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Date Posted: Fri, Aug 31 2012, 20:44:07 In reply to: Jinxblu 's message, "For those who arent dealing with the Boad" on Mon, Aug 13 2012, 12:58:29 Okay Jinx, you asked for it...here goes...:)(and it will be laced with anger, bitterness and foul language...it's what I do....) I was charged in 2000 with diversion. Hospital accused, I consented to a urine and was told it was positive. Referred to the "confidential program". Dealt with a psychotic, heroin recovering caseworker for 3 years. I apparently didn't meet her standards and after those 3 years, she had me booted from the program. In those 3 years, I never had a dirty urine, did all my paperwork, meetings and jumped through more hoops than a circus tiger in his career. A few months shy of "graduation" and the return to a normal life, I got a letter in the mail that I was booted from the program. No explanations at that time, found out later that my psychotic bitch of a caseworker said I was "noncompliant" with paperwork. Never did find out which "paperwork" the whore didn't get. Anyhow. In that letter I was also told that my license was immediately suspended (didn't have an active one anyhow because they constantly dicked me over with that too) and that I would be turned over to discipline. In that time, A new prez had taken over Ohio Board of Nursing and had declared war on nurses with drug issues. He shut the program down to hundreds of nurses and they immediately went to discipline. It became a very punitive board and getting into the program was damn near impossible.... Now..keep in mind, I have not been working as a nurse so I'm on welfare and have lost pretty much every thing I owned. So, after getting over the initial shock, terror and devastation, I tried to find out where this was all going to go..... About a month later, as I'm waiting for the Board Baffoons to decide my fate, as I sit eating a spaghetti meal with my husband and 3 young children, a sheriff deputy arrives to arrest me. The Board Whores had turned over my original charges to a new female cunty prosecutor that was gonna prove to the world that she was could take down an evil nurse. Now...that investigation was actually turned over to the county over 3 years prior but they chose not to prosecute because I was cooperating with the state board. (I did not know this at the time.) I was charged with f2 Felony drug theft..in other words, I was one level below a rapist or murderer. And my original charges were actually much, much less then "Armed"'s. I had to go to court, go to jail, get my mug shot, fingerprints and sit in a holding cell. (And in my lifetime, I had maybe 2 speeding tickets) Then I got assigned a court appointed lawyer, and yes, you get what you pay for. I was told I would most likely go to prison, that the cunty prosecutor wouldn't budge on deals since I failed the state board program and those bitches told her I was no longer compliant or cooperating....And I was going to make a GREAT story...."Nurse high on drugs while feeding newborns!!!!!" Not what I was doing, I saved my fun for home use, but the truth was neither here nor there in those days.....So, when you are charged with a crime, you have a right to all the evidence used against you. So for the first time in 4 years, all of my files were released to my attorney. My original urine was completely negative. The investigation was horrendous and I found out I was actually accused of stealing multiple drugs...the state pharmacy board basically just said, "Oh what the fuck, lets ding her wherever we can." I was accused of stealing Fentanyl (which at that time didn't even have access to) and several other meds. You see, it is not up to any board to have factual information, they document "suspicions" and in the state of Ohio, it's basically up to you to prove that you're innocent...oh, but wait, that just ain't gonna happen with a court appointed attorney because he isn't get paid enough to care. In the end, a loophole was found and I qualified for a treatment in lieu of program. So, I started the process ALL over again. And now it was court ordered. And I was a felon. I was told to get a job..anywhere.."it looks good on your record." I was a felon and nobody would hire me. I finally ended up in car factory because they didn't run background checks. I worked my ass off, built up some huge arm muscles and as a middle aged woman, knew my life would never be the same and I would never be able to provide a decent life for my family..... I had to complete the program before I couldn't even ask the Board Skanks about my license. Finished the court ordered program after a year and began the discipline process. They sent me an outrageous consent agreement which would have had me tied to them for another 12 years and if I remember correctly I was going to have a 6 year suspension. I burned it, said fuck this, looks like it's factory work for me. I gave up every thought of being a nurse. I had finally accepted that loss and was kinda trying to move on. I also tried to do all of this without an attorney. Couldn't afford one. I'm gonna shorten this part although it's a cool story. I wanted to start some kind of legal help group for nurses in Ohio. I found an attorney in La that had started a nationwide group for MD's. They provided info and legal assistance. I asked him what it would take to start something like that for nurses. He said lots and lots and lots of donations. MONEY MONEY MONEY. Well, that's was most likely a no go. Who in the hell is gonna fund a nurse that the state board puts on about the same level as a rapist or murderer. He sensed my bummed out attitude and out of kindness gave me the name of an attorney in Ohio that he thought might be able to provide some info. Kevin Byers. I called Kevin to talk about forming this group and he basically told me the same thing..that it takes a lot of money. I was not calling him for legal advice, but the guy asked why I wasn't working as a nurse and what my story was. After I told him, he asked me if I wanted to be a nurse again. I said fuck no. (well, not those exact words) He said I can't be much help if I don't get back in to the field. I had to ponder that thought. I told him I would NEVER sell my soul to those assholes again and definately not for 12 more years. I also told him I didn't have a dime to my name and unless I could use food stamps for urine screening, I could never do again. 2 months later, I received a new consent agreement. 1 year suspension, but given credit for time served while in the court program. I could return to work, but had a 6 month narcotic restriction and then would have another 2 year probation. All the same hoops with one exception...because I had EMPHATICALLY told Kevin Byers I would NEVER EVER EVER step foot into another 12 step meeting. Never. It would not be worth having a license if that was a stipulation. So it wasn't. I also had permanent restrictions placed on my license. I can't do home health, work for temp agencies, volunteer or be in management. Ever. Kevin Byers was an amazing man and did an incredible thing for me. And for those of you that don't know, this amazing guy was killed in a plane crash several months ago along with his mother and another attorney that lobbied for folks facing our battles. I have to back track a little...when the state board booted me from the program, they had to, supposedly by law, return my license to me pending the disciplinary hearing. After 3 years without, I made sure that legally I could work as a nurse and took that hot little ticket to a juvenile prison desperate for nurses, told the manager the whole sordid tale of the past and what was to come and she hired me anyhow. (At that time, I certainly had absolutely NO CLUE I would be criminally charged. That's most likely also why the Board Whores were very quick to file criminal charges....) Nonetheless, when I was criminally charged, I was put on leave from the prison...is that not the most ironic statement. So, when I got my license back with the narcotic restriction, the manager at the prison was willing to hire me back to fulfill the 6 month restriction, which I did. I continued working there until the state of Ohio stepped in and pointed out that no nurse with any restrictions whatsoever is allowed to work in any state facility and I was fired. But, I had fulfilled the narcotic restriction and could have it now lifted. Of course, it took several weeks, but eventually I was able to return to nursing with the other permanent restrictions. I'm not sure where to take the story from here. What I can tell you Jinx and every other nurse out there who is trying to get back in to nursing is that opportunities are going to be in places that you never thought they would be. I was advised to hit hard and heavy the nursing homes, the MRDD homes, dialysis centers..those places that might be a little tough to staff. In other words, find the places that traditionally are understaffed and desperate. And I did. However, I had a discipline record and although my treatment in lieu of conviction was suppose to expunge my criminal record, it never did. Many job interviews were humiliating and left me wanting to crawl under a rock. I had more than one walk me to the door and tell me they didn't hire my "type." And I'm a pretty decent bullshitter and sold myself prior to dropping the bomb. And even when I dropped the bomb I did it as softly as possible. Along the way, I ended up with 2 great managers in a HOSPITAL willing to hire me and give me a second chance. And I have bent over backward to prove myself. As I said in another post, I can't get a job in a pancake factory because of the record, but a nurse manager that gets we are all human and we can be fixed, gave me a chance, at great risk to their own reputation... I'm gonna end this post because it's way too long and I'm afraid of losing it...I'm gonna follow it with some job seeking advice...I'm assuming that's what you are looking for since you posted that you lost the license and got it back. Although I don't know your whole story I'm just gonna assume yours came with some stipulations similar to mine so I will share what helped me find a job..... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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