REDICULOUS mistake, worried I'll never practice nursing again

I personally would not have self-reported this to the BON but I can see why panic led you in that direction. My best advice is to get a consult with an attorney who is familiar with professional practice issues. Don't just pick one out of the phone book. I have no reason to believe you are lying about this and in my opinion the cost of an attorney is far less than the cost incurred by a monitoring program. While these programs protect you license from discipline they end up costing you thousands of dollars. Meanwhile don't talk about this on line or to anyone other than your husband as anything said becomes discoverable in a court of law of administrative hearing. Use that 18 months to work as much as you can and lay in as much cash as possible.

Peace and Namaste

Hppy