck!!

Nope. I actually had wounds and falls and care plans and med errors and Inservices and most everything all in order. No major complaints. I wasn't new to LTC or management. State would zero in on things to try to find a pattern but we weren't all that bad. It just killed me knowing that no one else was held accountable. Like "Holes in the MAR" on the assisted living side. How could I possibly have known a med wasn't initialed off? I had a unit manager to check that. They were just looking to replace me with a DON that came back off FMLA from another building. They've went through MULTIPLE DONs since me. Sigh... Poor residents and staff. All that change.

I am sorry to hear that. It can be brutal and they can cut you for just about nothing. It's very political, the places I've worked. They don't think about what it does to us as a nurse and for our families. I finally went before the board and told them I was told I "wasn't a good fit" and they recommended my licensed be renewed free and clear. Had another DON up there before the board with me for just about the same thing. I don't know why they even have us go before the board. It seemed to be a waste of their and my time. Found out they take all the "positive responses" and they call 10% before the board. That's a lot! More than a thousand! I was up there with people with drug and criminal charges and nurses who shouldn't even be working. It's the messed up world of nursing!

Indiana

I know, me too. I asked if all "positive responses" automatically went before the board. They said no, that out of 109000 nurses, approx 10% answer yes to a question and 10% get selected to go before the board. Lucky me!

Yea, I gave a positive response when I renewed figuring honesty is the best policy! I was promoted from the ADON to the DON position and after our annual survey (before the 2567 came through, even) I was called into the office with the DVP and told I was not "progressing as they had hoped" and was told I was demoted from DON immediately. They offered me a floor position in another campus. I was given time to think about it. I told them later that week I was not interested and they offered me $2000 in severance. I was able to resign, technically but I was demoted first. Then when I renewed I answered honestly and then I got a letter to appear before the BON. I feel I was just a scape goat and I probably just dodged a bullet by getting out of there. But I have no idea what the BON may ask me.

Technically, I resigned after getting the choice of being demoted to floor nurse.

This happened last year. I will be going before the board in December. Yikes!

In indiana, when I renew my license, they ask if I have even been demoted, reprimanded,etc.

Has anyone been a DON that was demoted or let go after a bad state survey? Did you self report to the BON when you renewed your license?