faithnow

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1. Virginia Monitoring Program

   faithnow replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurses Recovery

   "I simply needed help getting off prescription meds." Wow. Kinda sounds like an addict to me. I don't speak unknowingly. I entered the Virginia Monitoring program in 2001, jumped through their hoops,...

2. Social Worker Wants Me In an Impaired Nurse Program--I am NOT Impaired

   faithnow replied to Mezcalero's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Ya know, a couple of times in this running thread, i've wanted to hit the reset button and any say, hold on, just be straight with us. But i'm not sure she's ready to be strictly honest. There have...

3. same thing all over again?

   faithnow posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   I have worked for five years as a nurse since being monitored. Two different ltc facilities, but for the same administrator. Recent corporate changes and messes within the facility resulted in me...

4. Finding a job after probation, will I ever be the nurse I really want to be again?

   faithnow replied to mymelody's topic in Nurses Recovery

   last comments i'll make r/t this post (i'm faithnow) and posted earlier. i didn't read into your post wrong. like a later post said, you say "i may have screwed up a little", you ding long term care...

5. Finding a job after probation, will I ever be the nurse I really want to be again?

   faithnow replied to mymelody's topic in Nurses Recovery

   well, i can't really tell by your post if you diverted or not. i do think that i can tell that you really aren't honestly 100% dealing with your reality. my diverting and subsequent probation happened...

6. NC RNs PLEASE HELP

   faithnow replied to nowim clean's topic in Nurses Recovery

   please don't be discouraged. things will happen. i went through virginias monitoring program. my problem was narcs, not alcohol. i work in virginia beach ltc, but live in nc. what i found in seeking...

7. Okay, who *loves* their job, and why?

   faithnow replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

   I do so love my job. I've had DON, unit manager, MDS Coordinator and ADON jobs in the past. My wonderful administrator allowed me to "step down" from salaried MDS job and be a floor nurse. All that...

8. Conflicts of interest

   faithnow replied to all_over_again's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Yeah, i hear you as well. And that thought passed through my mind more than a few times in my five, extended to six year monitoring program. But most of the time if a nurse is in a monitoring program,...

9. Suboxone use and the Boards of Nursing

   faithnow replied to imfree's topic in Nurses Recovery

   in Virginia, i was allowed to practice as a floor nurse in ltc. allowed to give/count narcotics, but was required for eight months to take suboxone. i didn't feel i needed it, as i was "over" the...

10. New and scared

    faithnow replied to Sharonrninva's topic in Nurses Recovery

    sharon, i've read your posts since the first and was hesistant to respond, but want to offer several things. in 2006 i had to deal with what was developing into a major problem in my life/practice....

11. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    faithnow replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    ...i am an rn who works the floor by choice in a nursing home. surrounded by lpns, cnas and skirts with clipboards. i've done all that and am now doing exactly what i want, direct patient care. i try...

12. Read this poem

    faithnow replied to Ashley752's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh my! That second, response, poem is so beautiful. It's just so real, and puts words to how i have felt so many times. Sometimes the phrase "...for the least of these..." runs through my mind, when...

13. Abuse & Neglect in LTC

    faithnow replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gosh, I'm pretty new at posting, but I gotta say -- from my 20 plus years in nursing homes in two states, haven't seen anything at all like you say "they" told you. Quite the contrary. Who is the...

14. Wanting to know about RNs as floor nurses.

    faithnow replied to faithnow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the input. I really wasn't looking for affirmation, but thanks. I just hate it when folks assume I either have no nursing talents, or have no drive and have "settled". There are so many...

15. Wanting to know about RNs as floor nurses.

    faithnow posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm an RN who works as a floor nurse in a LTC. I have worked as a Director of nursing, and as an MDS coordinator. I've worked the last three years as a 7-3 floor nurse in a 90 bed SNF. Recently I...