Reprimand

I was wondering if anyone knows how long a reprimand stays on your lisence in Illinois? I recently had a difficult family member go after me because she was unable to sue the hospital. I am afraid I may get a letter of reprimand on my lisence and am wondering if this will ever come off.

20 years so far fo a non-nursing related infraction. I asked they(LMU) said no! I may do it again.

If the hospitals safe you're safe. If you insist on worry. Most Lawyers have a free interview. Call one

i would talk to the IL state board to find out...or check out IDPH website.

How come they couldn't sue the hospital? Did they try and it was thrown out? Are you sure they called the BON on you or you are assuming they are? Do you have your own malpractice insurance?

If you haven't already retained counsel that is familiar with your BON, I would. You can usually talk to one for a free consult, that would definitely be something you should consider. I don't know if I'd call the BON, wouldn't want to stir something that could cause you problems.

Talk to a lawyer. Believe me, it is expensive but far cheaper than your piece of mind.

I am working with the hospital attorney. They cant sue the hospital or me because there were no damages. Basically the pt became hypoglycemic and the PCT didnt do an accucheck. Since I had two pt that were crashing, I failed to check the accucheck before the pt became hypoglycemic and the pt's daughter is reporting me to the state. I will mostlikely have a letter of reprimand on my lisence but I am wondering if it will be there forever. I was out of nursing school and working as a nurse for 6 weeks when this happened. I am so depressed over this. I am thinking of quitting nursing and doing something else in the health care field.

My state's nursing association has a nurse practice director who can provide some resources for members on such issues (not legal advice of course). Does yours?

You need your own attorney. The hospital attorney looks out for the interests of the hospital and it is in the hospital's best interest to appease the patient by throwing you under the bus. Get with your own attorney immediately. The cost can be offset through your malpractice insurance. You should have notified the insurance carrier the moment you were made aware of all of this. Seek an attorney to represent you through the referral service of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys: www.taana.org.

Absolutely right. Get on this ASAP. You need your own attorney immediately. Please don't let another day pass without getting one. And call your insurance carrier today. The hospital is setting you up for the fall here. Don't let them get away with it.

I am not sure, I am a pretty new nurse. I have only been out of school a year. I have no idea how to handle something like this.

I am not sure how the hospital is setting me up. I was the one who, according to IDPR, who should have known to delegate the accuchecks to the PCT even though the night nurse told me she delegated it to the night PCT and from what I was taught, that information was passed on to the day PCT in their report between the PCTs. I had two very ill pts who required my immediate attention and I failed to follow up with the accuchecks because I was very busy with my 2 very ill pts. Normally the PCTs will alert us to any abnormal vitals or blood sugars and since I was not told anything was wrong I assumed the pt was OK. Little did I know the accuchecks were not being done. It was such a crazy day and I was in the middle of a bad situation. I dont know what I can do. I tried to contact an attorney today but have not heard back yet.