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    PNAP - need assistance

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SwRN_2010's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Welcome to PNAP purgatory!!!! I'm a fellow resident of this hideous program. Is it harsh? Yep!!! Unjust? For sure!!! Non-sensical? You betcha!!! I hate every minute in it and it hasn't helped...
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    Help

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It does happen. Big Blonde is completely correct. Could be a lotta things. Dilute pee. Messed up sample.... Or from their perspective (something I'd consider if I was looking to "catch" a nurse...
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    Sobriety and NCLEX?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to gchooljian's topic in Nurses Recovery

    this ^^^^^
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    Co-worker Impersonating a Nurse - Am I obligated to report this to the BON?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know what to tell you. It seems to me that its your employers responsibility to police such matters. I wouldn't touch this. If you are right then you have encountered a wacko impersonating...
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    Does CBD oil show up in drug tests?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to markko's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wouldn't even come close to chancing it. This product is not regulated so who really knows what the heck is in it. Good
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    It's Official!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Nurses Recovery

    YAY YAY YAY!!! Walk away from this nonsense and live a wonderful life. Happy Day!!!
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    Please Give ME any Good Reason to Stay in the Nursing Field

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ToNurseOrNot's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you need talked into anything then you probably shouldn't do
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    Quitting IPN

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RiNlimbo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Never is a long time so no that's not what I've seen. I know two nurses from my group that told PNAP years ago to stick their odious program where the sun don't shine. Both moved onto recovery and...
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    Criminal charges!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah when you gave "your side of the story" apparently you admitted to a boatload of crimes. The DA is now free to use that as a basis for a criminal case against you and it looks like they are....
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    MY UNIT IS IN CHAOS

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to kiowasteph's topic in General Nursing

    Who care who the Nurse Manager is? I'm sorry and I'm not trying to be cynical but this situation kinda reminds me of an old song be The Who "meet the new boss, same as the old boss". I find...
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    DUI as an RN

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Joshua126's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I'm not from California but I'm a Nurse that got a DUI. I self reported this fact immediately to the BON here in Pennsylvania and was offered the choice of joining a "voluntary" program or facing...
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    Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY!!!! You have a duty to you patients but not at the costs of safety to you and yours. Get another job if necessary but take care of you and yours. You have a higher duty to your family then...
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    I am livid!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to zoeintx's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What complete BS. I'm sorry another example of control freak garbage that has zero to do with patient safety or "recovery" in any
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    Working non nursing jobs while in contract

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Truthfully, I'd waste the meds as I'd need a job. You don't know and you can always claim (rightfully so) that you didn't think you were doing anything wrong as you didn't handle the meds you just...
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    Working non nursing jobs while in contract

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The charge nurse counts as a supervisor with PNAP. I'm not sure about wasting
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think women nurses need us men to save them. I also don't think that bad wages and working conditions are attached to genitalia. As a boy growing up in the shadows of the steel mills in...
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    Sobriety and NCLEX?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to gchooljian's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'd consider setting some professional boundaries in the future. Everybody doesn't need to know everything about you. The people you go to school with are classmates. The people you will be working...
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    Mandatory Uniforms

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I hate to say it but I'm for mandatory scrubs and a stricter dress code in general. Too many nurses wear to tight, old or cartoonish scrubs. Its hard to represent a profession when every time some...
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    VA pay/ benefits or Pediatric Emergency Dept RN

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexgreat1's topic in General Nursing

    I work for the VA and recommend it highly. They pretty much paid for my BSN and
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    Taking BSN classes while working: Feasible?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to H2O4me's topic in General Students

    Oh yeah I got my BSN and DNP while working fulltime. The BSN isn't hard. Its mostly just time-consuming
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    Sobriety and NCLEX?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to gchooljian's topic in Nurses Recovery

    FOR GOD's SAKE KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ON THIS ISSUE!!!! If you don't you run the risk of being placed in a cookie cutter, punitive program that will hurt you and your career & such treatment is...
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    Attendance forms

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Mike1256's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Or it at least ensures that the naughty nurse drives to the parking lot by the
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    Attendance forms

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Mike1256's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh yeah 3 meetings a week with the 12 step true believers for 3 years is punishment enough for most folks in prison I figure. However, its the price we pay to keep being able to earn a
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    Inappropriate nurse support groups

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to LindsayRNL's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I had my nurse support group meeting tonight. These groups that are put together with people who are essentially forced to be there are doomed to failure. The topic tonight at out meeting was...
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    Old nurse won't retire

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yep it sure is so long as the person going to work for social reasons is carrying their share of the load. I could care less what motivates my fellow nurses to show up at work but when they are there...