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I am an older nurse in my second career and recently fired from a wonderful skilled nursing facility in Spring. I loved my job. I made a med error following instructions that I apprently misunderstood. The DON never asked me what happened, just pushed me out the door. The other nurses on my unit were covered for their errors and favored over me, not fired or even suspended. Through TWC, I learned the DON has reported be to the Texas BON. When that case comes up I won't be able to work again as a nurse in Texas. I am so distraught and have fears about my long term future. I have faced ageism in my current Job Search. I am physically fit with no physical limitations yet. I have a lot of faith but it is still a painful position I am in now. Does anyone have any suggestions for income? Where do nurses go who are older work in Houston, Texas?

Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

Don't even think about not getting legal advice from a pro, bleverett! I also understand Texas has a private company called Group One that basically functions as a damaging reputation clearinghouse whether anything shows up on a legal/formal record or not.

Best wishes to you!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
I would wait....just because you are reported doesn't mean the case will go anywhere.

Anyone can make a mistake...I personally know of a pharmacist that killed a patient because he mixed an IV incorrectly...he still has his job and his license.

While you cannot control the facility over-reacting (nobody is perfect...you misunderstood the order, it wasn't willfull laziness), I think you will find the BON more understanding.

While they are on the side of protecting the public, they also don't care to join in a knee-jerk reaction because some supervisor got their panties in a wad.

Agreed. BONs get many reports that have little to no grounds to them--after they conduct their investigation and find that there's nothing to pursue, they drop the case. You may or may not receive notification that you were reported and/or there was no basis for disciplinary action--that depends on the particular BON's policy. So there is indeed hope.

That being said, if you have , call them now so they can start working on your case in case the BON does decide to pursue things further. If you don't have malpractice insurance, start looking up attorneys who have experience working with BONs. NEVER appear in front of the BON without an attorney on your side if you can help it. It may be costly, but not as costly as having your license suspended or revoked would be.

Best of luck.

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Thank you so much! That is excellent advice. I will get busy recalling when I knew the records/report was falsified to TWC. I did write everything down as it occurred. It feels good to get some support. I will see about an administrative type of nursing job. I so hope that it all works out well, and for the DON I never wanted any negative entanglements. We are both carbon based human beings. So much depends on good communications anytime a client is served. That is the big lesson here for both the DON and me as well as having .

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

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