sissiesmama ASN, RN

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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hey, Tweety! As usual, you offered some great insight and responses! And you are right, that we don't need to lose sight of the fact that something horrible did happen to that young person and the...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    AirforceRN2b - glad to meet u! And I had been thinking myself that the thread was getting a little heated. As to the name calling, I hope that since we are all professionals, we can refrain from...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Right on, Cat!!!! You go girl!! That was one of my points throughout this thread. And, Vickynurse, I agree completely that active users should not be allowed to nurse. And yes, I do believe that...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Vickynurse - yes, I do have some knowledge in an addict in nursing, from personal experience, and that is not what I planned on wwhen I decided to go to nwg. school. But yes, I can tell you the p.c....
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Vickynurse - you can see the ignorance in one sentence in your posting when you said you would never let an addict take care of one of your loved one. Do some research, because an addict, the...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Vickynurse - I sense the disgust that is apparent is your postings in this topic, and as some of us addicts asked Tom, what is it in your life that makes you despise us as a whole? ACOA maybe?...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, janet! Good question! I did call my attorney standing outside the administration offices standing with the security guard and one of the admin. type NM, or VP, or whatever she was, about...
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    Please say a prayer

    sissiesmama replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, swtooth - myhubbie and I are both RNC's with med surg certification. We both will keep you and your classmates in your prayers. No matter how much time passes after you take boards, you never...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Hello to all following the thread - kind of a sad note to my fellow recovering nurses. This afternoon after lunch I took my 9 year old son to the pool to swim. He and my 15 year old son have the...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Hey angels RN! I was SO glad to see your post! It's always GREAT to hear another success story. I hated to see the way you were treated, with the BS and false accusations of using (and with no UDS...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    and please know that we are still skilled, compasionate, loving, caring people, but most of all, we are still nurses! and being in recovery we do deserve the honor to care for patients! to answer the...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Hey janetjanetbobanet! (I hope my spelling is right!) I was SO glad to see your post regarding this topic. I know that it is not a popular subject for obvious reasons, but it needs to be out there...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, glad to see your post on this subject! With some of the rather negative postings regarding us not working since we are addicts, but in recovery, you, as well as Tazzi and Catittude make me...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly, Timothy! We can still be productive, caring, dedicated RECOVERING nurses without being permanently disbarred, so to speak. And in the city where I work, all hospitals have random UDS, I...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to both of you, Cattitude and Tazzi!!! YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!! As I have said before, as a recovering nurse, it is wonderful to feel the support you both provide, almost oozing through my laptop...
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    Certification Exam

    sissiesmama replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Suni - congrats!!! I'm so glad you passed! I amglad you heard in just 4 weeks instead of the 7 WEEKS it took mine!! Anne,
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    Co-worker stole my ID

    sissiesmama replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP - please listen to the advice given per Tazzi. She hit the nail on the head. You do have the responsibility to this nurse, your (and other nurses) patients, and anyone that may pass this...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    sissiesmama replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have been reading this thread since its beginning, and just wanted to bring up just a few points. I am an RN and in recovery. I have over 6 years clean time. My husband is also an RN with only a...
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    How does a person get started in ICU?

    sissiesmama replied to Jo Dirt's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey MM --- I saw your earlier posting about home health and was disappointed when I found out it was closed. Anyway, to the topic at hand, I was like you wanting to get into ICU/CCU, and had been...
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    What kind of error puts a license at risk?

    sissiesmama replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Taz - Hey! you were right! And I am sure that lack of orientation does not make it "ok" to lie about something like that. That kind of nurse, it makes you wonder what else they have lied about, on...
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    Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    sissiesmama posted a topic in General Nursing

    I seem to be a poo-poo magnet some days, and this past Friday was no exception. I was in noon traffic running an errand, and noted there was a wreck on the other side of the median. 3 vehicles...
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    Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    U said it, sister!! And to bring up again, I stepped slowly out of my vehicle with my hands in PLAIN site. I was also wearing a big freaking short sleeved tshirt with a huge medical red cross....
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    I want to change jobs, be a Walmart Greeter

    sissiesmama replied to kdot2003's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey! Everyone is right, your unit/facility is a good way to help deal with that kind of situation. I am getting out of the field after 16 years, so youre not alone! Can I use you as a reference on...
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    Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! That's kind of what I was thinking, too. And to top it all off, I had gotten the result of my 24 hr. holter monitor and was en route to the MD's office! Par for the course for me. I ended up...
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    Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    sissiesmama replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right! It took me a little while to calm down after it happened, but within 1 hour of the occurrence, I was on the phone with the shift supervisor, who happens to be married to an ER...