No outpatient dialysis experience, but I had many years of critical care. During my time there I was CRRT certified. So yes and no? Fresenius will hire new grads even, but from what I've seen, that's...
also, and I've been saying this for awhile now, the addicted professional needs to be covered in nursing school. we need to know that these programs exist and how we can enter them before we are...
I think it's fair that the board takes action when a nurse has an issue. I'm thankful that recovery programs are offered so that we can salvage our careers while we rebuild our lives. I do, however,...
depends a lot on what state you are in. if its positive, then yes some sort of professional recovery program will be involved to keep your license. also depends on your employer, some have zero...
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in indiana, last year I had an "abnormal" urine. when I gave the sample it was very light. I had a awful migraine that day I know I had drank more water than normal and took an excedrin (totally...
I was a travel travel nurse before i got help. i was in my home state practicing when it all went down though. i am enrolled in my home states peer program. now that my other licensed states have...
Indiana will still conduct the investigation and discipline your license with what they find, active or expired. If your Indiana License gets suspended or revoked, it will carry over to any other...
for indiana its listed as a "no-no" on the guide we get. whether or not they test for it, idk. but I do know about people getting in trouble for testing positive for benadryl while in the program. so...
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Brace yourself for a poop storm. Its going to get worse before it gets better. BUT IT WILL GET BETTER. Depending on what state you are in, there are peer programs for health professionals. It probably...
So I JUST started a new job. I am in the second week of my training and I just received the letter from the BON containing my formal complaint. I've been in monitoring for a year now and I knew this...
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I do not at all miss mine. I tried very hard to destroy my life with mine and now that I am on the other side of it all, I hate my DOC with a burning passion. It took me to lows I never thought I...
good luck to you! dont give up. I was denied by multiple nursing homes, LTACs and assisted living facilities due to my misdemeanor. it was very upsetting but this position is so much better than...
have you been given log in information on it? if so go to the website affinity spectrum and start your account. if not, contact you case worker and see what you should
for anyone who is struggling to find work, I've been successful in landing a job with fresenius. They were totally okay with the peer program (as I expected because diaylsis is generally recovery...
IPRP took about a month and they sent me mine through affinity and never told me (I hadn't logged in to affinity at that point yet) . So a couple weeks after they sent it I got a call saying if I...