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    Issues with BON re: probated license

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Bayounurse7's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep Lawyer up!!! As far as the BSN, I did an online state school because it was cheap. I don't remember them really asking for much besides a check. It didn't have any clinical requirements and...
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    Does anyone here like nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bluestar776's topic in General Nursing

    Injuries are a real problem in our profession. I have a dear friend who underwent fusion surgery in her neck which was probably related to many years of service in busy ERs. She went back to work...
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    What are Your Goals for 2018??

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    1) Finish My DNP 2) Pass the Boards 3) Learn a New Job 4) Resolve Significant Other Issues 5) Lose Weight (an oldie but a goodie) 6) Get off my Butt and Workout 7) Pay down debt 8) Ride my bike from...
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    Don't bring your misery to work!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Wheels: Perhaps nurses who whine at work about things they can control but don't have the courage too can take stock. You have been dealt a tough hand that you cannot control yet you still...
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    Recoverytrek option 6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to IrishCMSRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think ETOH stays in urine for up to a day unless you drank like a bucket of whiskey. The EtG marker sticks around for up to 80 hours * PETH (blood test) for three weeks. All tests have limitations...
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    You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Yeah, I'm fairly sure that most people in this forum have heard of ER Nursing. I'm an ER nurse and have been one for over a decade. The notion that ER Nursing makes you more able to be an NP more...
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    How long did it take you to find your first job as a new grad

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to EDNURSE20's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I applied for a "Valor Student" position while in Nursing school at the VA. They hired me for that and was assigned as a GN the day I graduated & have been there ever
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    Don't bring your misery to work!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that everybody has a bad day occasionally. These nurses deserve support. However, if the nurse has a bad day all the time & brings it to work then they need BS called on them. We are...
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    Hopes for the New Year???

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    A happy New Years to You
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    Surviving Peer Assistance Services

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Limabean74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not upset just very
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    Don't bring your misery to work!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Hppy, AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!! Truer words were never spoken!!!! The job is hard enough with dealing with the constant whining, backbiting and gossip that goes with being a nurse sometimes.
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    The future of NP education

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ACNP2017's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a DNP student going into my last semester after working in a busy ER for a long time. I think specialization is a great idea. These programs try to cover "everything" and as a result you get a...
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    Nursing student with recent DUI. Need advice

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to BCE2802's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh yeah when I'm done with this charade I'll drink some more Vodka. I just won't drive after I do. The punishment that I deserved handed out by the criminal justice system would have been more than...
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    Nursing student with recent DUI. Need advice

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to BCE2802's topic in Nurses Recovery

    These are hasty generalizations at best. I drank Vodka because I liked Vodka. Being a nurse had nothing to do with it. I was never impaired at work in any way. Most Nurses here & in the groups...
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    You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    You don't have to imagine it. Its a reality that happens daily. Sometimes to good effect sometimes to bad. For good or bad states grant NP's licenses to practice based upon their list of...
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    Surviving Peer Assistance Services

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Limabean74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is true!!!! 90 in 90. Never post before that second cup of
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    Does anyone here like nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bluestar776's topic in General Nursing

    I think nursing is a job. There are good nursing jobs and horrible nursing jobs. It's incumbent on the individual nurse to find the "right fit" for them. Many want to go to work and moan about how...
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    Nursing student with recent DUI. Need advice

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to BCE2802's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello all: I have heard all manner of "advice" at AA meeting ranging from the well meaning and good hearted "this is what worked for me tell me if I can help" to the AA Guru "you have yo pray to my...
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    Surviving Peer Assistance Services

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Limabean74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know what PAS is. Is it a nurse or nurse practitioner monitoring program? I'm from Pennsylvania and we have PNAP which is our "assistance" program. Surviving this program is no easy event....
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    Nursing student with recent DUI. Need advice

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to BCE2802's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It sounds a lot like the ARD program here in Pennsylvania. I got in that program and the court dropped the charges. They still sucked me into the monitoring program. I hope the same doesn't happen...
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    Nursing Spirituality

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Holy Holy-War Batman: It's times like these that I'm grateful to be a non-believer. I truly think that whatever deity you chose to pray to is your business. I also think it has no place what so ever...
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    You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Yeah. Patients should be cared for by the medical professional of their choice. I'm sure that Nurse Practitioners world-wide could care less if you want a doc to see you or your family. It seems...
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    Hopes for the New Year???

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    YAY!!! Meq good be excited. This like a bad flu will pass. You are still the same great nurse and person you were. Wipe the dust of this experience off you and move on with
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    Hopes for the New Year???

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Go for it
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    Hopes for the New Year???

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm sorry I miswrote that part. I can cut back to every other week on my hated nurse support groups. You gotta do three meetings week in PNAP till you are sprung from bad nurse jail. Don't be sorry...