trouble with IPN arrogance and incorrect info

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jan 24, 2005

Sorry, but you have to play their game. Good luck.

agnescwal · Jan 24, 2005

that's what IPN tells me...i just can't believe i'm the only nurse having problems with ipn. first, i'm sent to an "addiction specialist" who has someone elses case in front of him, or ipn sent him the wrong papers! when i confront each of them with it, i get arrogant, rude backtalk, ending up with NO answer at all as to why something went wrong with MY record! i saw an attorney the following day, and this team constantly works with the Board, and told me IPN should be put out of business...most of them being nurses who are either recovering or couldn't hold down a staff job (floor nursing) if they tried, so they think they have POWERS FROM BEYOND. the only problem is, the retainer fee (i checked them out, and they are quite successful) is outrageous. i could get another degree with that money...that's guarenteed...their sucess in MY case isn't.one can only "play the game" when the game is FAIR...not when one team CHEATS!

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Jan 24, 2005

Sorry, what is IPN?

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Jan 24, 2005

Sorry, what is IPN?

I was wondering what IPN was too, but then I figured that if I didn't know, I couldn't answer the question.

But since you asked, what IS IPN? Inquiring minds want to know!

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Jan 24, 2005

Sorry, what is IPN?

I was wondering what IPN was too, but then I figured that if I didn't know, I couldn't answer the question.

But since you asked, what IS IPN? Inquiring minds want to know!

fleasle · Jan 25, 2005

Sorry, what is IPN?

Intervention Program for Nurses is a possibility...

fleasle · Jan 25, 2005

Sorry, what is IPN?

Intervention Program for Nurses is a possibility...

agnescwal · Jan 25, 2005

IPN is Intervention Project for Nurses.....you guessed it, another money-making scam. the attorneys i hired have dealt with the BON many times...they refuse to deal directly with IPN. let me add, one of the attorneys is an MD as well, and two of the others have fathers who are surgeons, etc...quite knowlegable, but their fees are outrageous. i'd do whatever it takes to help myself, but 90% guarentee success; have to sleep on THIS one. it's all politics,i wonder if the IPN team gets "drug-tested"!??

agnescwal · Jan 25, 2005

IPN is Intervention Project for Nurses.....you guessed it, another money-making scam. the attorneys i hired have dealt with the BON many times...they refuse to deal directly with IPN. let me add, one of the attorneys is an MD as well, and two of the others have fathers who are surgeons, etc...quite knowlegable, but their fees are outrageous. i'd do whatever it takes to help myself, but 90% guarentee success; have to sleep on THIS one. it's all politics,i wonder if the IPN team gets "drug-tested"!??

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jan 25, 2005

Do you have a drug addiction problem? I hope whatever happens, that you get help with that first and foremost. We had some long threads on this board in the past about people caught up their various states versions of IPNs, and the "one size fits all, and it's my way or the highway" approach, how many non-addicts have to play the game in order to remain in nursing. Sucks.

But surely if you've been cheated and treated unfairly it can be resolved peacefully given time. Good luck to you.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jan 25, 2005

Do you have a drug addiction problem? I hope whatever happens, that you get help with that first and foremost. We had some long threads on this board in the past about people caught up their various states versions of IPNs, and the "one size fits all, and it's my way or the highway" approach, how many non-addicts have to play the game in order to remain in nursing. Sucks.

But surely if you've been cheated and treated unfairly it can be resolved peacefully given time. Good luck to you.