Should I look for a new nursing job or wait?

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I was terminated recently and am awaiting investigation to be complete. Should I keep applying for nursing jobs in the meantime? I'm afraid of applying when my license may be on the line.

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I would start looking and keep looking.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
I would start looking and keep looking.

Yes...your investigation will be confidential.

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I was terminated recently and am awaiting investigation to be complete. Should I keep applying for nursing jobs in the meantime? I'm afraid of applying when my license may be on the line.

If I am reading this correctly, your termination may be serious enough that your licensure may be at risk? Every single application you will ever fill out has words to the effect asking if you have ever been investigated, censured etc. and I am not sure you can answer that question "no" and be truthful. I bring that point up because lying on an application can also be reported to the BON and is certainly cause for immediate termination.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
If I am reading this correctly, your termination may be serious enough that your licensure may be at risk? Every single application you will ever fill out has words to the effect asking if you have ever been investigated, censured etc. and I am not sure you can answer that question "no" and be truthful. I bring that point up because lying on an application can also be reported to the BON and is certainly cause for immediate termination.

Good point, timing could help you or harm you

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If you're afraid of applying then yeh, trust your gut on this one. Just try to hang in there and meantime tune into your creative side of things.

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Apply. Being investigated is not something you need to report to anyone.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

If you can possibly wait to look for a nursing job until the investigation is complete, you probably should. Applications for nursing positions almost always include a question about whether there is an active investigation against your license, and as someone already said, you absolutely cannot lie. Getting caught is the worst thing that can happen to you, because you *will* be fired, and that will look even worse on your work history. It doesn't matter if you're eventually exonerated, the fact that there is an investigation going on NOW will make it hard for you to find nursing employment. So you may want to consider taking a sabbatical, so to speak. Good luck to you.

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