I spoke with a very wonderful nurse yesterday and today about her case with a Board of Nursing. The Nursing Board case started with entry into a Board Alternative to Discipline Program for Chemical Dependency then transitioned to a Cease and Desist Order after a relapse then moved to an evidentiary hearing with a license suspension for several years. The license was reinstated several years later and the nurse was monitored by with Nursing Board probation for a period of time and lastly the probationary terms were met and the nurse was released from probation.
As I reviewed the volumes of information from the State Nursing Board case, I could see things that should have been done differently which in turn could have changed the outcome today. The nurse represented herself before the Nursing Board throughout this entire ordeal which was more like a TV saga, As the State Nursing Board Turns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_the_World_Turns
There is an old saying "If "if" was a fifth of liquor, we would all be drunk." Or maybe I am listening to too much rap music. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=if%20if%20was%20a%20fifth
You don't want to have "if's" when dealing with license issues with your State Nursing Board. Ifs related to general life issues are enough for me. What are my "if's"?
1. If I had known I would never ever ever ever go back to graduate school, I would have started and completed my MSN during or immediately after law school (I was being laughed at by friends for being a "professional student" anyway at that time);
2. If I had known what I know now, I may have waited to have my first child but I don't think I would be the person I am now if I didn't have my son when I was young. I had my son when I was 18 y/o. I am 38 now. I would like to have more kids but I can't find room on my calendar for pregnancy, labor and delivery, and parenting while practicing law and being self-employed in my dream job, being happily (I just love my husband) and newly married (and you know what that means:) and assisting with caring for two sets of fussy and elderly grandparents.
There are no illusions here pumpkin. I am not believing the hype and sometimes you just can't have it ALL. http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-Myth-Having-All/dp/1741144108
But if I would have waited until let's say 32 to have my first child, then I would have had 2-3 kids today and right now with my husband with no problem but where would that leave my career, my grandparents, and my law practice. What about my yard work?
I don't know about you, but if "if" was a fifth....
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