SpankedInPittsburgh DNP, RN

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  1. SpankedInPittsburgh

    It all depends on how you look at it

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to markko's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah it does sound like you work with a great crew. They didn't report you to the
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    Money is tight

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

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

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If it was one you should pass the Peth test from everything I
  4. SpankedInPittsburgh

    Money is tight

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I really think there is some level of calculus that occurs here. I think they try to rationalize getting the most money out of nurses as a group as they can, They think if we push all nurses right...
  5. SpankedInPittsburgh

    Can ketones cause false positive?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good because over the last few months I've been becoming the abominable fatty. I'm going low carb
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    Money is tight

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah. I've been buying whatever the supersaver at the grocery store is. I had excellent credit so I got to live off credit cards for a while. This thing is financially impossible. I was very...
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Blood Test is almost certainly PETH. Serum Alcohol would be of no use. Yeah my understanding is that one drink won't show up on a PETH so I'd admit
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Jxo, You have my prayers. Good Luck to
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I was always pooping my pants about the false positive. When this happened it got worse. All's I can say is don't confess. From what I've seen coming clean if you used leads to the exact same...
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Here they never tell you what you test positive for. At least not initially. They use any positive as a mechanism to try to get you to confess to some particular use. That threaten if you are not...
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    Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your interpretation but I'll draw my own
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep I'd be freaking out. I had a false positive and they tried to sweat a confession outta med for something I never took. Miserable experience that left me anxious and fearful. Maintain your wits...
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    RN Treating LPNs as Beneath Them

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I haven't worked with an LPN for years as they have been completely phased out of the hospital I work at. However, there is no reason for an RN to treat an LPN as beneath her. How would that same RN...
  14. SpankedInPittsburgh

    To be or Not to be .. a Nurse again?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to CrazygymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It depends. If I liked being a massage therapist & it kept a roof over my head I might just keep doing it. If you don't have a need or a burning desire to come back to nursing don't because I...
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You shouldn't be in any trouble at all but that doesn't mean your not. So far you haven't tested positive for anything & if you do you have a plausible explanation. As far as not peeing enough...
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    New to Recovery program and not good news

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hppy you are completely correct. I've been in jail and in rehab. I much prefer jail. Of course I was three months sober when they sent me to inpatient. Truthfully faced with inpatient again I'd...
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    Milestones.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was in Rome as a young soldier 100 years ago. Mostly I remember Italian girls and cold
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    Aint sobriety grand! As my sponsor used to say ;-)

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to K9lover's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well said Sobre. Well said. My resentment of AA has zero to do with AA itself. Its not for me but those rooms have a ton of good folks in them trying to help each other ot of the goodness of their...
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    New to Recovery program and not good news

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    OK so check the test first thing tomorrow & do the math. I've only had one PETH test and its for blood. I also don't think PETH picks up just a few drinks with any certainty but it looks for a...
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    New to Recovery program and not good news

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wouldn't but that's me. In my experience you get nailed the same either way. Do you KNOW you have a test tomorrow? When is the last time you drank? Do you have a lawyer on retainer if so call...
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    In process, after evaluation, rpp wants 1 year monitoring without having a diagnosis

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah it makes no sense but that doesn't matter. You have to learn to embrace the reality of where you are at. They have a gun to your nursing license and if you want to keep it you gotta comply....
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    New to Recovery program and not good news

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know. First of all you don't know that you will fail this test. Depending on how much you drank and when you must take the test you may pass. However, if you do fail the test if you were...
  23. SpankedInPittsburgh

    Milestones.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm a history nerd and I liked the Santo Domingo tour. You are right about all-inclusive resorts. The never ending booze is a big part of the draw. I am a chill by the pool / ocean guy so I'll try...
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    Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oldma is right!!! Hospital nursing isn't for everybody. Don't give up on yourself or nursing. Its a great big nursing world out there and has a place for everybody. Do yourself a favor get some...
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    In process, after evaluation, rpp wants 1 year monitoring without having a diagnosis

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah ETG is 80 hours and PETH is 3 weeks I think. There is no way I'd drink. Hell I'm afraid of a false positive for ingesting something