DierkyBrewster

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1. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Recovery

   Most of the places I go to to drug test ask me “Is it observed?” And I usually just say yes. Sometimes they observe, sometimes they don’t. Either way we should probably be telling them it’s supposed to be an observed test.

2. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Recovery

   If you’re enrolling in ARNAP you will probably be meeting with Tonya, who would end up being your case manager. She’s over the whole program and I’d a very wonderful lady. She’s very understanding and always seems to be on your side when the rest of ...

3. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Recovery

   I am on cloud 9! It’s been 6 months since I have held a position as an LPN. 6 months of mooching off friends and family to afford this damn program. Living with my sister and her family plus my own children in a small 3 bedroom house filed with 8 peo...

4. Started ARNAP in February

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Recovery

   I’m having to live with my sister currently! It is AWFUL. I luckily was just hired for a company and am SO grateful, they were more than willing to abide with the ARNAP requirements. There IS work out there! Yes it took 6 months, but I’m finally goin...

5. Started ARNAP in February

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Recovery

   So, I got caught diverting narcotics at my job last year. Even got charges pressed against me for it which I’m still dealing with (court is in August). I got accepted to do the ARNAP program through my state board back in February. So far I have test...

6. Scared, upset, ashamed

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Recovery

   Wow.. I can only hope to get as lucky as you did. Thank you for the reply

7. Scared, upset, ashamed

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Recovery

   I’ve been working as an LPN in LTC the last 5 years. I’m 28 years old, wife, mom of 2. Love LTC, love my residents, loved the job honestly. I have Rx’s for Tylenol 3 and norco, for chronic migraine. I have had these scripts for years, since probably ...

8. Taking a pay cut for my sanity?

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am an fairly new LPN (graduated in 2014) who currently works in LTC. I have been at my facility for over 2 years and I make decent wages. $17.50 to be exact, and with the rotating 12 hour shifts ibalso get around 10 hours of overtime on each check....

9. Dialysis or LTC?

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone! I'm an LPN currently working at a LTC facility. I'm very "comfortable" in my current job, meaning I have my routine down and no surprises throw me off too bad, I can do my job very efficiently. I've been here for about 2 years. I have a...

10. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric

    That's fine by me! Lol Wow, people are unreal!

11. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric

    In my charting I did write "resident was showing signs of distress and breathing heavily" and "resident would not awaken to verbal stimuli, had to be touched to arouse" which I guess could seem like more of an "incident"? But I also quoted her saying...

12. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric

    Yeah. It was hard to pick my jaw up off of the floor.

13. RN in LTC

    DierkyBrewster replied to the nurse who lived's topic in Geriatric

    You will be very surprised on how much you will learn in LTC. I have dealt with everything I can think of, from PICC lines, dressing changes, trachs, peg tubes, access ports, colostomies, urostomies, not to mention learning how to deal with emergency...

14. Doctors orders for the small stuff and third shift

    DierkyBrewster replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric

    Depending on how well you know your doctors, and depending on what needs to be ordered is how I determine whether I write my own orders or not. Technically, no, we cannot just write orders. The facility I work at has one doctor for about 90% of the r...

15. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Geriatric

    I am so tired of how nit picky LTC can be. It's really taking a toll on me. I'm sure I'm just reading into it too much, but I SWEAR my facility is trying to push me over the edge and either fire me or make me mad enough to quit. They attempted to wri...