Money is tight

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Hey guys.

I've exhausted my bank account with lawyer fee, evaluation fee, and drug screens. I have no income right now and won't be able to look for a job for at least 2 months while I'm going through outpatient treatment. So bills are adding up and I'm just really worried. I'm putting most things on a credit card. I've got my boyfriend who is helping me pay for food and has taken over our rent. My family is unable to help. Just curious how you all have delt with the financial struggles of this. I worry every second about money. "How will I afford this?" "How can we pay for that?" I know its incredibly personal, but what have you guys done to keep your head above water? Especially if you can't find a nursing job? Thanks

Specializes in OR.

Around here, one year the clown car traveled around the state for these "required meet and greet" sessions. Yeah, that was a thrill. All it was was a large group of us poor schmucks crammed into a hotel conference room for a couple of hours of being read the party line of how they were there to help and advocate for us. It was all I could do to not throw up. They took a few questions and responded with basically nonanswers. I came away with the impression that some of the people that run this junk are either extremely good BS artists or really seriously buy into this. Either way it's mighty mighty scary.

To my knowledge that ‘meet and greet' effort has not been repeated....I'm surprised we weren't charged an additional fee for the priveledge of ‘meeting' them.....ugh....

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Yeah I believe that they do buy into this garbage & have themselves that they can punish & treat at the same time which is crazy

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab.

No advice right now, but I hope things get better for you.

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You know I think from reading most of these threads that most of the rehab comes from the support the nurses going through these monitoring programs give each other here. And the programs are basically useless.

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Specializes in OR.
You know I think from reading most of these threads that most of the rehab comes from the support the nurses going through these monitoring programs give each other here. And the programs are basically useless.

Can I like this more than once? Because that pretty much sums it all up.

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
Hey guys.

I've exhausted my bank account with lawyer fee, evaluation fee, and drug screens. I have no income right now and won't be able to look for a job for at least 2 months while I'm going through outpatient treatment. So bills are adding up and I'm just really worried. I'm putting most things on a credit card. I've got my boyfriend who is helping me pay for food and has taken over our rent. My family is unable to help. Just curious how you all have delt with the financial struggles of this. I worry every second about money. "How will I afford this?" "How can we pay for that?" I know its incredibly personal, but what have you guys done to keep your head above water? Especially if you can't find a nursing job? Thanks

I actually took a 2nd mortgage out on my house to pay for this insanity. It's all paid back now plus I worked retail part time before I got cleared to go back to work as a nurse.

Hppy

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

One thing to remember and I wish I known this back then but every dollar paid for mandatory treatment, drug tests, psych evals etc is a tax deductible as a healthcare expense so save those receipts.

Hppy

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I lost my license in 2005 because I was addicted to pain pills. I applied for reinstatement (clean for about 12 years now) and am waiting for the BON to give me a date for my formal hearing. The investigator told me to call the monitoring agency. They want me in a treatment group (I've been told by both the VA hospital and CSB I don't need treatment). I'm also supposed to start drug screens next week. I've been working as a waitress since I left nursing. I have no money for all this. Im pretty much ready to give up on Nursing just because I simply cannot afford to do all this. Hearing how much you guys are struggling financially even while working in nursing is just depressing.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Women's Health, LTC.
I lost my license in 2005 because I was addicted to pain pills. I applied for reinstatement (clean for about 12 years now) and am waiting for the BON to give me a date for my formal hearing. The investigator told me to call the monitoring agency. They want me in a treatment group (I've been told by both the VA hospital and CSB I don't need treatment). I'm also supposed to start drug screens next week. I've been working as a waitress since I left nursing. I have no money for all this. Im pretty much ready to give up on Nursing just because I simply cannot afford to do all this. Hearing how much you guys are struggling financially even while working in nursing is just depressing.

Mind if I ask which state you are applying for reinstatement to? I am in a similar boat. 13 years clean and waiting for AZ, but it has been 8 months and no word at all!

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I'm in Virginia

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I'm in Virginia

I sent you a PM (a message).

:)

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