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Aug 05, 2011, 09:51 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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Yoda,
Take it from a fellow RN who's been down this road!! They are on a need to know basis. Do not get into details of anything with them. All you legally have to provide is the name of your disability and if you have in the past or are currently getting treatment for it.
At this point, the less you say the better. If you get into a big story the investigators will push and prod more and more....and the investigators are NOT the Board of Nursing....they are contracted by the Board to do gather info and present it to them.
Just give them the facts.....state the name of the disability, and if you're in treatment. I wouldn't give them much more than that as they do not need to know. Something I was told by Board investigators at one time was that their primary concern was patient and community safety. They are not there to support the Nurses, they are their to do their jobs, which usually involves digging their dirty little fingers into every nook and cranny of peoples lives because people think they have to tell them everything. You don't have to tell them everything. They are on a need to know basis.
If they send your response to the Board, and it is not good enough to appease them, you may consider obtaining an employment attorney to assist you with your communications. They will make sure your rights aren't violated.
Keep us posted. 
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