catmom1 BSN, RN

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    Finding employment with IPN contract

    catmom1 replied to Tricia595's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I definitely recommend that you search the word "interview" in this forum for many good suggestions that have been provided over the years. Catmom
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    So exhausted and haven't even started

    catmom1 replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When my stuff hit the fan, I was sure I would die of the shame. My name was even in my city's newspaper. I will never forget that pain, but it does get better. I celebrated 10 years clean on Dec 8....
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    Length of your monitoring program?

    catmom1 replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ditto what you said about my state: Nebraska. Catmom
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    Yippie!

    catmom1 replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you for your help! I will check out that section of Craigslist. Catmom
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    Can you solve this mcg to mg conversion?

    catmom1 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Medications

    :laugh: Catmom
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    TPAPN support group

    catmom1 replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't live in your area, but thanks for posting this. If I did live near you, I'd love to take part in what sounds like a great opportunity for support in recovery. Catmom
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    Good thoughts please!

    catmom1 replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good thoughts coming your way! :anpom: Catmom
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    still waiting on that chance

    catmom1 replied to moving4wrd's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The real problem isn't with any of us. The economy is still in the dumper. I have no stipulations and can only get prn work as a flu clinic nurse since my knees can't take working the floor in a...
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    RN refresher course

    catmom1 replied to dekyrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes I completed one in 2006 and had a tough time getting a clinical location also. The clinical involved nothing more than accompanying and observing for one week on a med/surg unit and one week in...
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    Can RNs w/ restrictions work at Flu shot clinics?

    catmom1 replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It depends on what your contract says. After I had completed multiple years (can't remember how many) of my sentence (er...probation), I did flu shots at clinics at many different workplaces with...
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    escaping hprp

    catmom1 replied to brayrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is only an unavoidable, permanent black mark in 10 states. Lucky me to live where I do. Catmom
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    Husband starting IPN, needing advice

    catmom1 replied to wifeofarn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Have your husband get a lawyer before talking to anyone! He needs a lawyer with experience in administrative law, specifically in dealing with licensure actions and the board of nursing. Per the...
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    escaping hprp

    catmom1 replied to brayrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In my state of Nebraska, the impaired professionals' program is extremely punitive and humiliating. There is a permanent black mark on the license of anyone subjected to it. I did not have criminal...
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    Diversion offered to new grads with prior convictions?

    catmom1 replied to morningglory123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry to say that in this job market, "this country" does not necessarily give a second chance. When there are many qualified applicants for any open position, people with blemishes on their records...
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    Please help!

    catmom1 replied to Krk410's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Read through this forum. Go back and read the absolute wealth of experience that has been shared here over the years. All of us here have honorable scars from dealing with our demons and what can be...
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    any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    catmom1 replied to milksteak's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi FutureHope17- I won't address your licensure issues at this point except to say that if you end up getting an unfair deal, you won't be the first or the last. I got clean in 2004 and I am still...
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    Made a mistake, need some advice...

    catmom1 replied to <3Psych's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am someone for whom opiates were a drug of choice. I have to tell you that I was horrible about throwing out medications, too--because I took them all!!! (if they were opiates). For what it's...
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    Sooo lost....ready to give up nursing if that's what it takes

    catmom1 replied to JoJo7737's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Trust me when I tell you: Get a lawyer experienced in dealing with licensure issues- NOW! Do NOT speak with anyone else before speaking to him/her. You may think you can't afford it, but you...
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    forgot First Lab call in. California Probation

    catmom1 replied to onlytimeforme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My state doesn't play either. Catmom
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    forgot First Lab call in. California Probation

    catmom1 replied to onlytimeforme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    By the way, when I missed the one call in in six years, I called my monitor immediately and left a voicemail even though it was on a Sunday. I do not recommend "just WAITING" for a monitor to contact...
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    forgot First Lab call in. California Probation

    catmom1 replied to onlytimeforme's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with you Twoyearnurse. I have been a member here since 2006 and we do get spammy type posts for these "services" very often. I still can't imagine in my wildest dreams missing more than one...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    catmom1 replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hope I am not derailing this thread by wondering this myself. I saw ICURN3020's question and thought it might be a joke. Then I saw that a previous poster was serious that there are "service cats."...
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    Medical Assistants being called nurses

    catmom1 replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since you made a point of wishing to use correct grammar...it should be "facility for which" since the facility is not a person to whom you might refer. (I have the feeling I am going to regret...
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    Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    catmom1 replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had never heard of Vail beds before this either. When I googled the term, I found several references to recalls of these beds and even one mention that the Vail beds were not to be manufactured any...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

    catmom1 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please don't get me stirred up into "Grammar Queen" mode. I notice grammar and spelling errors all the time and rarely make the mistake of correcting the poster, lol. Recently, I very gently...