LilRedRN1973

So when I went into treatment, I did not fit the clinical diagnosis for alcoholism. I didn't meet the criteria of an alcoholic but certainly hit every single one of them for an addiction. So for the past 23 months, I've been saying "I'm an addict. ...

I have not posted here in a LONG time (several years, I'm guessing) and I don't even know if there any familiar names on the board anymore but I wanted to put it out there to those just getting started that it CAN be done. I entered into my monitori...

I'd like to hear what everyone's opinions are on this matter. I had over 6 years of sobriety and then because I stopped putting my sobriety first, I relapsed briefly. Thankfully, I came to my senses, re-established relationships with God and my spo...

I left the ICU and ended up in an outpatient psychiatric clinic for 5 years. I LOVED it. I loved the "normal" hours, Monday through Friday. I loved having an hour for lunch. I loved having my own office with a window and a plant with supplies tha...

What is your cost of happiness? I have been in my new job for about 7 months and part of me regrets leaving a job I loved for this one. There were three main reasons why I changed jobs. One, I wanted to work less days and the job I was at was a Mo...

What is your cost of happiness? I have been in my new job for about 7 months and part of me regrets leaving a job I loved for this one. There were three main reasons why I changed jobs. One, I wanted to work less days and the job I was at was a Monda...

Thank you....everyone has given me something to think about, truly. I had to laugh when I went looking for this post. I just realized I posted in the wrong place! I meant to put it in General Nursing. lol. Thanks again, everyone. Tonight at wor...

This. I am also back to seeing my LADC regularly, I attended my Aftercare group and made my amends to them and I am going to be checking in with the faciliator for my old nurse support group to see what her opinion is on the matter. She has worked w...

I wish I were in a position of authority. Being a supervisor here is like being a figurehead. It's in name only. Even the DON doesn't get much accomplished. I work in a correctional institute and there is not much that I can do to change anything...

For my AAS-N (Associates of Applied Science in Nursing), I was required to have classes such as ENG 101, MATH 120 or 126, CHEM 121 or BIOL 190 (Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology), BIOL 223 and 224 (Anatomy and Phys), PSY 101 before applying to the ...

Dialysis, psych and corrections. All are contract friendly in my state. At the prison where I currently work, IF you can get on day shift, the Department of Corrections is a good place to work. It also pays extremely well, around $80k a year. Dia...

I don't drink at all....haven't had ETOH since prior to June 2008. I relax and unwind after my 12 hour nightshift by going for a 4-5 mile run at 6:30am before getting ready for bed. Helps me clear my head and sleep like the dead :-) Also, a little...

My regular nursing job in the prison infirmary is fairly cushy. It pays very well, about $43/hour and there isn't much going on 80% of the time. The hardest part is trying to figure out which inmate is attempting to compromise you this week.

If my RA continues to flare up, I may be getting a doctor's note sooner rather than later. I am scheduled to go to dayshift in the coming months but I have noticed since changing jobs, my RA has been more of an issue. I went from Monday - Friday, 7...

It was one of my options and I quickly turned it down because for me and me only, I would have been replacing my dependence on pain pills to dependence on suboxone. From what I have seen working in the psychiatric field for the past 5 years and many...

If your state offers a monitoring agreement as opposed to probation (I am in Nevada and they do both), then your discipline will never be made public if you complete your contract. My name is clear in NurseSys even though I surrendered my license an...

The thought of entering into Nevada's monitoring program was so daunting to me that I actually placed my license on inactive status and attempted to do the whole sobriety thing on my own. Big fail. I was back to my old behavior within a few months....

I thought when I signed my 5 year contract, that it seemed like FOREVER. And truth be told, the first 1-2 years kinda did seem like forever. lol. But once I got into the groove of recovery and really became a part of my AA home group, formed a cl...

So much depends on where you live and where you work. At my last job, I made about $62k a year and I was very grateful for the money I made considering my job was an office job Monday-Friday, weekends and holidays off, etc. I recently switched jobs...

The nature of my relapse consisted of going to the ER for severe back pain after lifting an extremely heavy inmate at work. I was given 12 Percocet and because I hadn't been going to meetings, working with my sponsor or having a relationship with my...

Thank you all for your input. I really struggle with stuff like this because I am practicing a program of rigorous honesty and sometimes, there is a fine line between that honesty and being a martyr as someone mentioned above. I am back with my spo...

I'm currently a Nursing Supervisor in a prison infirmary. I work NOCS, 6p to 6a and while I enjoy working nights, I hate that I work both weekend nights when my husband's days off are Friday and Saturday. We also have children so it affects them as...

Around here, everyone wants to work the holidays (we get paid double time) so getting the holidays off isn't too hard. But this is prison. At the hospital, everyone always wanted the holidays off. We rotated so if you had Christmas off one year, y...

I agree that going into it for the money is not all that wise. In most nursing jobs, you will work far harder than you are paid. I have done ICU, dialysis, psych and now corrections. I went from $31 to $35 to $30 to $43 an hour, respectively. Mak...

melatonin works great and is probably a better alternative than Benadryl :-)