markko

markko

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  1. Any nurses with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)?

    markko replied to newenglandcna's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    When I was 16 years old, I took an "Intro to Health Care Careers" course in high school. At age 17, I became a CNA and EMT. I worked as an EMT during my senior year in high school and got the OK to...

  2. Has anyone gone through this program without false positives?

    markko replied to StanleyJ's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had a hair test come back positive for hydrocodone. I hadn't used any hydrocodone for the prior three years before then. Go

  3. Does CBD oil show up in drug tests?

    markko posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm thinking about trying CBD oil for shoulder pain, but I'm worried that it'll show up in Lab Corp tests. Anyone know more than

  4. recovery with a side of criminal charges, anyone?

    markko replied to lifewithoutrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I got two felony charges, but they were for elder abuse because I took some Tylenol #3's from elderlys' personal bottles. Had an interview with a local police officer. The DA determined the charges....

  5. Drug test location

    markko replied to 1fly's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Whenever I went to see my sister in Texas (I live in Wisconsin), I had to arrange for testing while there. First thing I did the first time there was to make a road trip to the test location (an hour...

  6. What made your jaw drop

    markko replied to DextersDisciple's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a critical care nurse on a 911 ambulance. In addition to transfers, I also go on 911 emergency calls. We got called on the freeway for a Honda CRV versus a motorhome head-on with each...

  7. New Grad Nurse Arrogance

    markko replied to gizmojamz's topic in General Nursing

    She just proved to herself that her five foot high stack of books were appropriately memorized in order to pass 125 questions that will determine her future until she dies. Yeah. I was there in...

  8. A little question about soap and patients

    markko replied to liluiass's topic in General Nursing

    Soap is not meant to remain on the skin. It can create rashes and irritation. In extreme situations it may lead to a localized allergic

  9. Caught diverting

    markko replied to SD152420's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Self reporting is better than waiting for them to come to find

  10. Thoughts from a person with Borderline Personality Disorder

    markko replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was hospitalized in a psych unit for 6 weeks in 1980 at age 19 for what turned out to be depression, uncontrolled anxiety, and questionable psych illness. My MMPI was a mess. It showed a little...

  11. Please help! Under investigation for the first time and scared

    markko replied to dlkj413's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would get a hair test ASAP. Repeat it in a month if the investigation is still

  12. Can't Find A Job, Help!!!

    markko replied to caporalekristen's topic in Nurses Recovery

    After a couple of years, I wrote to the judge that sentenced me and asked that my record be expunged. He ran it by the district attorney and my attorney and they agreed. So, now my record is

  13. Legal issues with AA or NA

    markko replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AA is not a religious program. It mentions "god" a lot, but that is a historical term used to indicate there is something greater to this world than one's self. Call it the Force, if you will. Some...

  14. Eating the patients' food?

    markko replied to blackmamba123's topic in General Nursing

    I will only eat food that is individually wrapped, like a sandwich, and only if the patient has been discharged and kitchen sent up a tray by mistake. I scarf that puppy down in an empty room in...

  15. Which is better University of Memphis nursing program or Baptist nursing program ?

    markko replied to Dsmith181's topic in School, College Programs

    Whatever is cheapest, including commuting and living expenses. Public university degrees are easier to transfer overseas, if you ever need that to

  16. MDS assessments...

    markko replied to missyhosky's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I remember lots of mouse clicking. It's not bad, but it's not "real" nursing, IMHO. Mostly desk

  17. New Grad sad about job

    markko replied to Tiabluesky's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The first couple of years suck immensely because you have to work in places you don't want to be and at times you don't like. This may sound like "old nurse preaching," but the first new nurse job is...

  18. Dropping the "Nurse Card"?

    markko replied to RNJay_'s topic in General Nursing

    In 1996, I was drinking while at a casino in Minnesota and finished up and headed home to Wisconsin, a fifty mile drive. A trooper stopped me for doing 72 mph in a 65 mph zone at 10 PM. I fail the...

  19. Seizure code blue

    markko replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    You get just fine. You just do the best you can until help arrives and that seems like it takes forever

  20. Need Help

    markko replied to Apple-Core's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been in Alcoholics Anonymous for 18 years. My group's sidekick support group for relatives of addicts is Al-Anon. I'm been around the neighborhood long enough to see hopeless people come in,...

  21. Observed drug screen

    markko replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm with FirstSource and since there was no lab close by, they told me to go to a nearby Quest lab. I used that lab for two years. My first four tests were observed, but the lab got tired of hunting...

  22. Nurse to Firefighter

    markko replied to McStudMuffin's topic in Men in Nursing

    I started out in EMS in 1979 as a basic EMT and worked on a BLS ambulance service. In 1993, I got my nursing license. In 2005, the ambulance service upgraded to paramedic level. My state allows RNs...

  23. Struggling to be a Christian Nurse

    markko replied to newgirlintown94's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have a friend who went to a Christian nursing school and took a job in home health, then became a jail nurse. She tried to lay down a law in the jail that prisoners could not swear when talking to...

  24. Vaccination Health Concerns

    markko replied to user01298's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Get a letter from your doctor listing the required vaxx that cannot be given and why. That should do it. Also include the vaxx you've already had before you stop receiving them. Make sure every...

  25. aspergers

    markko replied to jose2010's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have Asperger's and am quirky, but the patients love my bedside manner and knowledge base. No issues, other than the occasional employee who gives me a funny look when I don't know if she's making...