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  1. TPAPN then move to another state?

    1964RNfromTX replied to phlox's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello, You say that you let your license go delinquent for 11 years? Were they suspended, revoked, etc. at that time? or did you just fail to renew them? If your license were in good standing in Texas...

  2. TPAPN:a Four Letter Word?

    1964RNfromTX posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm having to go through TPAPN for a past hoistory of 4 DWI's. The last one was in 1991. I have been sober for for ten years, but that doesn't seem to count. My alcohol dependancy assessment that I...

  3. TPAPN:a Four Letter Word?

    1964RNfromTX replied to 1964RNfromTX's topic in Texas Nursing

    NNOC is the organization that is responsible for getting unions started for nurses in CA, IL, and other states. They are also organizing Texas nurses to try to get a union started, as well as getting...

  4. TPAPN:a Four Letter Word?

    1964RNfromTX replied to 1964RNfromTX's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have recently found that I was sent to TPAPN illegally. According to my Declaratory Order. Texas Administrative Code RULE 213.29. (a) A person desiring to obtain or retain a license to practice...

  5. TPAPN Nurses

    1964RNfromTX replied to joelpap1's topic in Texas Nursing

    I, too, was forced into TPAPN for having DWI'S on my criminal record. The last DWI was in 1991, and when I agreed to TPAPN, had been sober for over 10 years. I have recently found that I was sent to...

  6. Teachers Becoming Nurses

    1964RNfromTX replied to bblair's topic in Texas Nursing

    As a nurse, you will ALSO be a teacher. You will spend a good part of your time teaching. You will teach about diagnoses, about medications, about treatments, and so forth and so on. So you see,...

  7. Are LVN"S allowed to access Mediports in Texas?

    1964RNfromTX replied to tobsafe's topic in Texas Nursing

    LVN's are allowed by the state, but your hospital policy may not allow it. LVN's used to be able to access central lines at our hospital, but our hospital changed it's policy, and now they can't...

  8. Protecting my license

    1964RNfromTX replied to cassie1682's topic in Texas Nursing

    You should not have to "sign away your liability". If you are hired as an RN, then you work under your license. If you are hired as a Nanny, then your license should not be involved, any more than if...

  9. Protecting my license

    1964RNfromTX replied to cassie1682's topic in Texas Nursing

    Make up a contract stating that you will be providing Nanny care only, and that any medical care must be performed at their PCP. Have them sign the contract and stick to it. If they truly are freinds,...

  10. Tpapn

    1964RNfromTX replied to Mayprosper's topic in Texas Nursing

    You cannot take any pain meds in TPAPN. Period. If you have to have pain meds, then TPAPN won't even accept you. Good

  11. Do nurses/students find pdas helpful in the ER?

    1964RNfromTX replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Emergency

    I used mine all through Nursing School and still use it. It comes in very handy, although i don't work ER. I like Epocrates Drug guide better, though. They are up-to-date, and it updates your PDA...