FLSmitty

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1. IPN question

   FLSmitty replied to athena77's topic in Recovery

   Welcome aboard, davis! I'm way north of you, so I don't know anything specific about the nurse support groups in your area. I have several IPN related posts here; please feel free to peruse at your leisure. Again, I welcome you. Smitty

2. IPN affecting other professional licenses.

   FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Recovery

   $50.00 for this book: http://www.recoverymaintenance.org/workbook.html after you sign a contract & annually thereafter. the nursing support group facilitator gets $50.00/month from all participants & you pay for all evaluations, treatment &am...

3. IPN affecting other professional licenses.

   FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Recovery

   Your dealings with IPN are confidential. In the case of non-compliance, IPN will refer the file to the BON with a complaint. At that point, previously protected info may become public record by way of meeting minutes and/or board order. Board ordere...

4. IPN in Fla

   FLSmitty replied to BPediRN's topic in Recovery

   Maybe too late..... https://allnurses.com/nurses-and-recovery/just-wanting-some-411919.html#post3775112

5. My Story, and where I'm at now

   FLSmitty replied to MizChelleRN's topic in Recovery

   Sounds to me like you're on a roll! Strong work, indeed. If you'll pardon my copy & paste take on interviewing & disclosure (from a suggestion offered to another recovering nurse), here's my two cents: The best time to raise the topic of you...

6. IPN evaluation

   FLSmitty replied to metnaj23's topic in Recovery

   Matt has nailed two of the most important issues for someone long sober & facing an IPN evaluation: your choice of the evaluator & your recovery documentation. Smitty

7. Help with inpatient rehab

   FLSmitty replied to sxygmini's topic in Recovery

   Sxygmini, I'm glad you're making progress! Remember now, hands at 10 & 2, eyes intently focused on the road ahead and only the occasional brief glance in the rearview mirror is permitted. - Smitty

8. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

   FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Recovery

   That's very perceptive, doolot! The "broad brush approach" kicks to the curb many that might otherwise succeed. Until there is a sea change in addiction treatment generally, and in the BON's approach specifically, those of us that wish to continue ...

9. Prospective Nurse Michigan DUI

   FLSmitty replied to Cdkipp's topic in Recovery

   You might try going through the BON meeting minutes. Reference to applicants with a situation similar to yours should be pretty easy to find. You might be able to compare your case to those who have gone before you. I still think the school that has ...

10. Prospective Nurse Michigan DUI

    FLSmitty replied to Cdkipp's topic in Recovery

    Hi Cdkipp, The MI. Nurse Practice most likely addresses such a situation and should only be a download away. A little less mind numbing approach would be to share your concern with the school that has admitted you. I can promise you they have had to ...

11. Where to begin? Post addiction, Post treatment, post revocation.....

    FLSmitty replied to goinnuts's topic in Recovery

    Oh sweet heaven goinnuts, I find myself overwhelmed & paralyzed just reading your post! I can't begin to tell you how many of us have uttered the very same words, struggled with the same issues and left abandoned the careers we loved. My heart a...

12. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Recovery

    Jerry Garcia said it best: "Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me; other times I can barely see; lately it occurs to me; what a long, strange trip it's been. Speaking as a card carrying tightwad, never to waste money on unneeded travel, I'd still g...

13. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Recovery

    Did you use your FL license to get your OR license? Did you voluntarily surrender the FL license or did they suspend or revoke it? Allnurse is liable to quash this thread if we get further into specifics. You can try to send me an email from my memb...

14. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Recovery

    If you apply and provide sufficient documentation to make your application complete, the FL BON is obligated to give you a hearing; the outcome of that hearing is anything but easy to predict. The whole process can be quite convoluted (news flash, hu...

15. Help! Trouble finding a job with my license being on probation!!!!

    FLSmitty replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Recovery

    Network, network, network. Leave no stone unturned, be it across town, or across the country. Use your years of experience to your advantage no matter how they ended. You can and will be successful! Best of luck.... and remember, 90% of luck is plani...