Co-worker stole my ID

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did you ever use someone elses idenity to steel narcotics form an acudose machine? How did it make you feel when you had to work with that nurse again that you stole her idenity from?

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did you ever use someone elses idenity to steel narcotics form an acudose machine? How did it make you feel when you had to work with that nurse again that you stole her idenity from?

Sorry about my initial response. I thought we were linked into the other thread. Apparently not. If you can find your way back into "Various Nursing Topics" then to the Nurses who are Drug Addicts thread you will find lots of info there. Good luck.

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I've never had an experience like that, but my SIL had a boyfriend (x now) who lived with her for about 2 years. They did everything together and were very much in love (so she thought). She woke up one morning and her car was gone, all of her cash (she didn't have much), her bank acct had been cleared out at the ATM (about 2000.00) and he was gone.

He apparently had a cocaine addiction, and she didn't even know it. He stole her things and took off for a train station to head to North Carolina.

She got her car back, and he did apologize, but he never paid back her money and he hurt her real badly.

It is amazing what someone who is addicted to drugs will do to someone else. Even someone they love.

I hope you get this resolved quickly. Don't take it personal. Your friend needs help, and you need to clear your name.

Good luck.

Jennifer

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Any and all nurses with drug addiction problems should lose their jobs and their licenses immediately and forever.

Wow....thanks for the support, Tee. You just took my 13 years of hard-earned sobriety and slapped me in the face with it, along with every other nurse in recovery. Why single out nurses? Why not doctors and dentists and teachers and cops and members of every other people-helping profession? But, since you singled out nurses, guess what? Take away all of our licenses and you'll never see the inside of your house again. Know why?

BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN YOU REALIZE!!!

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Hi can you tell me what a acudose machine is? In the hospital I work we have a different system. We have a safe with a key on a (hidden) place, when you need a narcotic for your patient one of your co-workers has to check you, and also sign the narcotic counting book.

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Our pyxis uses a fingerprint, thank god.

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Hi can you tell me what a acudose machine is? In the hospital I work we have a different system. We have a safe with a key on a (hidden) place, when you need a narcotic for your patient one of your co-workers has to check you, and also sign the narcotic counting book.

Pyxis machines are computerized file cabinets. They're loaded by Pharmacy. Each nurse enters a user name and password, then the pt's name, and pulls up the needed medication. I've never seen an Accudose but it might be similar.

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Hi can you tell me what a acudose machine is? In the hospital I work we have a different system. We have a safe with a key on a (hidden) place, when you need a narcotic for your patient one of your co-workers has to check you, and also sign the narcotic counting book.

sounds like the system used in the uk

every ward has a control drug locker which is inside another locked cabinette

one one set of keys per ward for these cabinettes

if a pt needs a control drug 2 nurses check the presription and retrive the drug first couting stock levels and how mcuh is going back, then they both sign take the drug to pt check name dob hospital no, allergies.

takes time but less tisk of abuse.

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Most of the machines listed are comuter controlled cabinets that have individual drawers for controlled and non controlled meds. Take a look at this site and you can see the similarities. I'm only familiar with the Pyxis and I don't think that's shown.

http://www.rnshowcase.com/showcase.php/catid-24/catname-Medication%20Cabinets%20(Nurse%20Station)/

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Thank you for your response. I am hoping and praying she gets help and I can forgive her.

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Thank you for your response. I am hoping and praying she gets help and I can forgive her.

If you want to be of help to her, report her to the BON. There is no guarantee that your employer will do that, and she needs an intervention. This may be the only way she will get help.

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I am not sure if she was looking over my shoulder or maybe watched me write it down. I received a call from security and was asked if I had taking narcotics out on a patient who was another unit. I told him NO! and I asked him if someone could have stolen MY IDENITY and he said yes. This co-worker had all the symptoms. So next day NM was involved. tThey confronted her. The rest is confidential.

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As it should be. But you can call the BON and make an anonymous report about an impaired nurse.

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