NURSES: does APHRA look into previous sickness/errors?

[Guest kk1]

Hi all, Aiming to move to perth in october 2012, considering applying for APHRA reg in approx 6 months time to ensure enough time for everything to be processed as I can see the waiting times for some people have been very long!

 

Concerns I have are:

I qualified in 2008,however due illness I was suspended due to ill health for 7 months in 2010! never done anything wrong however due to illness was suspended to prevent me from doing anything wrong!

 

Returned late 2010 and i committed a nurses worst nightmare! ....made a serious controlled drug error (patient fine!) this was investigated and will remain on my record in the hospital for 1year (will stay with me for life!!)

 

Im concerned that APHRA will refuse me registration due to this?

When i apply for reg, the suspension will have been over a year ago and the drug error almost a year.

 

really worried this is going to prevent us from moving!

 

Since suspenion/drug error I have done everything i can to improve my skills (courses etc) and will be continuing to undertake as many courses as i can, therefore if i prove this to APHRA will it go in my favor?

 

thanks.

[ali]

I have to say I don't know because we've only just moved to APHRA registration here and it's a totally new system. I'm already registered and my reg just got transferred over from NMBWA. What are the working requirements now for the skills assessment? e.g. how many hours worked over a set period of time? your 7 months off may influence that

[Guest kk1]

Thanks Ali, do you mean the skills assesment by AMNC? or within my work?

If its the AMNC , i dont know the answer to that, hopefully someone else could answer that for me?

Im back to working full-time 37.5hrs and have been for the past 3 months, completed a competency programme after suspension and drug error, so will have proof of that also. As i say by the time i will apply i will have been back to working full-time for over a year with various courses etc done.

 

just hoping this year hasnt ruined my whole future!

 

thanks again for reply.

[ali]

Where I work there really is a no blame culture being adopted (like a lot of places in the UK), try not to worry about it too much.

 

Hope you're recovered from your illness and sounds like your raring to go again. Best of luck xx

[purplelaura]

Hi I don't have any answers for you just wanted to wish you the best of luck and I hope everything works out for you.

 

We all make mistakes but the most important thing is that we learn from them and by the sounds of things you've gone out of your way to do this.

 

Good luck

 

laura x

[Guest kk1]

thankyou laura!, that was really kind of you. Ive punished myself enough over this past year so decided that i will do all i can to become the skilled and competent nurse that i was before this year.

 

This process already seems confusing as it is, withought my extra dramas haha, iv actually posted another question regarding what i state in the application about my suspension.

 

thanks again.