mom35

1 to 20 to 40 pts with an lvn to pass meds, an between 4 to 6 pnas.

Short re-cap... I was placed on TPAPN Mental Health Track. I will be on it with a minimum of one year and six months monitoring at work. In March TPAPN gave me permission to go back to work. I went to several interviews without luck. Finally, about o...

Hi All! I am looking to take a break from the floor and curious as to what a Quality Management Consultant nurse for Aetna does.

How may I find out if I am on the list???

You know the more I read these posts, the more I believe that being an R.N. means we are being judged for simply being human beings, and it is really upsetting! I was lucky in that I am on the Mental Health track of tpapn. So is having anxiety and MD...

Hello, after 4.5 years in psychiatric inpatient nursing, I am making a change to dialysis with Fresenius clinic. I would love to hear about this type of nursing and would love to hear about experience with Fresenius! Grateful!!!!

AWESOME!!!!!

I appreciate these responses! I am thankful to only be monitored and not disciplined. I am grateful that I was placed in the mental health track for a year, minimum. I am very thankful for my advocate too!!! My advocate really has assisted me in navi...

Hello All, I have been an RN since 2011. Last April I was prescribed Klonopin for severe anxiety. I made a bad decision and took an extra pill at work on my shift. It was too strong and I almost passed out and had to go to er. I was fired and r...

I just found out today that I will be on the tpapn mental health track and not the substance abuse track. So I will not have any narcotic giving restrictions and no testing. This bit of news gives me some relief because it is one year in legnth.

Also, what about cigarettes? Are they to be avoided?

I thought my doctor's comment was rude. It literally felt like someone was twisting my gut. My case worker said I can find a position. The support here has lifted my spirits greatly. The anxiety I have had starting this program plus with my hospital ...

I need all the help I can get especially finding a job. I was working in psych but that hospital closed on Feb 16. Now I am starting tpapn and my eval has been done and my case worker will be getting back to me with details. On my last visit to my ps...

Thanks so much.

Thank you so much. Your words help me.

I was fired from my psych rn position after three years due to I took an extra klonopin, my prescription, at work and fainted. I told my supervisor what I had done. They tested me and the test came back negative. They fired me. I understand . My ex e...

Hi guys, I am a frequent poster, reader and lover of allnurses!! You guys have given me ample information and help and support! I need more help! Problem- when I give report, it is like I forget everything. I start getting my pts. mixed up and I ...

Something odd is going on at my hospital. I work on a (formerly busy) med/surge floor but lately they are cancelling nurses and putting them on call left and right. We usually work 4 12 hour shifts per week but lately many of us are lucky to get 2 ...

I have not been on here in a long time. But I am in distress and need advice/input. I started my nursing career two years ago on a med/surge floor. I love what I do, but last night terrified me. I had a patient that was 58y. multiple issues/drug u...

I don't know that it is the ACA. I just don't know why when we are usually packed this time of year, we are down in the teens as opposed to over 40. The other closest hospital is three hours away, I don't think we have much competition. I am not b...

I was precepting three months after I finished orientation. I was not comfortable with it, and they said "oh, but they are taking all seven patients, you just have to be there if they have questions". I was not comfortable with it and I usually do ...

He very well could have, I didn't think of that.

Hi guys, this is an update from mom35. I graduated in Dallas with my adn in May 2011. After applying feverishly to every hospital in DFW (literally hundreds of apps) and no luck, I began applying out of town and now work in Eagle Pass at Fort Duncan...

Hi all, I have been an employed RN since 2011 Nov. Right now I work med/surge/tele unit and I aim to start a psych nurse career after about two years of experience with my current unit. My inquiry is concerning nursing conferences. I have joined A...

I am an anxious individual to begin with, and the anxiety when I started was tremendous! Somewhere around my fifth or six month I stopped getting nauseated and the terror prior to my shift began to lessen. Now it will be one year on Nov. 17th and I...