southernbeegirl

southernbeegirl BSN, RN

Rehab, Infection, LTC

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  1. Recovery Help

    southernbeegirl replied to steelersRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been with the same company since I entered treatment. I have a similar "contract" at my job. I have weekly drug screens and will as long as i'm employed there. even now, 4.5 years later, i'm...

  2. Interviewing with IPN restrictions

    southernbeegirl replied to KD CVICU-RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Honesty is a big part of the program. Don't be ashamed of your sobriety in an interview. Be proud of it!! Go in there...tell them about how hard you have worked for your sobriety and be proud of...

  3. New to the forum

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    i thought the same thing. IMO an addict was someone living in a box under an interstate. no way *I* was a junkie.but i was! and I am! I had a counselor ask me during treatment if i wanted to get...

  4. New to the forum

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    6 months? woohooo congratulations!!!!! i hope you are proud of yourself because 6 months sober is amazing! the reason i wanted to post my story was because i couldnt find very many people online or...

  5. New to the forum

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    thanks a lot steph! coming from a family of addicts...wow, that's hard. you have my

  6. New to the forum

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    good luck to you chief! are you going to go to treatment? i tried for years to quit on my own or just go to AA/NA meetings. for me...i couldnt do it. treatment gave me the tools i needed to change...

  7. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    southernbeegirl replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My first job was on a tiny SNF unit. We had the sweetest woman, Mabel. pleasantly confused and just a little country woman. One day I walked into her room and she was sitting on the side of her bed...

  8. LTC CPR on pt with rigor mortis and lividity

    southernbeegirl replied to LakesideRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! However, I had this happen to me a few years ago. Patient was a full code. When he was found he was really really really dead (like the witch in oz, lol). I felt CPR shouldnt be started...

  9. Need Answers-Please Help

    southernbeegirl replied to ploom38's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What that means is that you could never work in a place that get reimbursed by medicaid/medicare....which is everywhere generally. being on that particular register keeps many nurses from finding a...

  10. new with a question

    southernbeegirl replied to SassyErRn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    woohoo i agree! I have told anyone and everyone that has anything to do with my medical care. i can see me now, sometime in the future, begging for narcs if i didnt tell them. i have to tell...

  11. "Why are you proud of that ??!!"

    southernbeegirl replied to sissiesmama's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Nine years! omg contratulations! I know, in my own life, that there are so many supportive people around me at work that when i run into someone that has an attitude like this it makes me feel like...

  12. Are there really nonclinical nursing Jobs????

    southernbeegirl replied to ttros1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    another possibility is phone triage. many nurses in my nurse support group worked that. they loved it. after 6 months, most of them even worked from

  13. IPN evaluation

    southernbeegirl replied to metnaj23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm in tennessee but I'm assuming IPN is just like our TNPAP. I think it's natural to be nervous. Just be yourself and be completely