DistressedRN

DistressedRN

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  1. Tnpap and drinking

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What was the testing code? It is usually something like H-737675 or something similar. I will say that Option 12 is normally the whole blood collection for peth. Also, O-792070 is definitely a...

  2. Tnpap and drinking

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’ve had $130 tests that weren’t Peth. If they do fingersticks and blot them on paper, that’s a peth. If it’s just a blood draw, that isn’t. How much of the spiked drink did you

  3. Tnpap and drinking

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I honestly think you’ll be okay now that we are four days out from the drink and you couldn’t possibly be tested til Monday, IF you got selected. I collect urine and blood for Affinity where I...

  4. Ambien?

    DistressedRN replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is a specific test for Ambien and it is frequently added onto the testing panels on nurses in monitoring contracts. It is on the big no-no list for people in recovery, as it alters your LOC and...

  5. Hand Sanitizer

    DistressedRN replied to ConcordGrape77's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There’s no need to use alcohol free. When you’re sanitizing your hands, keep them down below your waist and away from your face until it dries. That was straight from my case manager. I just got...

  6. Affinity monitoring

    DistressedRN replied to CantEscape's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’m not sure about your program or your personal circumstances, but I was cleared to go back to work as a nurse as soon as I signed my contract, just with a 6 month narc restriction, as were most...

  7. Affinity monitoring

    DistressedRN replied to CantEscape's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Whenever myself or any of my friends in monitoring have gotten a ‘test suspended’ or ‘no result’ it was either a lab error or a logistics error and our money has been refunded to our account....

  8. value out of range

    DistressedRN replied to wvnurse2020's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It could be either dilute OR too concentrated. I’ve had two ‘abnormal’ results in Affinity for being too concentrated and one ‘value out of range’ for being WAYYYY too concentrated. (Urine...

  9. VDAP Testing Cost Heads Up

    DistressedRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’d kill for a hair collection to be that cheap! In Tnpap it’s $250 plus the site fee.

  10. Affinity, KARE, abnormal

    DistressedRN replied to tarab333's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’ve gotten ‘abnormal’ twice from affinity and mine was too concentrated meaning I hadn’t drank enough. The last one came a day after I had ran 11 miles and I think my urine creatinine was...

  11. TNPAP Monitoring Agreement

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Same. I pay $300 quarterly. I’m about to use my stimulus check to go ahead and pay the remaining year I have. In the beginning I didn’t want to do that because they’re non refundable, and if...

  12. TNPAP Monitoring Agreement

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Birchwood is once per week and depending on where you live you have the option of an in person meeting or a zoom meeting. Even though there’s a local meeting near me I do Zoom. Much easier &...

  13. TNPAP Monitoring Agreement

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My case manager emailed me and gave me the agreement to read and sign, the instructions on how to set up my Birchwood account & choose that group, and the instructions on how you download the...

  14. TNPAP Monitoring Agreement

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, please don’t have the drink! The price you’ll pay if you get caught is just too high. As far as your other question, I got my monitoring contract about a week and a half after I finished

  15. TnPap (Tennessee)

    DistressedRN replied to ams0822's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It’s awesome that your evaluator and TNPap didn’t make you cease practice! But unfortunately I don’t think they’ll count that time. But I’d ask my case manager just to be absolutely sure....

  16. TnPap (Tennessee)

    DistressedRN replied to ams0822's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It starts when you get your first job using your nursing license AFTER signing your monitoring agreement. I signed my contract in June, started working in September, and wasn’t off narc...

  17. COVID 19 and Monitoring Programs

    DistressedRN replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yessss. If anything I’m less stressed because now I’m not wasting hours each week driving to and sitting in meetings that I’m completely tuned out of when I have a million other things I need...

  18. COVID 19 and Monitoring Programs

    DistressedRN replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not only that, but if Labcorp and Quest are running their own covid-19 tests, I have no desire to go sit in their waiting room with people who think they’re

  19. TNPAP MONITORING AGREEMENT

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sure. Can you get pm

  20. TNPAP MONITORING AGREEMENT

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No. Unencumbered. I have to limit my practice to the state of TN but my compact status will be reinstated once I complete the

  21. TNPAP MONITORING AGREEMENT

    DistressedRN replied to sam2brooke's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It looks like you’ve already had your TnPAP evaluation and gotten the recommendation for IOP? It honestly seems like you’re in a good position as far as your job is concerned if they’re willing...

  22. Getting my license reinstated - REALLY nervous. Advice? (involves hx with TNPAP and license discipline)

    DistressedRN replied to SugarNSpiceX2's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, you will have to report to TNPap. And they will want you to go for an evaluation with a TNPap evaluator prior to beginning another contract, and they will evaluate your ability to return to...

  23. REQUESTING EARLY RELEASE

    DistressedRN replied to KingJames1227's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow! Switching to PRN affects your order? That’s crazy! My 3 year program requires I work 6 months with a narc restriction and 6 months without and I’m good. Any employment status fulfills...

  24. Probation/monitoring $$$

    DistressedRN replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It’s ridiculous how much money you have to lay out upfront. I had to pay for 28 days of inpatient out of pocket because I had two months of documented sobriety prior to my program telling me I had...

  25. Do Not Eat List

    DistressedRN replied to Kristina2222's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Honestly, all I avoid are things with tons of poppyseeds and anything that is made with actual alcohol (like red wine vinaigrette). Soy sauce, vanilla flavored things, still on my diet and so far, so...