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    Well ain't this a ******

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to noctanol's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am so sorry!!! This profession has some of the best and some of the very worst people I've met. Putting you in that position is unconscionable. I'd like to say something about Karma but that's...
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    Caution taking supplements?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    True supplements are almost wholly untested and unregulated. Who knows what's in that stuff? Unfortunately can't we say the same for almost anything else we may put in our body. I don't know how...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't be sorry!!! I don't think the ring will work on this earthy plane though.
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    Caution taking supplements?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Amen CATS Amen. When you see the dizzying list of things they test for without taking into account your supposed drug of choice and the things that can cause a false positive you have to wonder if...
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    Caution taking supplements?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I take protein powder before working out but its just the cheap stuff from Costco. So far so good. Never thought to be paranoid about that. Till now
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    HA!!! I did read the Hobbit as a young man when I was stationed the former West Germany. I don't remember that part but I will take what you say to
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    Substances to avoid

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It seems to me that if you are going to relapse you should at least be aware of it. Perhaps one of the problems is the levels they test at. For example if I use a hand sanitizer I guess I absorbed a...
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    Substances to avoid

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah. Advil, Bagels, who knows what??? I'm afraid of all this stuff. I do wonder how many "false positives" are false though. We have a new member in our group who did the whole false positive...
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    Substances to avoid

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    apparently high doses cause false positives for THC. I haven't smoked weed since bell bottoms were still in. didn't like it. it would be something to pop positive for
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    Substances to avoid

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hell I take ibuprofen. Yet another innocent thing to worry
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    Call to action! Nurses in Monitoring Programs

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is a blessed step in the right direction. Do I agree with all the details? No but even as it stands it is much more just than the garbage that is out there now. I find it interesting that...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I will certainly give this a
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    Substances to avoid

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    YEP!!! They have ETG and PeTh tests that can detect drinking alcohol for days to weeks. We are subject to these tests and if you fail one in my state you literally start the program all over again....
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No they don't do that here. Your mouth to God's ear but I doubt such relief is coming. Thanks though!!! I'm lucky I work for the government and we have a union contract. I kept my job but was...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm fine thanks. I have many positive things in my life. I loath this program but it is a necessary evil if I'm going to keep my job. I haven't let this cancer spread to the rest of my life. I...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What I'm doing about it is surviving this purgatory. Period. The other nurses out there now could care less about the nonsense these programs make me go through so why should I care about them? I...
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    I personally like 12 hour shifts. 12 hour night shifts present a different challenge. We used to call that first day off a "fake day off" as you basically slept through the whole day. The trick of...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I agree with Cats. It's like I used to tell my patients (when I was allowed to work in my chosen field) "nobody is gonna or should care more about you than you". I used to save that for smoking...
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    Are you better off?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have no doubt that these programs help people. However, the simply mean edge that many display and the wanton disregard for an individuals life is really no debatable in my estimation. These...
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    Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    True, being resentful and carrying grudges usually hurts the person harboring such feelings more that the target. There is nothing we can do to cause any harm or un-comfort to the people...
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    Relationships after addiction

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have some experience with law enforcement and usually if they are going to charge you with something they do so quickly. As time goes on memories fade and witnesses are less reliable and harder to...
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    Non nursing jobs

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    HAHAHA!!!! Spanked is fine. Thank you though. A very happy thanksgiving to you and yours. I graduate in the
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    just did IPN eval

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

    These "professionals" are lying dirt-bags. They make used car and time share sales people look like Mother
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi everybody: I recently had the pleasure of meeting a fellow nurse in my state's monitoring program. Our program is supposed to be three years long but in reality its more like four years. The way...
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    Non nursing jobs

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah. If I was an employer and had a choice between two nurses. The first is a monitoring program nurse He/She cannot work certain shifts, cannot be in charge, cannot pass meds, may need time off to...