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  1. So, she does drugs... (advice please)

    The BON will not take a report without proof from a credible source. If they did, they wouldn't have the time to do anything but investigate claims of drug use. Think about it. If they did, then any nurse that's vindictive could report someone they d...
  2. Drug addicted nurses

    francescafree, I would humbly suggest that you focus on yourself and stop worrying about your friends and their problems. Yes, it's wrong for your friends of many years to abandon you at this time and especially cruel for your friend to expect you to...
  3. Drug addicted nurses

    For those of you who say they have zero tolerance for recovering nurses I have this to say. Be careful. I was once just like you with the same closed minded attitude. And then a tragedy happened to me and I found myself not being able to cope. In par...
  4. Drug addicted nurses

    Well, I'll be! I read the book and being a recovering addict some of it did ring a little hinkey. Like the part about the dental work with no novacaine. I've never heard of that before....one doesn't get high on novacaine and I don't think it would ...
  5. Drug addicted nurses

    Tweety, 80% of the nurses in Florida's IPN successfully complete the program....due in part to caring IPN facilitators. Tell your spouse that he is a God-send to those of us in need and we appreciate his help. The job pays little, but the help these ...
  6. Drug addicted nurses

    I saw that author on Oprah and he presented himself as having actually lived through the experiences he wrote about. It was compelling. Are you saying that he lied? I'd be interested in a link to this subject if you know of one.
  7. The DPH/Corporate Blues

    I also work for a corporation that's unrealistic. I recently went to a meeting with the big wigs where one idiot suggested that my nurses should be doing skin sweeps every day for at least a week on any new admission. Her reasoning is that boggy heel...
  8. Calling all ADON's and DON's in LTC

    I am the DNS of a 120 bed facility....all of about one week now! I was the ADNS for several years, though, so I basically know the job , the staff and the residents. I feel pretty comfortable so far....I have a great team and I work for a wonderful a...
  9. big problem !

    I am currently in a program for nurse addicts and I would like to give you a little bit of advice. GET AN ATTORNY.....NOW!!! I personally know several nurses who have made the mistake that you discribe and have had their lives turned up-side down be...
  10. Drug addicted nurses

    I don't know for sure, but I think the answer would be "yes". It makes a difference. The person I spoke to on the phone that day I called simply gave me the number to my states assistance program and didn't even take my name....not that I offered it!...
  11. Please help... (felony and nursing?)

    Gianna, I posted a reply to you on another thread. I forgot to add that many state attornies will defer charges pending successful completion of a nurse peer assistance program with the understanding that if you screw up, you will then have to face t...
  12. Drug addicted nurses

    Gianna, I am a recovering nurse addict. When I read your post, I wanted to just cry. I will tell you my story in the hope that it can help you in some small way. I have been a nurse for many years. My background was in acute care. I had a tragedy in ...
  13. Feeding and toileting

    Where I work we do indeed have CNA's that stay on the floor to toilet residents and answer call lights when needed. I believe it would be cruel to tell a resident they have to wait until everyone is done eating. Our bodies just aren't made that way. ...
  14. Hourly wage difference

    I agree with kjaee. A unit manager is in charge of that unit 24 hours a day and the 3-11 and 11-7 supers work for the unit managers. At least it's that way where I work. The unit manager should make more money......SHOULD....LOL!! But you say you wor...
  15. resident falls

    In Florida, we also would never be allowed to use one of those beds. No way could we use wrist restraints or posey restraints. The protocol in our facility is for everyone to have a personal alarm for the first 72 hours after admit and then as needed...