Stories of RNs finding work after being placed into monitoring

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Hi everyone, I am luckily going to begin the job search process soon now that I have entered monitoring. 
 

I am looking to hear some stories from you guys about your job searching strategies, disclosing monitoring during the interview process, what job you ended up getting, and how long this whole process took! 

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Do you have to disclose at the interview? It's a disability ans they can't ask you about it. 

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So I took a shot and emailed a hospital asking if they hired nurses on probation. Next day they interviewed me and I was upfront about everything- gave them my story and what happened versus what the piece of paper says. They took a chance on me and hired me- and while I still have a restriction for a little while longer on passing controlled meds- I've never once felt judged or like they view me differently. Being open and honest is my biggest suggestion. Why? Because they are going to see limitations on your license regardless and it looks worse to go through the interview and then try to explain it afterwards in my opinion. My lawyer and monitor person actually suggested being transparent and, hey, it worked!

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Nursrcy00901 said:

So I took a shot and emailed a hospital asking if they hired nurses on probation. Next day they interviewed me and I was upfront about everything- gave them my story and what happened versus what the piece of paper says. They took a chance on me and hired me- and while I still have a restriction for a little while longer on passing controlled meds- I've never once felt judged or like they view me differently. Being open and honest is my biggest suggestion. Why? Because they are going to see limitations on your license regardless and it looks worse to go through the interview and then try to explain it afterwards in my opinion. My lawyer and monitor person actually suggested being transparent and, hey, it worked!

That's really interesting insight! I never would have thought to do that. I may consider doing this. 

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