RN currently on Probation with the BRN. Got a write up at work!

[sunshinekid7]

Hi All. I am desperately looking for some help! I am currently a CA licensed RN. I am a new nurse, and have only had my license for a little over a year. I currently am working in the ED. I have been on probation with the BRN since the beginning of my licensure due to a DUI on my past record. (I got the DUI before I was even a nurse, and I have never had any other convictions since.) Anyone else who is or has been on probation with the BRN knows how strict it is. Up until now, I have been completely compliant with all my probationary terms and have never been disciplined or written up at work. Tonight I am receiving my first write up. Last week, during a very busy shift, I left a partially used vial of ketamine at my desk and forgot to waste the unused amount. My manager found the vile a day later. He brought me into the office and gave me the write up. When he compared the unused med to the amount used in the pt's chart, it all matched up and the correct amount of remaining medication was left in the vial. My manager wasted the rest of the medication with me in the omnicell. But now I have to inform my probation monitor about the incident and the write up. I am SO worried I will lose my license over this. Can anyone give me any further information?

[NOADLS]

But now I have to inform my probation monitor about the incident and the write up. I am SO worried I will lose my license over this. Can anyone give me any further information?

And what if you don't report it?

My money is on the employer not reporting this incident to the BON. Meaning that you are the only one who can shoot yourself here.

Either way, your license, your choice. I am not suggesting anything here other than for you to perform a full assessment of this situation.

[Sour Lemon]

I have no idea what effect the write-up might have on your probation, but what a sucky manager to write you up for that.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Moved to Nursing with Criminal History forum

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

If your boss was going to report you to the BON, she probably would have fired you first. It sounds like the whole thing was simply to get your attention, address what caused the incident, and prevent a future incident. That's what write ups are supposed to be about, anyway. The fact that you still have a job tells me you have nothing to worry about. This wasn't a diversion, no patient was hurt, so there would be zero reason for you to lose your license.

[KCMnurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

When you say 'write-up' what exactly did that entail. Did he counsel you and then put it on the 'official' disciplinary action document or is it just a memo for your information? Unless it was an official disciplinary action, meaning it went through HR and is now in your personnel file, I would not tell the board. I would make sure I am squeaky clean moving forward since your manager obviously does not play.