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    exception from the board

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to barbs23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah if Texas is anything like Pennsylvania if it costs these Vampires even a drop of blood you are out of
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    Need to Find an Alcohol Detox/Recovery Center

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kitiger's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm pretty sure that even with the newly noticed opioid "epidemic" (that the medical profession unfortunately helped create) I believe booze kills and messes up more lives than all the illegal street...
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    GI lab?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good
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    Almost finished with ipn

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm so glad you made it!!! Good
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    USD partial results

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I simply cannot imagine what another "evaluation's" purpose would be after years of treatment and after care except to squeeze more money out of a
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    GI lab?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't know much about the GI lab except through other nurses who went to work there from the ER where I used to work. I believe that sedation is involved when they do a scope so I'm not sure a...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'll give it a look
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think in reality only the Pee does matter. You are either clean or not. The rest of the garbage is just a money grab for an industry that produces a product that doesn't work. My counselor at the...
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    Need to Find an Alcohol Detox/Recovery Center

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kitiger's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't blame your friend at home for not wanting to go to rehab. Personally I'd rather die drunk, hungry and homeless than subject myself to that nonsense again. However, there are some good people...
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    exception from the board

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to barbs23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We don't have early releases in Pennsylvania that I know of. However, here's hoping that the gates of hell (which is life in monitoring land) creek open and let one good nurse with six years of...
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    Where can I get male only patients?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    Look I respect everybody's beliefs but those beliefs don't become everybody else's problem. It up to the individual to craft a lifestyle that is in line with those beliefs. If I was a strict Muslim...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I totally identify with what you are going through. I feel exactly the same way. This program has gutted my confidence and ability to make a living. I wish I had words of wisdom but I sure don't....
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Perhaps we should get recommendations for individualized treatment regimens and plans of care from our PCPs and addictionologists. You know unbiased medical professionals who didn't go to the Podunk...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    First of all I'm jealous that you have a two year contract. Actually, that's plenty long under just about any circumstances. Anyway, I think a lot is going to depend on what your case manager has to...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's hard enough to go to the Doctor and do what you are supposed to do when you are sick. The additional nonsense is crazy. At one of my weekly nurse meetings I have to attend a nurse recently...
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    USD partial results

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to bjlr90's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I too have noticed that people nearing the end of the program with seemingly perfect compliance seemed to get tripped on some nit-picky nonsense towards the end. I'm not talking about a failed...
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    is it hard to get a job after two years off of nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah it doesn't help that the people who's whims we are subject are often jaded and terrible at their jobs. Sorry Cats tat ain't
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    is it hard to get a job after two years off of nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't think its like that here. If you go along with there recommendations I believe you are placed in the "Voluntary" program whereas you complete the terms and conditions of your monitoring...
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    Is this reportable to the BON?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TX_L&DRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Real life nursing is not a pristine world of perfect ethics. Many of us witness ethical violations daily that actually impact patient care. How many of us have witnessed nurses cruising facebook,...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AMEN to all of that. This is all about control issues and money. So long as we don't test positive for a banned substance what difference does it make what doctor we see, weather we go to 12 step...
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    is it hard to get a job after two years off of nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I haven't known that situation. However, I only come into contact with Nurses who were accepted into our program. We have nurses in my nurses support group ranging with histories all the way from...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I'd kill for an antihistamine right about now but it's not worth a trip to my pcp and documenting why I need otc meds for a head cold. It's sure not worth testing positive for something I was...
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    is it hard to get a job after two years off of nursing?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I'm tired of the whole thing also. I honestly think these things go on much longer than they have to. Some of these contracts are 5 years?!?! Luckily I have a three year contract which in...
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    Weight loss supplements

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I doubt it. Honestly I have a head cold right now and I'm afraid to take anything for it. This seems cumbersome but if you got a prescription from your PCP with documentation that he knew you were...
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    TNPAP

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TamiRoberts's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Cats summed it up. I couldn't have said it better myself. I voluntarily reported and thought that these agencies were here to help. They are not. Any involvement with them is horrible. I wish I...