Held to the standards of your highest licensure

You hear this referenced so many times as a primary reason not to take a position that requires less than your highest license.

I'm curious, does anyone know of anyone who had a negative situation occur while working in a lesser capacity than their license that resulted in consquences to their license??

I hear it repeated over and over as a reason for someone not to take a particular position. I just have never heard of even a friend of a friend of a friend experiencing anything like that. I don't ever recall hearing anything like that happening , no news accounts ...nothing.

I'm just not so sure that it is really enough of a legitimate concern that it should prevent someone from taking a job they otherwise find attractive.

I think, for myself, I probably wouldn't worry about it if there was something I wanted to do. Even if I was mid-career.

I've been out of the clinical world for a long time now but still remain in the field. When I'm ready to chuck it all, I think I will join a home care bed and bath team

It's 1:1, quality time, low stress and responsibility. Last edit by Old.Timer on Apr 12, '11 : Reason: Accidental Premature Posting :)
The best example that I can give is that sometimes, when we are short on CNAs and we have an available RN, the RN will have to work as a CNA. The thing is, even though you are working as a CNA, RNs are always held to a higher level of accountability. We have CNAs that will not report a low oxygen saturation, high or low blood pressures, and so on, and they are really never held accountable. If an RN is working as a CNA, and they took vital signs and failed to report something like that immediately to the patient's actual RN, you can bet that management would be all over it.

great advice! thanks for sharing.

i start nursing school in the fall.

CNA's should always report all vitals to the RN.

RN's are definitely held to a higher standard.

I will do my best to always be a great Nurse.