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    Anyone else being GPS tracked?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In practice the GPS thing isn't all bad. I know nurses who simply drive to the meeting's location check in and turn their phone off. They never attend the 12 step meeting they have no desire to be...
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    Headaches, TPAPN.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It is overwhelming being in this program!!! However, go to the Doc and if need be fill out the idiotic forms. You gotta take care of
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    Psych unit

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yikes. Good
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    Still in PNAP contract expired?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to NurseXi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, Be careful!!! I was in group with a nurse who was told that she was done with PNAP by her advisor & had a drink in celebration. She bought another 3 years in purgatory and I believe has...
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    "For the Fallen" the 9%

    SpankedInPittsburgh posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi all: I read a post last night that got me thinking. It was by Hppy describing her sobriety & a description of her history with the monitoring program. Hppy states that she was an alcoholic...
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    Nurse pay in France equivalent to CNA pay here

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    According to my best 3 minute research on Dr. Google the average French citizen is taxed at a rate of almost 1/2 their income (46.5%). According to my last two week paycheck I grossed $4503.00 minus...
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    The Business of Recovery

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mimifromtx's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep from what I've read and seen ZERO science about sums it up. These programs are about punishing, shaming and grabbing as much money as humanly possible from nurses. The real shame of these...
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    Failed breathalyzer

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to remorse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah its reportable for sure. You may have some defense though. I really don't want to give false hope but I'm not sure a 0.05 is high enough to be considered legally impaired. That along with the...
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    Anyone else obsessively check test results?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mimifromtx's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm in Pennsylvania and don't think I can check the results otherwise like you guys I'd be checking obsessively. Honestly I think maybe that's best. It would be another thing in this program for me...
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    Nurse pay in France equivalent to CNA pay here

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yep economically a single payor can set the market for wages & typically they will try to set them low. The French also pay more taxes. However, they have healthcare provided by the state, free...
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    NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in General Nursing

    YAY!!!!!
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    NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    SpankedInPittsburgh posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everybody: Many of you know me from my posts on this forum over about the last year. I have appreciated the opportunity to interact with my fellow nurses on a wide array of topics. In the past...
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    Loss of all personal freedom.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    Actually patients are about 28% less likely to quit smoking if their healthcare provider
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    Hating Nursing Currently

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to vanaly's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, You have described the first year of nursing!!!! It gets better. Hang in there!!! Good Luck we have all been there & are here for
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    Happy New Grad NP in Rural Primary Care Clinic

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    YAY!!!! I'm glad to hear that you are doing well!!!!! It doesn't sound like you had a bad landing spot at all and you are getting the kind of learning experiences that a new NP
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    Hprp assessment

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RNEulogy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Recovering, you said it best. Relapse might be part of recovery but its not part of monitoring. The punishments are swift and super-harsh. If you do this thing you gotta be fully compliant or all...
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    Have I proceeded correctly?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Persephone Paige's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Way to go Perse!!!! You stood to the Nazi horde and you kicked butt. Way to hang tough and not cave. As far as processing this with you "support group" what garbage. I tell them nothing &...
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    Still waiting....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Like the moniker says I live in the land of the rivers three and (for now) the first place Pittsburgh
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    NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in General Nursing

    The survey is but if you are to you can watch just the educational experience part. Go to YouTube and type in William Cunningham Nurse Smoking Video and you can check out some things I found out...
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    NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks old Dude. Penelope, I learned to smoke with the other knuckleheads I ran with way back when. It was a different world back then. I grew up in a lower-middle class neighborhood and honestly I...
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    Hprp assessment

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RNEulogy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah Sobriety sucks but its the price you gotta pay if you wanna keep being a nurse. If I had another option I'd take it but I have too much tied up in my career and I'm too old to start over....
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    Double digits! 99 days.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yay Recovering the end is in sight!!! hang in there and be done with this
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    NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in General Nursing

    God Bless Ya Old Dude!!! Have much
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    Still waiting....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As far as the criminal case goes I think (according to Google, Esq) your state has 2 years to formally charge you so that ship has sailed. The darn BONs are under no such limitation. However, if...
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    Have I proceeded correctly?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Persephone Paige's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep!!! Eris, you have well-described the level of paranoia that we live in. I don't know how to prove that I didn't do something adequately that may satisfy the jokers in monitoring land. I'd get...