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Hi all! I'm an RN, 6 months sober, and feeling very positive about my recovery. My state's monitoring program recently suggested I seek treatment with naltrexone for my opiate dependence. From what I've researched, it's just an opiate blocker, and do...

Hi Debnky, I'm currently in the ISNAP (Indiana) program, and my healthcare support group has a few people enrolled in the KARE program. You will be ordered so many per year... not sure about KY, but Indiana has a minimum of 12 and max of 42 a year. H...

The ISNAP (Indiana State Nurse's Assistance Program) does NOT allow use of suboxone, or any other controlled substance. When you first go into the program, they warn you that ISNAP follows an abstinence-based program, and that if you are currently ta...

I was just wondered what RN - CNA working relationships are like on everyone's floor... I'm a new grad and have been in orientation on a neuro med/surg floor for a little over a month. For 2 years before and the first half of nursing school, I worked...

I just took the NCLEX this month, and I haven't heard anything about it getting harder. Towards the end of school there were so many rumors flying around about the NCLEX, but the fact is you can't believe anything you hear. The NCLEX is a national ex...

Have you ever tried the Kaplan courses? I didn't take them, but several people I graduated with did and they liked it. It teaches you HOW to take the test, and doesn't focus on nursing content, such as how to pick up key words in questions, etc. Mayb...

I guess I'm a little confused... do you have to take a non-inpatient-unit job to stay with your current employer? Or are you just looking for one of these positions on your own?

I know I'm pretty far away (Kentucky), but nursing schools here require all applicants to have a CNA certification. They don't have to work as a CNA, but they have to pass the class and keep the certification up throughout school (clinicals count for...

I understand the concern some nurses have when they give out a lot of pain medication to patients... and I would imagine in rehab (with all the physical therapy, injuries/surgeries that require rehab), there would be a lot of patients that require so...

I'm a new grad (ADN) working on a neurology/med-surg floor of a hospital in Louisville, KY, and I'm starting at $20.45/hour for 1st shift. I believe night shift makes a 15% differential.