SpankedInPittsburgh DNP, RN

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    Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with Recovering!!! I miss my life before monitoring to include the occasional drink with friends or a cocktail while watching the game. As far as weather I'm better off without alcohol that...
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    Non nursing jobs

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think that mental illness and addiction should be treated as diseases and have medically appropriate treatment applied by as medical professional. This is not what we get in these cases. In your...
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    Non nursing jobs

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi everybody: I haven't been active in a little while because life & my dreaded DNP Capstone are combining to make me miserable. I think its a sad statement that qualified nurses are not working...
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    failed drug test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mjrn70's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah, I'd probably get a lawyer and (depending on his advice of course) and plan to self report. I think if you have the opportunity to not have a permanent mark on your license you should grasp it....
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    HA!!!!!!!
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I called my case manager and I can apply to be released from hell in 825 days!!!
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    Help my wife got caught diverting

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Of course you may call me
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    I self reported and about to do cando

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What do they have on
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    I self reported and about to do cando

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You already told them all the important facts of your case. I would think the best thing you can do is say you are committed to your recovery and say how and tell them you want to do what is...
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    Help my wife got caught diverting

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wish I would have had a lawyer but I'll be honest I have no first hand knowledge of it will
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    failed drug test while on pnap

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mk1959's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you are in Pennsylvania probably a couple of months. I got my DUI in July & self reported. The monitoring people caught up to me in
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    oklahoma peer employment

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to 1nurse4you's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good advice a new nurse to the program got hired to a hospital weekend float pool
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    Drug diversion and tnpap

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to blue4nurses's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AMEN but I do fear she already said too
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    Consent agreement and completion of stipulations

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to worriednurse91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Where you found guilty of any crime? Did the incident take place before or after becoming a nurse? Those requirements seen reasonable enough to me if I understand them right. I would hope you would...
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    Drug diversion and tnpap

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to blue4nurses's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The only point is how much you want to keep being a nurse. Maybe there is a way but you would have to find it. Perhaps there are pro bono beds in rehab but I've never heard of any. Maybe there is a...
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    smart lady I plan on doing the
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    Drug diversion and tnpap

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to blue4nurses's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'd do that for
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    Drug diversion and tnpap

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to blue4nurses's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh boy!!!I don't know what its like in your state but just about everyone up here is required to attend inpatient then outpatient, I was in both of these treatment facilities for about four months....
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    Ex turned me in

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Singlemomrn95's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I never had a hair test but I imagine any hair would
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    Help my wife got caught diverting

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah no booze
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    Longest you’ve gone without having to give pee?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Here the narc restriction typically lasts 6 months to a year after going back to work which is after rehab and being recommended to go back to work by the case
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    BON mental/physical exams

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to UpstatePA's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No I got evaluated by a "treatment professional" and was sent to rehab for 4 months and much more garbage you want no part
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That is good information to have & I agree. No way I'm taking that last test if I know its positive. I would hope they wouldn't make you start all over because you missed a
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    BON mental/physical exams

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to UpstatePA's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm in Pennsylvania and just about upon pain of death you want no involvement in PNAP. Get a lawyer and take him with you if possible to this exam. Never Ever admit to abusing ETOH or anything else...
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    Cautionary Tale

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wish I could count the days. That's part of the problem. I thought my time started last October when I signed the contract and started complying with its terms and conditions. I wonder then if I...