Hi all, ,its been awhile, since I have been on, Ive been very busy, working my program, recovery has changed my life, yes the monitoring agreement i am on can be a real pain, but it has all worked out I have made great friends in my support group and a new job, i was blessed and not fired once i was found out at work and sent to treatment, but staying in that position ortho/nuero floor, once my narcotic restriction was up would not be condusive to my recovery, now i am working as the medicare nurse at a nursing home, i assess all skilled patients to ensure proper medicare payments are able to be made, I LOVE THIS JOB, i truly think things happen for a reason, i never would have applied for a job like this if I wasn't on a narcotice restriction, i am fortunate enuff that this job doesn't involve any med passing at all, alot less stressful too!!! Yes my monitoring agreement can be a pain, and some days i feel like i don't have any life beyond it, but i do know that i need the acountability they require to be successful in a nursing recovery program, statistically to many nurses relapse, and i can't afford too, im sure my addiction will kill me if i let it take control of me again, so for those of you who have a hard time finding jobs, be deligent and be pt, i sent out 10-20 resumes a day on line, i was honest about my situation and low and behold this job came through, so life does get better, but be honest with your program and be honest with your self, watered down urine tests, refusing hair tests, the only person you are fooling is your self,
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Hi all, ,its been awhile, since I have been on, Ive been very busy, working my program, recovery has changed my life, yes the monitoring agreement i am on can be a real pain, but it has all worked out I have made great friends in my support group and a new job, i was blessed and not fired once i was found out at work and sent to treatment, but staying in that position ortho/nuero floor, once my narcotic restriction was up would not be condusive to my recovery, now i am working as the medicare nurse at a nursing home, i assess all skilled patients to ensure proper medicare payments are able to be made, I LOVE THIS JOB, i truly think things happen for a reason, i never would have applied for a job like this if I wasn't on a narcotice restriction, i am fortunate enuff that this job doesn't involve any med passing at all, alot less stressful too!!! Yes my monitoring agreement can be a pain, and some days i feel like i don't have any life beyond it, but i do know that i need the acountability they require to be successful in a nursing recovery program, statistically to many nurses relapse, and i can't afford too, im sure my addiction will kill me if i let it take control of me again, so for those of you who have a hard time finding jobs, be deligent and be pt, i sent out 10-20 resumes a day on line, i was honest about my situation and low and behold this job came through, so life does get better, but be honest with your program and be honest with your self, watered down urine tests, refusing hair tests, the only person you are fooling is your self,