I found out this morning that my nursing license is lapsed! WV no longer renews in January and changed the renewal date to Oct. 31st. I knew this but forgot because it has always been a Jan. renewal. I have cried and stressed my self sick over this. I was completely unaware and have worked with a lapsed license up until today. I already contacted the board and my boss but have no idea what will happen next. My company has to void all billing that I did from Nov. 1 thru today and will lose a good bit of money because of me. Plus, I can't work until my license is reinstated. I have no idea how long that takes. I feel like such a screw up and have let myself and my company down. I know that I will receive a fine for letting my license lapse and probably disciplinary action from work. I'm afraid I will get fired actually. I've never had disciplinary action before and I am freaking out. If there is anyone out there who has been in this unfortunate situation, any advice would be helpful.