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  1. An update on my stepson

    pollyanna83 replied to sissiesmama's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sissie, Do not give up on your stepson. I was him 30 years ago. Drank everything, took everything, drove while practically comatose. My husband put me into treatment 3 months after we married. I'm...

  2. How does your BON know your working?

    pollyanna83 replied to sl33y's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Any employer in the state of texas that pays into the Texas UI system gives the list of all employees to the workforce commission. If your working in Texas and your Employer takes out your taxes and...

  3. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My point is. Whether we like it or not young good-looking people have more oppurtunities. They are assumed to be smarter. They are given more chances to succeed. It isn't catty to ask the question but...

  4. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you both, she is coping well with the wait because she has given ALL the details to the investigator for the BON so she has nothing left to hide. But the hospital did not report, for whatever...

  5. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes, to all of the above. She worked every shift with every nurse and NM and they all signed off on waste they did not witness. It was personnel from a completely different area of the hospital that...

  6. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just to update. So far so good. My friend has submitted her reply to BON (8 pages, 2 weeks ago) including 3 negative drug screens. The hospital had no positives to counter and has told the board that...

  7. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Just an update. My friend was reported by a 3rd party that wasn't present and made a false claim based upon what she overheard from someone days later. At my friends initial interview with the BON...

  8. what to do

    pollyanna83 replied to SassyErRn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Am I just imagining it or does it seem that a lot of med-surg nurses end up abusing after years of super stressful jobs, with 12 hour shifts and large patient loads? My friend was in this same...

  9. Drug addicted nurses

    pollyanna83 replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is always an emotional or physical precipitating event but that should not be an excuse. In the case of my friend she had a disasterous marriage that ended, tramatic birth, chronic IBS, and the...

  10. Hospice Home care ?

    pollyanna83 replied to Rascal1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I could not agree more e.tx. nurse. Most recovering alcoholics do not realize the inherent dangers if being anywhere there are controlled substances. For, example Xanax is identical to alcohol in...

  11. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think your correct also E.Tx. nurse and that is what I would do just because it would finally be finished but she is worried about her friends and the hospital and her nurse manager. She is...

  12. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    She would never tell who signed. That is an erroneous assumption. Yes, they will be able tell without her saying and that's not something she can do anything about. She just revealed her issues and...

  13. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    She is afraid to report herself because she feels she got burned by reporting herself to her nurse manager after she was already clean and in recovery. She is even afraid to call her nurse manager to...

  14. New grad seeking "low abuse risk" specialty advice

    pollyanna83 replied to shopgirl44's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good options are assessment nurse for geriatric rehab facilities, (to maintain compliance) many facilies have med techs that have the key codes and nurse assesors do not have access or...

  15. New grad seeking "low abuse risk" specialty advice

    pollyanna83 replied to shopgirl44's topic in Nurses Recovery

    29 years sober and I still can taste the vodka going down and the fog set in that makes everything else go away. I live in a dry county but I walked into a convenience store a few months ago and saw...

  16. friend fired after self reporting

    pollyanna83 replied to pollyanna83's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good news!!! My friend just called and was hired to do assessments for a rehab center. No meds to administer, that's all done by techs. She was honest and they hired her without contacting her...

  17. PAY FOR NEW GRADUATE RN's FOR ST. LOUIS AREA

    pollyanna83 replied to tigerrose's topic in General Nursing

    MOBAP pays graduate nurses 18.25 PH days. Tuition reinbursement is 2500.00 per year. 6000.00 signing bonus in Med-surg. 2 yr contract required but you can change areas after 1 year. Talk to them...

  18. Nursing union targets Texas

    pollyanna83 replied to mark hamel's topic in Texas Nursing

    52,500 to 62,500 base starting depending on the size of the hospital and experience. That's

  19. Nursing union targets Texas

    pollyanna83 replied to mark hamel's topic in Texas Nursing

    Huge oversimplification. Unions also represent, garment workers, steelworkers, clerks, teachers, police officers, and various other employees that are hardworking self-sacrificing individuals....

  20. Nursing union targets Texas

    pollyanna83 replied to mark hamel's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't know about the number that responded in San Antonio but when when the AFL-CIO responded to the plight of Corpus Christi, TX. nurses year before last the CITY was brought to its knees and...

  21. Wow..Disappointed!

    pollyanna83 replied to Erica1019's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just said this to lilrednurse. Took 130 questions Monday. Did not eat for 2 days. Convinced of failure. Called everyone to soften the inevitable blow and then had to eat my words. Last 40 questions...

  22. Dont know what to think...Pls HELP!!

    pollyanna83 replied to AnaBanana12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To lilrednurse. Took RN NCLEX on Monday. Made myself sick, convinced of failure, despite 9 nursing school awards, including honors, and full scholarship. I felt inept and ill prepared. Exactly 48 hrs...