2 questions

I know someone who is now a NP but used to be on probation. Even after her probation was over, she had to argue with a school to let her in. She succeeded but had to fight it.

So I'm in TPAPN and am also in NP school. I applied and got into school before I was in TPAPN though. As far as school goes though, I haven't had to inform them that I am in TPAPN because I am not yet in clinicals. My case manager told me that unless I was actively in clinicals, the school did not need to be informed of my participation in TPAPN. Therefore, TPAPN has caused no problems with my continued education towards becoming an NP.

Is your current license encumbered? That seems to be the biggest thing to schools in our area. Nurses who self reported, had unencumbered licenses were able to pursue their education.

Yes, my license is unencumbered. I don't plan on applying until at least next year so I can get used to this program but was curious if it would even be an option. Thanks for the info.

On the "early release" question...don't get your hopes up. We are an income source for these programs. There's nothing in it for them to let us go early. Heh! I'd think they'd prefer to expend energy in thinking of ways to extend contracts.

On the grad school question, if you get past the stigma of being saddled with a contract regardless of why, the school's issues regarding clinicals usually center around liability. That is where the discipline being public, I am afraid pretty much torpedos any hope of grad school. I am not certain of that. I'm not brave enough to try. With yours not being public, you hopefully will not have that issue.

So if your license is unencumbered, you shouldn't have any problem applying to NP school. You shouldn't have to inform them about your participation in a monitoring program until you begin clinicals.

Stanley:

I've never heard of anybody, ever being released early from nurse monitoring either in my state or hanging out here on-line

As far as NP school. I was already well into my NP education when I got my DUI. You cannot do clinical hours in my state while in monitoring so luckily I had those done prior to officially starting monitoring. I had to take a year off my studies for the idiocy of inpatient then outpatient rehab. However, I did finish my studies, graduate and pass my boards