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    Over 2 years now , do I need a lawyer?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah Tiff I'd lawyer up. Your lawyer would have some defense to some of the idiotic requirements they expect out of new members of the you are stuck in monitoring hades
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    Rehab Success Rate???

    SpankedInPittsburgh posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi all: Does anybody have any numbers of the success rate of the substance abuse industry? I simply have no idea and Mr. Google hasn't been that helpful. Thank You
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    Rehab Success Rate???

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah more hideous new attached to this farce. The idea of compulsory attendance in a group which is founded on voluntary adherence to a set of principals is simply asinine. To further compound this...
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    Diversion

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Frina's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I self reported my DUI the Monday after it happened (Saturday Night). It took over three months for them to get back to me. Two days after they got back to me I was inpatient rehab with 3 months...
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    Nervous!! Counting down the days....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nurse8204's topic in Nurses Recovery

    yeah ours is 3
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Everybody: Before Thanksgiving my nurse support group had our weekly meeting & the topic for discussion was gratitude. More specifically our counselor wanted us to discuss how involvement in...
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    Nervous!! Counting down the days....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nurse8204's topic in Nurses Recovery

    how long is the program in
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    Slowly but Surely

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We human we will always miss easy in a way. However, we also want to feel like we are doing some good. The human dilemma I
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    How has nursing changed you?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    He cleaned up a patient which was his job and he got paid for. No gold stars there. Then he preached to an unconscious guy. Do you think he did this for the dying patients benefit? He did this for...
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    Slowly but Surely

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    UPDATE FROM THE FRONT: I am in shock. PNAP released me to the ER on Friday Afternoon. I heard from my ER Nurse manager (yesterday) that I was to report to the ER for work tomorrow. YAY!!!! I've...
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    It was nice be able to help, even a little

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

    Good work Oldma. You helped all of them. The son most obviously. I wish I had somebody like you to talk to years ago when my parents were going through the same thing. You also helped the parents....
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    Negative drug screen and jobplace still wants me to meet with IPN

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Cpblondie81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah that's my experience. "Evaluation's" actual translation is "lets see how much money the worthless rehab industry can extort from this nurse while impeding her ability to make a living." Fight...
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    Nervous!! Counting down the days....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Nurse8204's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, I'm two years away from being done and in some ways the anxiety gets greater everyday. I think things like having a false positive now and all the time I served would be for nothing. However,...
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    Diversion

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Frina's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I gotta agree with Still. If we knew what the confession was we could probably give better advice. Some things to consider. Get Legal advice as this is your livelihood that is about to be...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Well said
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    Vaping

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ha thanks Cats!!! I'd like to blame all my BS on 8 years of Catholic School (altar boy Spanked many moons ago) but that's a cop
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    Vaping

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Cats its funny you bring up kosher as I looked at my vape juice and apparently it has kosher ingredients. I was a horrible catholic growing up and now don't know what the heck I am but I guess I...
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    Quick: need a code word

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    YoNastyMama
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    Negative drug screen and jobplace still wants me to meet with IPN

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Cpblondie81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do they expect you to self-report to IPN? I wouldn't do that!!! Did they report you to the BON? Where I'm at I never heard of just being "evaluated" without either self-reporting or having being...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Nope anything with liberal doses of dilaudid merits at least one return
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    Yep I've worked with many Doctors in the ER who are afraid to not give patients what they want because refusal would result in a patient complaint. This being the case I've seen tons of narcs &...
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    nj bon with drug record

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to xojessicalynnxo25's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah Here my "approved evaluator" worked for an inpatient rehab with a bed available. Guess where I wound
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    Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but I've had wives that I didn't love that much. If my dogs yapped all day so I could sleep after night shift it would be a trip to the no kill
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    Diversion

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Frina's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AMEN
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    Vaping

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, I'm nutz and paranoid about what I ingest. However at some point I just couldn't foot the bill for smokes anymore if I was going to continue to eat (which I enjoy very much) so a friend told...