tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.comments2009-10-09T14:32:01.401-07:00Taralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-26994242990178858852009-10-09T14:32:01.401-07:002009-10-09T14:32:01.401-07:00The Board Orders are complete once the stipulations have been met and once the time period has run. If the time period is significant for the screens to be completed, you should ask the Board if you will have to continue the other stipulations or if they will be deemed completed.Taralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-25271075897824516452009-10-09T11:51:19.487-07:002009-10-09T11:51:19.487-07:00I was put on BO 3 years ago. Due to a clerical error my UA&#39;s did not commence with BO. I have completed all stips (3years work as a nurse, meetings, employer evaluation, etc. except UA&#39;s. I am still encumbered since, as stated in BO, I have not done 3 yrs ua&#39;s. Can the board continue to encumber me until 3 years of UA&#39;s done? If all other stips were met can they make them continue until ua&#39;s done, even though BO only covers 3 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-64810427936623755662009-08-24T06:06:06.158-07:002009-08-24T06:06:06.158-07:00Your question is confusing, but I will try to answer: The Board sends you the Final Order after you have signed it, it has been approved by the Board and the Executive Director signs it. This Final Order is what is presented to employers while under the restrictions/stipulations of the Order and what you need to keep in your file in case any future employers ask you about past disciplinary actions. Once you have completed the restrictions/stipulations, the Board will send you a letter informing you that you have completed the Order.Taralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-84835426078554952812009-08-23T07:21:12.592-07:002009-08-23T07:21:12.592-07:00Does the order have to be presented to the Board after probation has been completed or is it just mailed to you to sign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-9161746568394156052009-08-02T20:06:57.260-07:002009-08-02T20:06:57.260-07:00Hi Juju,<br /><br />Welcome to Texas! <br /><br />I found the information on the Michigan Department of Community Health website, at this URL:<br /><br />http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_27529_<br />27542-136686--,00.html<br /><br />The page does state it takes 20-30 days for the state to provide the verification. I hope that&#39;s not too late for you! I don&#39;t know whether it is possible to expedite the process.<br /><br />The State of Michigan will mail your verification directly to the TX BON. The TX BON mailing address is posted here:<br /><br />http://www.bon.state.tx.us/contact/<br /><br />Good luck, I hope all goes smoothly with obtaining your TX nursing license!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453120356683638845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-72017676596621503172009-08-01T23:31:00.276-07:002009-08-01T23:31:00.276-07:00Thank you Julie for your comment. It was clear, intelligent and informative!<br />May I ask you how you obtained verification from MI for you Tx license application by endorsement? I can not find the information anywhere on there website and I am running out of time (no luck with my phone calls attempts either). <br />Thank you for your help!<br />JujuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-13632023112118253872009-06-18T10:44:12.681-07:002009-06-18T10:44:12.681-07:00all be taking it tomorrow. wish me luck! i haven&#39;t reviewed yetayeshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-42921452425607640202009-05-15T00:34:00.000-07:002009-05-15T00:34:00.000-07:00difficult processAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-38775435485532992672009-03-20T09:14:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:14:00.000-07:00I wonder, in the interest of justice and judicial economy, whether it may be a good idea to require licensed medical professionals to serve as "quasi" jurors during ALJ hearings. The jury pool would be the Texas licensees themselves and they would be chosen to serve as a juror at random. That way the decision is not given to one individual ... a single ALJ decision maker (i.e., bench trial). Just a thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-66484483307452473322009-01-07T05:49:00.000-08:002009-01-07T05:49:00.000-08:00You don't need a criminal attorney yet because you don't know if the previous employers are turning you in for fraud. Ask around Amarillo and check references for a criminal attorney so that if there is a criminal investigation, you are prepared with the name of an attorney that will take your case.Taralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-74836612871809477752009-01-06T11:07:00.000-08:002009-01-06T11:07:00.000-08:00Electronic entries can be traced and documentation timing can be authenticated. Our company uses a web based program and all entries into medical records have the documenter's name and time of entry, electronically 'stamped'onto the record in real time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-36948918170228340432009-01-01T11:33:00.000-08:002009-01-01T11:33:00.000-08:00I took the Jurisprudence exam on the 29th November, 08. I took the NCLEX on the 26th and found out I passed 2 days later through the unofficial page at pearson. The jurisprudence exam was basically common knowledge. 35 common knowledge questions that some of the choices for the questions were even silly to read. The other 15 questions were things that were easy to look up in the sites they give you for reference. It took me 1 hour due to looking up the 15 questions. It was an easy test but I was schooled in Missouri and my nursing program was big on the leadership class that drilled us on the practice act and ethics. If you had a nursing school that had the same kind of teachings you will be just fine on this test. After you take the test and pass they will immediately let you know right then and give you a certificate to copy. My nursing license was dated 2 days after that and I received it in the mail a week later. Good lucknew Texas RNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-10168489973398517592008-12-06T20:59:00.000-08:002008-12-06T20:59:00.000-08:00To the previous poster:<BR/><BR/>I, for one, am grateful to this blogger for opening up a discussion on the exam. I haven't taken it yet, and I first found this page because I was searching the internet to see what other nurses have to say about the exam. I wanted to get an idea of how much I should study and worry about it. I imagine that the exam would already have had to pass the experimental stage before it hit the nursing public, so I don't feel like I'm being asked to be a guinea pig. <BR/><BR/>I just moved to Texas from Michigan, and I found the TX licensing requirements daunting at first. But after looking into the process, I realized it's not as difficult as it seems. <BR/><BR/>For one thing, you can get a 120-day Texas temporary license, without having to take the nursing jurisprudence exam. All you have to do to get the temporary license is apply and pay the fee. The temp license would be enough to complete a 13-week travel assignment. <BR/><BR/>The ease of getting a temp license also means that out-of-state nurses would *not* need to take the jurisprudence exam prior to working on hurricane relief efforts in Texas. The Board of Nursing instates emergency authorizations to practice in such instances, anyway.<BR/><BR/>If you did decide to take the exam (which is necessary to obtain a permanent Texas license), it would be hard to fail:<BR/><BR/>- The exam is online, and is "open book" - you can have the TX nursing laws and regulations, and whatever other materials you want, sitting in front of you as you take the test. The BON website even states that you can have one browser open with testing resources, and another browser open to your exam.<BR/>- The Board makes available a cheat sheet of topics and where to find the answers in the regulation book. <BR/>- It's not a speed test - you get 2 hours to correctly answer at least 38 questions out of 50. <BR/>- If you were to fail, you would be allowed to retake the exam until you pass.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I'm oddly grateful that the TX BON is requiring this proof that its nurses understand the state's nursing laws. At least it shows that the state is taking steps toward ensuring safer practice. Now, if we can only get the state to mandate patient-nurse ratios...Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07453120356683638845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-39272275585032771122008-11-18T05:54:00.000-08:002008-11-18T05:54:00.000-08:00I'm about to take the test.<BR/><BR/>Here is the link to the TX BON Rules and Regulations which you can have open while taking the test and which the Resource Guide points you to.<BR/><BR/>http://www.bon.state.tx.us/nursinglaw/rr.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-15593171903309409262008-11-15T04:42:00.000-08:002008-11-15T04:42:00.000-08:00What about a brochure or a fact sheet at the time of application? A 2-hour test? Rediculous. If I didn't have to secure a job to pay my bills, I'd say to heck with nursing in Texas and move back to where I came from. How much more red tape and rediculous time-wasting do I have to go through to do what I am having serious second thoughts about? Nursing is all about paperwork and red tape and how much money we can make on a patient. I am seriously considering letting my license expire and working somewhere that doesn't seek to provide as much hassle as this profession. All I want to do is take care of people. Is it any wonder there is a shortage? There's about to be one more short here before long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-19060828025193545782008-11-15T04:38:00.000-08:002008-11-15T04:38:00.000-08:00I had several indiscressions of youth that came back to haunt me over 12 years later after I decided to become a nurse. These issues had nothing to do with patient care, people in general yet I had to defend myself for something long after it happened and I put it behind me. Nothing like encouraging folks to go into the profession...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-13249442717263240242008-11-13T00:27:00.000-08:002008-11-13T00:27:00.000-08:00I am a travel nurse who was just offered a job in Texas. I can tell you that I am re-thinking if I want to pursue it based on this exam. Why do I want to submit myself to exams such as this one for every new state I go to? -then to have a comment like yours posted as to is the exam hard, confusing, straight forward! I am not a guinea pig! I am a well educated nurse of 20 plus years who has worked in 7 states. I do not need to spend my money getting to Texas to see if I pass a test and if not it was all a waste for everyone involved. There are 49 other states out there, who don't feel they need to harrass nurses about their carreer and education. <BR/>In my opinion you're only hurting yourself and discriminating against all nurses who have already taken the national NCLEX exam. Wouldn't a brochure on Texas nursing practice had been enough??<BR/>And to think you're a state that frequently needs help with hurricane issues!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-50238437339038621672008-11-12T16:23:00.000-08:002008-11-12T16:23:00.000-08:00There is a serious problem with EEP. You can't work until they say so. If you have a medical problem:i.e. migraines,back problems, you cannot take any meds, Your finances will be ruined from no income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-85851950364455242072008-10-31T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-31T08:57:00.000-07:00Review my 10/31/08 posting about what to studyTaralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-61810678227312150402008-10-19T19:58:00.000-07:002008-10-19T19:58:00.000-07:00Got a letter for a complaint and investigation of my license.<BR/> While working at a home health agency, I used a pc program and electronic signatures for all assessments, drs orders, notes,etc. Many times the Administrator or the Clinical Director or the BOM or the Corporate reviewer would open my notes so they, or myself, could make changes. Some notes were re-signed by me and some were signed by them. Sometimes I had no clue when a note had been opened after I signed it unless I opened by files. Some were closed when I didn't know it. There are no hand written notes and I don't have a clue what patients they are talking about. I left employement there July 3 and turned in the computer and bag they issued me.<BR/>The agency is claiming I submitted nursing documentation on 2 patients for home visits that were in the hospital sometime in June to July 2. There were lots of notes and assessments incomplete and unsigned electronically. <BR/><BR/>This is Medicare Fraud they are claiming. <BR/> I have been a nurse for 20 years almost and have had one previous investigation that was cleared and case closed without my presence in Austin. What is the worst case scenario here? I just renewed my license. I'm not scared to lose the license, I had planned to leave nursing in 2009 anyway. But I am scared to go to jail. Who in Amarillo area would be an experienced attorney for me to retain,please?Tired Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08580422993521359018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-48377409870919419842008-10-09T19:18:00.000-07:002008-10-09T19:18:00.000-07:00I need to know the bibliography that I should review to take the Nursing Jurisprudence Exam.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you, <BR/><BR/><BR/>Maria Alsina.Maria Alsinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820779991851534872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-40915303516069330952008-07-07T23:07:00.000-07:002008-07-07T23:07:00.000-07:00Great article !<BR/>I am going to give it a shot. Thanks<BR/>http://www.ag-anwaltspraxis.chRechtsanwalthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16395356954412017348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-9158484263132671592008-06-23T10:14:00.000-07:002008-06-23T10:14:00.000-07:00Greg,<BR/><BR/>Yours is a common event and it is frustrating when the cause was innocent. The reason for disclosing criminal incidents is to alert the Board to potential problems that may require regulation. I do not think that requiring you to take the course and pay a fine protects the public. It does not serve a reminder to other nurses to be sure to disclose, so one can't argue that the benefit is one of detriment. I have always thought that in cases such as yours, no action should occur except for a stern warning that any further actions of no disclosure will result in disciplinary action.<BR/><BR/>Since the Board is just now taking bids, it will be a while before an online course is available. You want to take the course as soon as possible because there are only a few offered throughout the year.Taralynn Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294550176373454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-77886144876532205352008-06-22T11:11:00.000-07:002008-06-22T11:11:00.000-07:00I am a lifelong Texas resident and nurse currently living in California (since 2002). I have been a nurse for 18 years (LVN 4 + RN 14), and a nurse manager or house supervisor for the past 11 yrs. Nursing is something I have strived to be a good representative for; I will receive my MSN this September. <BR/><BR/>I received a DUI in 1994 when I was 27, and at the time I was about to sit for my boards. At the time, I asked my attorney and the Director of my nursing program if I need to report anything. They all said no, because it was "only" a Class B misdemeanor. At the time the board application said to report anything other than minor traffic violations. My attorney and instructors both said mine met the "minor traffic violation" criteria - so I didn't list it.<BR/><BR/>Flash forward to 2007: Realizing that this incident needed to be reported, I sent in a lengthy explanation and hoped to set the record straight, and to offer my mea culpa for following some dumb advice. I called someone at the Board office to explain, and they said to just send in the explanation, and that it would probably be tossed because it was so old.<BR/><BR/>Flash forward again to May 2008, 14 months AFTER I sent the letter: I receive by certified mail a notice that I am being charged with "failure to disclose". I have argued with the board up and down on this to no avail - they obviously don't care that this was 14 YEARS AGO. I am having to pay a $250 fine, and will have my name listed in the quarterly bulletin next to every drug divertor and incompetent in the state.In addition, they expect me to fly from California to Texas to take the 6 hour jurisprudence class! Do you have any idea when the online one will be available?<BR/><BR/>I am sincerely not bragging, but I have been an exemplary nurse, and the thought of being in that newsletter has literally kept me from sleeping or eating much of this past week. Do I have any recourse on that?<BR/><BR/>As a nurse manager, I have always promised my employees that they could feel free to admit mistakes without any punitive result as long as they learned from them. What a shame that our governing body does not practice this as well. I am in awe that a really stupid thing I did 14 years ago is going to impact me today.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15903612086171026896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246992174240060024.post-30491204695822619992008-06-07T12:18:00.000-07:002008-06-07T12:18:00.000-07:00Thanks for the information. I was happily unaware of these situations, as are most nurses until something happens to them. I am fighting for my career right now, but I am now definitely going to get more involved in the laws and process, and will work on getting others involved also. Thanks for caring.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06192691815849349537noreply@blogger.com