TPAPN & sunset review= good news

[SNB1014, RN]

this JUST came out!

here is my source:

https://www.sunset.texas.gov/public/uploads/files/reports/Texas%20Board%20of%20Nursing%20Staff%20Report_10-7-2016.pdf

please see issue #3, pages 25-30.

Seems as though this sunset review people have been doing some good old fashioned listening and research.

[VinoLover2030]

That is good news!! I wish all boards of nursing did this and that there were listed times where you could get stuff expunged. Why is there no group that can encourage change for us nurses regarding Board consent agreements?

[catsmeow1972, BSN, RN]

Sad thing is with the rampant corruption in these programs, you know darn well that the "approved" people doing the evaluations would not recommend anything but the most serious grievous "treatment" and corresponding, never ending contract. Until we are allowed to choose our own person to do an accurate, meaningful eval, nothing will change.

On the upside, this is the first time I have seen any inkling that any BON/state/peer, what have you has even come close to admitting that these programs are entirely too punitive to the point of being abusive, along with admitting the complete lack of oversight.

Vino raises a good question, why is there no group that can push for change. I think it is because these bullies have so many of us, so cowed, regardless of what our issues are or what we might have done. We are all worn down and afraid of doing anything that might invite further scrutiny, ergo more abuse. I think we, myself included just want to get back to work and get on with our lives.

I don't have a problem with consequences for a stupid move (or 2, or 10) but generic flat "sentences" and the attached never ending punishment for all comers is just plain wrong. Make the punishment fit the crime. If your aim is to "advocate for the impaired nurse" then either do so or stop claiming that!

I've come to the conclusion that "individualized contracts" for these programs simply means "we enforce what we want, when we want and however we want.

I don't know what the fix is. Whatever it may be will not come in time to be of any help to me, However, it is a start.

[SororAKS, ADN, RN]

At least someone is looking at these things. I am amazed at the lack of accountability, and the lack of anything objectively defining outcomes. Nursing and medical practices are increasingly being evaluated and based in Evidence. The monitoring programs should be as well, and should be as accountable for their policies and practices.

[malamud69, BSN, RN]

Under the guise of "protecting the public" and "helping medical professionals" it's all about

$$$$$$$$$...P testing is a billion dollar industry...everything else is moot.