Would You Surrender Your Nursing License?

Below is an email, I received from a nursing colleague this week. She gave me her permission to post this excerpts of this email redacting her name of course:

Hi I was reading your "just my two  cents" excerpts, and they just brought back all of the hated pent up feeling that I have been supressing for all these years. I was a nurse for over almost two and a half decades., and one fateful day all of my love for nursing, and all the deep pleasure I felt helping sick people get well was yanked from underneath me. A nursing manager of an intensive care unit, was presumably helping me with a patient and made a mistake. I reported the mistake to the charge nurse. But because I didnt chart the mistake on my nurses notes, I was reported to the doctor who in turn reported to the nursing director, who in turn reported me to the board of nursing. $25,000, heart related illnesses, stress, and elevated high blood pressure later, I placed my nursing license in an envelope and mailed it to the board, saying enough!!!!!!!!!!! No More!!!!!!!!!

I did not want any part of nursing any more. Myself and my family have never recovered from the financial loss. I will say to each and every nurse. BEWARE OF THE YOUR NURSING BOARD.  NURSING BOARDS ARE NOT NURSES' FRIENDS.

Please post my Email (without my name of course) on
your blog. The majority of nurses have an extremely nonchalant attitude
about Nursing Laws, Medication errors, and Documentation. I want them to
know, from my own painful experience, what could happen that could
change your entire life, and the life of your family who depend on you.
I want them to know that NURSING BOARDS are not on nurses side. Nursing Boards can be your worst nightmare.

Do you think that nurses have an extremely nonchalant attitude towards nursing law and regulations, medication errors, and documentation?

Over the past several years I have met a number of nurses who have surrended their nursing license because of disciplinary issues and/or Board imposed monitoring. Some of these nurses would say that the practice of nursing wasn't worth the stress related to "jumping through the hoops" i.e. psychiatric evals, chemical dependency evals, daily call in process for drug testing, Board imposed practice restrictions, etc.

Before you decide to voluntarily surrender your nursing license, consult with a licensure defense attorney to discuss your situation.