Where can probation RN get Job

[Messedup101]

As my name states I messed up. I was an RN 25 years. 18 years in Hospice. I also have PTSD. I never really found a treatment that helped much. However, helping people distracted me and felt good.

This last time I started downhill, my wife was told she had a long slow disease that would debilitate her her and she would not see her late 60s. So less than 17 years. She retreated to bed both because of the fatique and some understandable depression. I have 2 special needs kids just entering their teen years and all of a sudden the patients that I was helping were just a reminder of the inevitable and I always had a problem not getting emotionally attached after a few months to clients. So to start off I did not divert. In fact I was so naive, i never heard the term before going to meetings.

One night I had a panic attack that woke me up at 3 am. I had an ambien or a couple shots to calm me down. I figured the alcohol would clear faster. I probably poored more than I should. Well, i am not a big drinker, so I went to work and they smelled it. I blew a 0.02. Not intoxicated but it is zero tolerance. I lost my job of 19 years and was put in the boards progam. My depression spiraled deep and they actually told me I should leave ( they give bad advice) so I surrendered my licence. Anyway I can petition to get it back in a few months. Getting away did help. I was able to get a new perspective and I want to go somewhere besides hospice. I lost my house and so can move anywhere.

So, I know in the Sacramento area,

insurance companies were the go to jobs on probation. I would really like to hear any info that would tell me the options across the state. Like what types of work can I get.

Messedup101

[KCMnurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

Hi - I am confused. Did you surrender your license or is your license on probation? If you surrendered you will need to find a job that does not require a nursing license. If you are on probation you can still work as a nurse if you can find a sympathetic employer that is willing to work with the terms of your probation.

[Messedup101]

I surrendered it. When you petition to get it back. Probation is almost automatic. So, I will be on probation. I know I need a sympathetic employer. However, some employers are known for working with nurses on probation, that is what I am trying to find out.