RestingNurseFace

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1. Pinning Ceremony Speech

   RestingNurseFace replied to jgoforth2017's topic in General Students

   PLEASE rethink this. You are an aspiring healthcare professional, and mental health is a component of our jobs.

2. Diphenhydramine

   RestingNurseFace replied to RestingNurseFace's topic in Recovery

   Just for the OTC stuff? I can do that. Why wouldn't abusers of methadone just get a script for Benadryl? Seems like this testing/monitoring system needs an overhaul.

3. Diphenhydramine

   RestingNurseFace replied to RestingNurseFace's topic in Recovery

   Do you know if they would let me retest? Or give hair/blood instead? Would that be a more accurate test?

4. Diphenhydramine

   RestingNurseFace replied to RestingNurseFace's topic in Recovery

   Wow, that's really unfair. I don't have a substance abuse problem, but I guess I'll give up my beloved Benadryl.

5. Diphenhydramine

   RestingNurseFace posted a topic in Recovery

   Today I learned Benadryl can throw a false positive for methadone. WTH? I take Benadryl almost every day during allergy season, and even sometimes for sleep. Rapid urine drug screens: diphenhydramine and methadone cross-reactivity. - PubMed - NCBI ...

6. Can they ask this during an interview?

   RestingNurseFace replied to Ele_123's topic in Career Support

   The first thing I thought of is that this is a legal way to ask, "Do you have a chronic illness? Are you going to call in sick a lot?"

7. Smell that lingers to your home

   RestingNurseFace replied to sfw57's topic in General Students

   I have an extreeemely sensitive nose, so I can sympathize. I smell things that no one else can/minutes before anyone else notices--it's annoying. Maybe I should apply to be a service dog instead of a nurse! When I get home from the hospital (either f...