Universe93B

Universe93B

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  1. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Anyone with a medical background, like us, can tell this is not random. There is no point to doing a peth test every week. Total robbery of money here. After you're done with the program, I would...

  2. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    But this doesn't help the "monitoring participant" adapt to how they should be living their life. The monitoring contract is to help the individual abstain from alcohol or substances and learn other...

  3. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It won't pick up periodic drinking though - ask me how I know LOL. 1-3 drinks every other week or maybe even more often will not be in a hair/nail etg. Hair/Nail ETG is a long-term test, but it's...

  4. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Jtc4583, can you please provide some context as we all asked earlier? Did you drink before the peth and how much/how long before the test? Did they even try to ask you why or what did you say...

  5. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Right, in my program, the number of urine etg tests per month decreases by quite a bit in the last part. But there is a random peth and a random nail/hair etg that happens also sometime during that...

  6. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Racoon1982, just wanted to follow-up again and see if you saw the questions in the previous

  7. Last 8 weeks testing

    Universe93B replied to Nursinggirl17's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You're supposed to get less testing as the end nears. All of these monitoring programs are so sick - with no help of any kind of recovery. They just make you angry and angrier. Keep up the great...

  8. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Universe93B replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You drank 2 standard drinks (2 mini-bottles, probably 50ml each) and you HAD NOT drank for 4 weeks before that, correct? And you had a peth test 5.5 days later and it was a 37? That doesn't...

  9. Vacationing while in monitoring

    Universe93B replied to Nursejess1214's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hawaii is a US state, so you may not get a "out of country exemption." Most everyone I've spoke to, they tell their case manager that they are going out of the country on vacation. Right when they...

  10. Finished WHPS today!!

    Universe93B replied to Jas10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations! I get so happy reading posts like these! I wish I was done but taking your advice and stay off the radar. Have 5 years monitoring, just completed 2.5 years, just passed the...

  11. One Year Down!

    Universe93B replied to Purplenurse123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You are 1/3 done, good job! And yes, follow your rules and don't have a positive test because your "very good" rules right now can easily change and you will be jumping through 20 hoops a

  12. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep, so the app gives you a phone alert, and then you have to fire up the app, it starts recording, and you blow into the device and the result is sent to them. You have to test within 30 min of the...

  13. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ****UPDATE**** It's been a while since I first posted the story and had a chance to talk to this friend and the process she went through - so wanted to update so people are aware and help....

  14. PEth

    Universe93B replied to bulldog's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When was the last time and how much did you drink before that wine-drinking episode? Like was it 4 weeks or over? If so, then your "few" glasses of wine could be negative for peth after 5 days or...

  15. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just wanted to add in to the comments about 5 year monitoring - they are trying to make it standardized for nurses is what I've heard. See, physicians, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists and PAs all...

  16. Be careful in monitoring with urine and blood tests like peth!

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The story is not odd. Actually, it's quite common. 5 years is a long time for monitoring, and if someone gets "comfortable" with it, they may try to drink socially again. If you don't have a SUD,...

  17. PeTH finger prick test?

    Universe93B replied to dancinginthedark's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Alcohol swabs on the finger will NOT affect the peth test result. Peth is only formed by ingestion of alcohol where a chemical process occurs and forms phosphatidylethanol and it becomes embedded in...

  18. Glad to be here with you guys!

    Universe93B posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't like that we are all on this forum, but that's life and I'm glad we have this space and you all are here. I first joined last March 2022 when my monitoring agreement started. I posted a...

  19. Are you guys going to AA/NA meetings or not, how to track?

    Universe93B posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    How many AA/NA meetings is everyone required to go to in your programs? I don't find them helpful anymore, maybe in the beginning since the stress of everything that happened - listening to others'...

  20. Officially Completed My Contract

    Universe93B replied to Yellowbird68's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh that is for sure! For sure! For now, it's a game of urine etg, peth tests, and documenting AA/NA meetings and trying to end therapy (there is a guideline that if the therapist agrees, we can...

  21. Officially Completed My Contract

    Universe93B replied to Yellowbird68's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm glad you finished the 2 years and you got out! Enjoy! 2 years is impossible in my state, it's always 3-5 years monitoring, with 5 years being the standard now. Everyone is "labeled" with...

  22. Does probation always mean nurse license suspension?

    Universe93B replied to NurseMarplay's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My state (SC) is moving to the physician model or slowly towards it anyway. In that model, you most likely will need monitoring but it's not called probation anymore. It's called a "condition on a...

  23. Are you guys going to AA/NA meetings or not, how to track?

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    For the nurses, physicians, pharmacists and NPs I've seen, if you have a positive test, your monitoring agreement gets "more difficult" AND you get more time added. So the added time is the worst....

  24. Are you guys going to AA/NA meetings or not, how to track?

    Universe93B replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Same here - I don't go anymore, I just log them on the app. Well, looks like if you screw up (test positive on urine etg, etc) - it's like Covid doesn't exist and you have to physically go in...

  25. CA BRN investigation

    Universe93B replied to nurseinca california's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They suspected you of being under the influence of something but they didn't even test you - that's ridiculous on their part and a mistake. A "medical board" lawyer (who deals with physicians,...