Refresher course and TPAPN?

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Specializes in L&D,surgery,med/surg,ER,alzheimers.

I am an RN and have been out of nursing for well over a decade so need a refresher course. I left nursing by my own free will because I was diagnosed in 1996 as bipolar and was hospitalized and was unstable for many years. I am better now. I will need to be in the TPAPN program because of Bipolar Disorder to get back into nursing.

How do I do it? Take a refresher course and enter TPAPN at the same time? Does the time in the refresher course count as part of the two years required by TPAPN?

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HI what is tpapn?

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Specializes in L&D,surgery,med/surg,ER,alzheimers.

TPAPN is the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses

http://www.texasnurses.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=107

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Specializes in L&D,surgery,med/surg,ER,alzheimers.

I'm bumping this as I am really hoping someone will come along that knows an answer. It seems to get my delinquent license back, I need to go through the TPAPN program and also take a refresher course, take CPR and get my CEUs. Just wondering if I have to start TPAPN at the same time I start my refresher course and does that refresher course time count as part of the 2 years required by TPAPN. Anyone?

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try posting in the nurses in recovery forum....good luck

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Specializes in L&D,surgery,med/surg,ER,alzheimers.

Thanks....phlox

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