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  1. Virginia Monitoring Program

    "I simply needed help getting off prescription meds." Wow. Kinda sounds like an addict to me. I don't speak unknowingly. I entered the Virginia Monitoring program in 2001, jumped through their hoops, suffered their case managers, had many supportive ...
  2. Ya know, a couple of times in this running thread, i've wanted to hit the reset button and any say, hold on, just be straight with us. But i'm not sure she's ready to be strictly honest. There have been some good articles posted and referred to, and ...
  3. same thing all over again?

    I have worked for five years as a nurse since being monitored. Two different ltc facilities, but for the same administrator. Recent corporate changes and messes within the facility resulted in me being terminated. Nothing to do with my hx, except th...
  4. last comments i'll make r/t this post (i'm faithnow) and posted earlier. i didn't read into your post wrong. like a later post said, you say "i may have screwed up a little", you ding long term care and dialysis. and then deny doing it. even in your ...
  5. well, i can't really tell by your post if you diverted or not. i do think that i can tell that you really aren't honestly 100% dealing with your reality. my diverting and subsequent probation happened in a nursing home. i had chosen to work in a nurs...
  6. NC RNs PLEASE HELP

    please don't be discouraged. things will happen. i went through virginias monitoring program. my problem was narcs, not alcohol. i work in virginia beach ltc, but live in nc. what i found in seeking employment was it depends more on the person doing...
  7. Okay, who *loves* their job, and why?

    I do so love my job. I've had DON, unit manager, MDS Coordinator and ADON jobs in the past. My wonderful administrator allowed me to "step down" from salaried MDS job and be a floor nurse. All that hard work doing things that i really wasn't crazy ha...
  8. Conflicts of interest

    Yeah, i hear you as well. And that thought passed through my mind more than a few times in my five, extended to six year monitoring program. But most of the time if a nurse is in a monitoring program, she/he made some bad choices, and took some bad a...
  9. Suboxone use and the Boards of Nursing

    in Virginia, i was allowed to practice as a floor nurse in ltc. allowed to give/count narcotics, but was required for eight months to take suboxone. i didn't feel i needed it, as i was "over" the wanting to use. i had to take the pill every day witne...
  10. New and scared

    sharon, i've read your posts since the first and was hesistant to respond, but want to offer several things. in 2006 i had to deal with what was developing into a major problem in my life/practice. thought it wasn't affecting my work. my life was in ...
  11. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    ...i am an rn who works the floor by choice in a nursing home. surrounded by lpns, cnas and skirts with clipboards. i've done all that and am now doing exactly what i want, direct patient care. i try to just focus on balancing between knowing the pat...
  12. Read this poem

    Oh my! That second, response, poem is so beautiful. It's just so real, and puts words to how i have felt so many times. Sometimes the phrase "...for the least of these..." runs through my mind, when i do something for, or direct a cna to do somethin...
  13. Abuse & Neglect in LTC

    Gosh, I'm pretty new at posting, but I gotta say -- from my 20 plus years in nursing homes in two states, haven't seen anything at all like you say "they" told you. Quite the contrary. Who is the "they" that told you? Resident? Family member? Church...
  14. Wanting to know about RNs as floor nurses.

    Thanks for the input. I really wasn't looking for affirmation, but thanks. I just hate it when folks assume I either have no nursing talents, or have no drive and have "settled". There are so many avenues to pursue in nursing, and i think that floor ...
  15. I'm an RN who works as a floor nurse in a LTC. I have worked as a Director of nursing, and as an MDS coordinator. I've worked the last three years as a 7-3 floor nurse in a 90 bed SNF. Recently I filled in for mds/care plan coordinator. i did enjoy t...