A recent reader who goes by “mindchalng” wrote:

I have been an ICU nurse for 10 years. I was accused of diverting a narcotic and when I supplied a letter from the MD stating that he did indeed give me an order for the med….the board didn’t believe me. My urine tests have always been clean. I have stacks of commendations and have tried my best to solve this situation, but nothing changes. I’ve lost my license and have been told that I must enter a 30 day inpatient rehab to even consider getting my license back. Now without a job or insurance I had to join a local mental health clinic and start an intensive outpatient program while I wait to be admitted to the hospital. Over 4 months have passed and the hospital called and refused to admit me because I have no evidence of ever being a drug user and they state “We don’t admit just to help get a license back” I told the board and they said guess you can’t get your license back can you…

So…I think I need to write a book about this situation. My case worker at the clinic sat down with me to MAKE UP a drug history to get into the hospital so I can eventually get my license back. My attorney has no ideas how to progress either. Its been a huge mix up from day one and no matter what I do or say, I have to say I’m some sort of an addict no matter what.

Any ideas?
There’s lots of details that I left out, but thats the gist of all this. My life has been totally changed and I have no plans to remain in this state once I’m relicensed. This is utterly ridiculous!!!

–mindchalng

Readers, what do you think? It’s a chilling story, but there are some missing pieces. Mindchalng, if you are out there, let’s have some more details. Did the nursing board give you a hearing? Were you able to present your side of the case? What kind of evidence did they have against you? It seems that nursing boards can’t just strip away licenses on accusations alone, but then again, what do I know?