LilRedRN1973

LilRedRN1973

ICU, psych, corrections

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  1. I give up! How long did it take you to find a job?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was fortunate....the day my license was given back (I surrendered it June 30, 2008 and the BON granted it back in March 2009), I had a job. In December of 2009, I started working in a dialysis...

  2. TMCC Program

    LilRedRN1973 replied to kjsquared's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I usually worked two 12-hour shifts while in school. I was also juggling a 3 year old and 6 year old, along with a husband who worked full time night shift and was going to school himself 3/4 time!...

  3. TMCC Program

    LilRedRN1973 replied to kjsquared's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Things must have changed quite a bit since 2007 at Renown (in the ICU). When I worked there, we never had CNA's. We did total patient care; sometimes we had the help of the Critical Care Tech but...

  4. Just took random drug test

    LilRedRN1973 replied to learninglessons12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What disability do you

  5. SICU at Renown in Reno - is my recruiter hiding something?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to tookdaddy's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I used to work in the ICU at Renown and left because I was tired of getting 3 patient assigments (there were some other reasons I left as well, some being way too many inexperienced RN's and...

  6. 12 Hour Shifts--A bad idea?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to ObstreperousYoungLad's topic in General Nursing

    After doing 4 years of 12 hour shifts, I'm happy to be working a "normal" 8-hour day. I'm home every day by 5pm to see my kids, eat dinner with them, help with homework, and hell....even go to the...

  7. Pregnancy: best during nursing school or as a new hire?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to science in flowers's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the majority of the posters above and in addition, children are VERY expensive. LOL. What, God forbid, you don't graduate nursing school after having that cute little baby? Now you've...

  8. She was honest but...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to curious_boss's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I just went in my supervisor's office yesterday and thanked him yet again for giving me a chance when I know there were other candidates for the job more qualified who did not have a history of...

  9. What a week!#$%$! But I'm still sober = )

    LilRedRN1973 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Last week, I found I had to have more extensive dental work including oral surgery and some root canals, a friend and fellow AA'er committed suicide (son of my first sponsor), a long time client at...

  10. What does a chemical dependency RN do?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to LocalGal's topic in Addictions

    Why were they giving methadone for a client coming off a benzo? I can understand giving methadone for heroin, which is an opiate (although I think you stated it was a benzodiazepine). I'm relatively...

  11. IV Questions from a New Nurse

    LilRedRN1973 replied to BowHunterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not in my experience (I have rheumatoid arthritis) I treat mine with

  12. Violation of privacy

    LilRedRN1973 replied to sissykim's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have never been observed during my specimen collections. Ever. Been in this monitoring program since August 2008. I guess each state has their own rules about collecting urines. I would be quite...

  13. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    LilRedRN1973 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to ask what might cause extreme swelling and tenderness unilaterally in the submandibular lymph node? My left lymph node is so swollen you can almost see it just through inspection. It's...

  14. suggestions for RN positions without access to narcs

    LilRedRN1973 replied to leilahoney's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I work at an outpatient psychiatric medication clinic. The only meds we handle are the scheduled haldol, prolixin, and risperdal consta injections for the clients...no narcs, ever. The clients get...

  15. Your work environment

    LilRedRN1973 replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    I felt like that that when I worked in the hospital setting. It was horrible...lots of backstabbing, gossip, "mean girl" crap, etc. I came back one night after being off to find out that my charge...

  16. Wondering who has changed specialties

    LilRedRN1973 replied to LisaB19's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Boy, did I!!! I went straight into ICU after nursing school and LOVED it. It was where I thought I belonged. I started working there after my first semester in nursing school as a tech, then moved...

  17. Treated any differently for street drugs?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to spizwink's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have a colleague who was busted for meth.... I don't think of him differently or treat him any differently. I have another colleague who was actually the supervisor of the CIC, was an alcoholic,...

  18. TPAPN question

    LilRedRN1973 replied to bigdttu's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When I worked at the dialysis clinic from 5am to 7:30pm and was selected, I would leave work to go test, then return. I used my lunch for part of that time and it was inconvenient but my state didn't...

  19. FORGOT TO CALL IN!!

    LilRedRN1973 replied to grace86's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have forgotten 4 or 5 times since being put on randoms in August of 2008. Every time, I have immediately called my Board of Nursing Compliance Coordinator and told her what happened (they all...

  20. Roll call...status call...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MizChelleRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The route I went worked really well, too. Checking into dialysis clinics as techs....I made about $15/hour and they were willing to transition me into the role of a nurse. I wouldn't have been able...

  21. Roll call...status call...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MizChelleRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm Melanie from Nevada, sobriety date 6/30/08. Developed a nasty addiction to pain meds and recently came to the conclusion I was also an alcoholic....only took 2 years (sometimes quickly,...

  22. Considering a move to Texas and transferring my monitoring contract...am I crazy??

    LilRedRN1973 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    So we recently found out that my husband's ex wife is up and moving out of state. One of the only reasons we have stayed in our current state is because moving out of state would have meant a...

  23. Missed FirstLab daily check-in...Fined by RN board

    LilRedRN1973 replied to lexielynn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    We are able to call in between the hours of 1am and 9pm, but obviously, if you want to be able to test, it behooves you to call in early because most labs in my area won't take drug testing after 4pm....

  24. Best RN jobs to have more time for children/family

    LilRedRN1973 replied to babblingbrook's topic in Nursing Career

    I love my hours. I work 7am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. I don't work any holidays, ever (but get paid for them). I get an hour for lunch, don't ever work OT, and of course, have the weekends...

  25. please be honest! has any nurse continued working in direct patient care

    LilRedRN1973 replied to nite hawk's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My nurse support group is $25/week as are all of the ones in my area. I'm required to attend weekly for 5 years. This is not optional. My drug testing is $50 monthly for 5 years. I'm also required...