Steven Thompson

Steven Thompson

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  1. PEth

    Steven Thompson replied to bulldog's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Always a chance but likelihood is very

  2. California Nurses

    Steven Thompson replied to Sanfranjflo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Totally depends on the evaluator that day and your background. You may get a urine test, you may get a hair test, you may get both. Read up on the "SASSI". This test is what addictionologists use as...

  3. Moving after completion of program

    Steven Thompson replied to kythe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My program was 5 years. If I would have got 2 million bucks, I would have left the program at any time and not have done the whole 5 years and I had an SUD. For me (to each is there own) but for me...

  4. Moving after completion of program

    Steven Thompson replied to kythe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Agree with al 100%

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Fair enough and we agree to disagree. Nothing wrong with that and it's what makes us human. One thing to keep in mind is that you wrote, "You who have a SUD seem to have needed a monitoring...

  6. Moving after completion of program

    Steven Thompson replied to kythe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As it relates to your state that you are in its overwhelmingly likely 2 things will happen by the time you finish the remaining 18 months. 1. You will be done at the 3 year mark (approximate 18...

  7. CA Diversion Program Changes

    Steven Thompson replied to C Rizzle's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with you all above regarding nurse boards overstretched and siding more with being far to punitive instead of truly just protecting the public. But, 2 things here. First, anyone who has...

  8. Moving after completion of program

    Steven Thompson replied to kythe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Logic is not mine. The logic is the state boards. And the answer to your question is YES, state boards of Nursing historically do NOT add another 2 years if a nurse completed a 3 year program and...

  9. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Steven Thompson replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You not only did the right thing by being truthful, you Owned it and things like ownership/truthfulness are literally correlated with decreasing chances of relapse and telling the truth not only...

  10. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Steven Thompson replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    First, you called your behavior out forward it was and that's doing the right thing. You are owning it which means the chances of you doing this again decrease. Some foolish people who have no clue...

  11. Monitoring and had a pETh test 5.5 days ago

    Steven Thompson replied to Raccoon1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You know the rules and you knew you were not supposed to touch alcohol and you said you were in for opiates. Go to the 3 recovery meetings per week and actually LISTEN while there. You are playing...

  12. Moving after completion of program

    Steven Thompson replied to kythe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Having worked and known well over 100 plus nurses in recovery and having set on the California Board, I've never heard of ANY case (not one time) where a nurse moves to another state after Completing...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have no idea. All I know is, many people are in monitoring programs without truly having a SUD. We agree on that. Where we disagree is on the nurse in a monitoring program that drank 7 beers on a...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't say "us". You don't speak for the entire message board and wasn't voted to represent everyone, so stop the red herring by using the word "us" and using the 4th grade red herring of building a...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Didn't diagnose anyone. Ignorance is a behavior and narcissistic personality disorder is a diagnosis and narcissistic behavior is not. I pointed out her behavior was narcissistic (and it was). There's...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We disagree. It absolutely is ignorant something related to narcissism and DO LABEL when something is clear and call it out for what it is. Moral relativism is exactly why so many of us ended up in...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hold on now....a huge difference in saying people trying to beat the system have low IQs versus the person described in this thread that drank 7 beers on the weekend and wondered why she got caught as...

  18. Oig exclusion list

    Steven Thompson replied to TiredofBON's topic in Nurses Recovery

    State Medicaid Exclusion Lists versus the Federal OIG exclusion list. The 2 above are not the same. The ONLY way you can get onto the Federal Government OIG exclusion list is BY FIRST BEING...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The problem is regardless of whether you have an SUD or not, once you are in this program, you are in. You don't act out or "fight the man," or "have a lower threshold for BS," by using drugs or...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Let me see, a nurse is in a monitoring program that states very clearly, no substances. Then the nurse has 7 drinks on the weekend and tests positive for alcohol and she now has to go for an...

  21. APRN seeking employment after being reported to NPDB for substance use disorder

    Steven Thompson replied to crna05's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You will get a job and again, of about 100 CRNAs I worked with in recovery, all but 1 got a job and she didn't a get job because she was still using. Most (not all) but MOST CRNAs who divert will go...

  22. APRN seeking employment after being reported to NPDB for substance use disorder

    Steven Thompson replied to crna05's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Being in the NPDB and whether a facility accepts/bills Medicare has a grand total of ZERO relation. Again that's nursing school myth and legend and gossip. Being in the NPDB absolutely does not make...

  23. APRN seeking employment after being reported to NPDB for substance use disorder

    Steven Thompson replied to crna05's topic in Nurses Recovery

    P.S. Basically any APRN that has diverted and is under monitoring agreement goes into the NPDB. That's a given and it's not nearly a big of a deal as you think or were likely led to believe in school....

  24. APRN seeking employment after being reported to NPDB for substance use disorder

    Steven Thompson replied to crna05's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Apply for GI centers, eye centers, large metropolitan area hospitals that need help and you will be surprised at how many CRNAs and RNs and Physicians are in recovery at large hospitals. Getting your...

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

    Steven Thompson replied to Universe93B's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I understand it clearly regardless of whether you have an SUD or not, you are HERE. For the person that is in a program like this that openly just drinks alcohol (regardless of whether they have an...