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    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your mouth to God's ear Cats. However, here in the Keystone State it don't work that way. I signed my contract with PNAP in October of 2016. I was expected to comply with all the terms and...
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    Meetings

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't like to lie either but it seems to me that showing up at a voluntary 12 step meeting only because I'm forced to be there is a lie and disrespectful to the folks that find meaning in it. I'm...
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    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    A party at the end of this is most certainly called for!!!! It would certainly be nice to know an exact
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    Watching your social media

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Gotcha nosey internet creeper
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    Watching your social media

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    gotcha but they pee test for that right? if you are clean why do they care what you do? If there is a picture of you hanging with people who are partying that's not against the rule. Is
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    Watching your social media

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Why would they do that? Please excuse me I'm old guy who doesn't do facebook. What would the point of that
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    Is a lawyer worth the money

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Cats, a post of beauty & so true!!! I am immensely frustrated by the whole process and the only real cure to this sometimes fatal (too often) disease is to let it run its course. 2+ years and...
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    Is a lawyer worth the money

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just a random thought. I think is every Nurse got a lawyer and fought everything these vultures tried to do to them the system would crash and their would be reform. However, we are nurses and we...
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    Weekly Support Group Meetings

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We never bring this mundane chatter around to how it impacts any level of recovery. I suppose in a room of diagnosed alcoholics and addicts anything could lead to a relapse but honestly to me its an...
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    Weekly Support Group Meetings

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That is COOL!!!! I gotta go to
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    Florida IPN update

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    WOW!!! Essentially it sounds like they told you to use drugs so they could get paid. That's a new low. Recovery / Misery
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    Is a lawyer worth the money

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh boy. A lawyer wouldn't hurt but remember you signed a contract with you monitoring folks. I think the only thing the lawyer can argue is weather the other side is violating the contract by...
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    Is a lawyer worth the money

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What's the last hoop you think the lawyer could help
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    How to Acheive Balance?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to PixieRN1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It seems to me that when a person is down, sick and needs help when somebody reaches out and gives of themselves to help with compassion that leaves a lasting mark in the recipient of that help unless...
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    How to Acheive Balance?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to PixieRN1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    WOW PIXIE!!! I don't know the terms and conditions of the program in your state but here the weekly support meeting starts to fall off after a while. It's done in two years. After that "all" I have...
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    modification of probation - rule out clause

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ericninetwo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Cats is right. Chasing the $$$ is the simple
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    modification of probation - rule out clause

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ericninetwo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Personally I don't think a DUI that happened before you became a nurse should be any issue. In addition I don't think a DUI that occurred WHILE you were a Nurse should make you subject to this...
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    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to barbs23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hppy: That is a laudable goal!!! I truly wish you luck. I think to do that we have to examine the question of why nurses are so hard on each other? Many of us seem to revel in the miseries of our...
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    exception from the board

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to barbs23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hang tight & get outta hell. Good
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    Probation violation with PEth test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Hope36280's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If had any doubts about how money and the connection to the rehab industry (I don't) may have perverted a once good idea of helping Nurses in need they were cured last week. Last week in my asinine...
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    Probation violation with PEth test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Hope36280's topic in Nurses Recovery

    These programs also seem awfully long. Some of my fellow nurses are subject to these intrusive programs for five years. Thankfully mine is "only" three but it be more like four. In my case the...
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    Probation violation with PEth test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Hope36280's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I totally agree!!!! If the only thing they are worried about is our sobriety can't they just PETH or Hair test us in the measurable limits of detection. Dump all the other BS and just make sure we...
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    Where can I get male only patients?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    Certainly we must be culturally sensitive to the needs of our patients. It is a cornerstone of taking care of the whole patient. If a patient has religious beliefs that they cannot be touched by a...
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    Need to Find an Alcohol Detox/Recovery Center

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kitiger's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Whatever works for your friend is great. Personally I think rehab is like a 3-4 week bubble. You can live in a very nice bubble or a horrible dingy hellhole. The thing they both have in common is...
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    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to barbs23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with "staying under the radar". I loathe this program and my PNAP Counselor, My "Therapist" and anybody that comes in contact with me knows what I think of all of this garbage. However, they...