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  1. SpankedInPittsburgh

    Down to single digits....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatmamaRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yay!!! Yay!!!! Another free nurse. Congratulations and thank you for sharing the happy news it spreads some hope
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    Down to single digits....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatmamaRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh I’m not burning all my stuff. It doesn’t get that much reverence. It’s simply going out in the trash with the rest of the
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    Down to single digits....

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatmamaRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh the best of luck to you!!! Congratulations you are almost
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    Probation/monitoring $$$

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hang in there All if you!!!! This program will devastate most people financially. I know I’ll never get over it. However, it is doable I’m just a regular person and I’m making it through my...
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    In Professional Healthcare Monitoring Program

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kira4357's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep I was “evaluated” by a rehab center who recommended inpatient then outpatient treatment at the very same rehab center until my insurance company literally cut the cash off. Once they did I...
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    How long before test results are posted?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’ve been scared of false positives for years. That is simply (for me anyway) a part of the ongoing anxiety that this program brings. However, you cannot do a thing about a false positive except...
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    How long before test results are posted?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wish I could answer your question but here I don’t think the results are ever published. I think you only get notification if you
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    And just like that... it's over.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TexasMel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hang in there Ky one way or another the door is About to open for you and you will be out soon. Good
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    And just like that... it's over.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TexasMel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yay!!! Another free nurse.
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    1st pee test today

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Drink a large coffee on the way or a Coke. Gotta study for your pee test. Always worked for
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    Upcoming chemical dependency eval

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh boy. You have a right to be concerned. I was dumb enough to be completely honest with my evaluator. I have a friend who just BS their way out of monitoring and I’m so glad he did. however you...
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    If The Cali Board Of Nursing Accuses You Give Up Your License

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to dmstanl1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think most choose monitoring like cancer patients choose to have a limb amputated. Bad choice but depending on how you see your options and alternatives it may be the right choice for the...
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    Probation/monitoring $$$

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah grossly expensive. I honestly don’t see how most folks afford it. I was a long term employee who almost never took a day off and my accumulated time kept me paid to a certain extent....
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    If The Cali Board Of Nursing Accuses You Give Up Your License

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to dmstanl1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Motherhood is another
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    I feel like I'm losing control

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to PsychRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would not tell your professors or anybody else remotely connected to the nursing profession that you think you may have a problem with alcohol. You will wind up in a version of monitoring before...
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    Peth test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Rnbsn3089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah many of us live in fear of the false positive. None of these tests are 100% accurate and if you take them long enough over a long period of time it seems to me that the odds would indicate a...
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    Army Veteran

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Melissa B.'s topic in Nurses Recovery

    Of course they should accept the treatment course you are undertaking. I hope they do. I fear they
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    How long is the longest anyone has heard of regarding BON investigation

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would say if you have a drug or alcohol problem then get help but don’t tell the bon or disclose u are a nurse if you check into rehab. In the meantime I’d simply wait and keep working and...
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    Army Veteran

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Melissa B.'s topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep these programs are about sucking as much cash as they can from you. Worse they are driven by nurses. We love to cast blame on these monitoring programs for the heaps of nonsense they pile on...
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    Quest Options 4-6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It’s definitely a shakedown no doubt about that. At the end of the day it’s risk / reward. If you feel the pleasure of a couple drinks is worth the risk of failing a test I guess you will drink....
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    Quest Options 4-6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It’s definitely a shakedown no doubt about that. At the end of the day it’s risk / reward. If you feel the pleasure of a couple drinks is worth the risk of failing a test I guess you will drink....
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    Quest Options 4-6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Booze is universally tested for and will pop on a PEth test for weeks which is
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    Quest Options 4-6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’m sorry don’t think it will work. If you cathed the clean urine back into your bladder it would mix with the residual stuff there and on it’s way there. Also I’m sorry but these things are...
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    Quest Options 4-6

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to TKsprivatenurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes they
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    In Professional Healthcare Monitoring Program

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Kira4357's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Kira I think you are right. Monitoring Programs operate under a facade of recovery but they have nothing to do with recovery itself. I’m certainly not a 12 stepper by any stretch of the...