BigRed23

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1. PNAP approved places to work

   BigRed23 replied to Cgritz77's topic in Recovery

   What is the paperwork you signed for PNAP weeks ago? Is it your pnap contract? If so, it tells you exactly what you can and cannot do. If it is not the contract, you should be expecting to receive that soon. I was first contacted by pnap at the end o...

2. March 2018 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

   BigRed23 replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   What do you mean, Aspiration Precautions?

3. PNAP

   BigRed23 replied to nursepw2017's topic in Recovery

   First of all--Do not miss your drug screen! Call your IOP and tell them you will be late, or tell them you will not be there tonight. You ARE allowed to have a few absences. Make sure you call though, don't just not show up. OR go to IOP and then dri...

4. Rehab Success Rate???

   BigRed23 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   No, she isn't. Nobody else in my group has who I have either, so they got stepped down even though they weren't doing the steps and some never got a sponsor. So you might be good with your case manager. I take my recovery seriously and haven't had a...

5. Rehab Success Rate???

   BigRed23 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   PA, same as you.

6. Rehab Success Rate???

   BigRed23 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Hey guys This is kind of related to the topic of success rates....sooo... Just needed to vent for a minute to some people that understand. So I'm in my monitoring program since August 2016. The usual requirement here is to attend the nurse support gr...

7. Managing screens and work

   BigRed23 replied to stickybun's topic in Recovery

   Hi stickybun, Like you, this was one of my main concerns when getting close to returning to work. Before monitoring, I also had only worked in a hospital, where lunch breaks were non-existent and coming in late wouldn't fly for any reason. So I didn'...

8. July 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

   BigRed23 replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   "Over 1 Billion Served"

9. Calling all PNAP/VRP Nurses in PA

   BigRed23 replied to IrishCMSRN's topic in Recovery

   Hi IrishCMSRN Sorry to hear about that crap news. Is that the final word from PHMP, extending you for 3 years?? That is really tough, but I know you can do it. I've been in PNAP since August 2016, so I still have almost my 3 entire years to go. Ther...

10. Taxes

    BigRed23 posted a topic in Recovery

    Hi guys! Long time reader, first time poster. Ha! Just had a thought today and wanted to share. It appears that expenses related to our monitoring programs are tax-deductible. It would be entered in the section pertaining to expenses for professional...