UPDATE on "At a Crossroad"

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Hey everyone!! SO....my evaluation was sent to the WA BON and the discipline commission board met on Wednesday and my case was presented and they found that I DO NOT have a substance disorder (2 evaluations stating the same thing--one from CO and one from WA) therefore I was told I am not a candidate for monitoring and I won't be needing to do so. I then asked what is the next step and was told I would most likely be granted a license in WA with conditions (not sure exactly that means) but there will no monitoring!! I am in a state of shock over all of this and I do understand that I will have the complaint from CO still attached to me but I am ready to deal with that. I just wanted to let everyone know that sometimes things work out in the oddest of ways. I will keep you all posted on what is yet to come as far as licensure goes but cheers to not having to monitor!!!

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Yea, congratulations

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Good for you! Congrats

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Woohoo! So happy for you!

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Well they screwed up!! Lol I knew it was too good to be true!! I got a call last week telling me my case manager didn't see the orders from Colorado so will have to enter into monitoring after all. I wasn't surprised and didn't go do anything stupid that would get me in any trouble while on a "hiatus" haha. I am waiting for the official contract today that is weeks overdue. Love LOVE all the craziness and mismanagement of these monitoring programs!!

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Well they screwed up!! Lol I knew it was too good to be true!! I got a call last week telling me my case manager didn't see the orders from Colorado so will have to enter into monitoring after all. I wasn't surprised and didn't go do anything stupid that would get me in any trouble while on a "hiatus" haha. I am waiting for the official contract today that is weeks overdue. Love LOVE all the craziness and mismanagement of these monitoring programs!!

A license with conditions usually means they are requiring you to meet some terms of an agreement. It will be okay though. It's not a day at the beach, but you make friends and have support. Happy you got your license...

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All of the states do things differently, but does you being in the monitoring program mean that nothing public will show up on your license? Depending on the state, most of us actually want to be in the program for this reason. I am unclear on if this was your situation or not. Did the "license with conditions" they originally wanted mean probation? Because that is public discipline.

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I know it is all a bit confusing. If you find my original post "at a crossroad" (it's more of a book lol sorry long post) it tells my back story. I originally was in trouble in CO and have discipline on my license there and was given monitoring there originally but during that time I moved back to WA for several reasons and was reported to the AG in CO for non-compliance. The AG actually has sympathy for my case so they have given me time to apply for WA licensure and enter into WA monitoring. I was on the fence at that point to just relinquish it all and walk away from nursing or to climb the tall mountain in front of me. I decided to move forward with nursing and tackle the mountain. I had to do another evalutuon here in WA and the counselor found I did not have a substance abuse disorder so the case manager deemed I didn't need to monitor but hadn't seen the orders from CO who did deem me the need to monitor. Once she did she called me and told me I would have to after all which is fine with me if it means I get my RN license back. I just got my contract last night and got 2 years with no rehab of any sort, no AA classes, and so on and I feel so blessed for gbt. Just drug/alcohol testing 1-2x a month and need to work as a nurse for minimum of 12 months. After reading other people's stories and experiences I feel very blessed that I got what I did. I will have to relinquish my license in CO and the discipline be public there but my WA license will be somewhat clean. I can't escape or cover up anything but I can learn and move on and be thankful I have another chance to be a nurse and a career! I hope that answers your question.

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