gr8fulnrs

had the most awesome experience at work. I work in LTC, had a patient that does not have the ability to put a sentence together. he stopped me and an aide in the hallway and announced he would like to pray. and he did. he prayed clear as a bell for o...

I concur with liamsmom. Get started, plow through. I had to do all that she mentioned in her post. It took me approx 5 years. But i did it. Jump in with both feet planted in your recovery and your higher power and go baby go!!! You got this!!! You ca...

Yes indeed. there is quite a plethora of recovery type scholarships; Hazeldon - Betty Ford, Hope for addiction - The welcome back scholarship, and many more. I'm thinking about taking a class regarding how to write scholarship letters. I dont want to...

Now that Ive made it through my addiction, made it through my consent agreement with the state board, earned my LPN license back and started working again...whew! now I'm ready to do the LPN to RN bridge program. Does anybody know of links or sites I...

Thankyou all very much! Off I go...research time! Will let you all know what I find!

I know, it bites...but what i did is got real humble and started thinking out of the box. I needed an RN to supervise me as well. I started looking at places where I wanted to end up working in Long term care, but nothing was coming available. Then I...

I am an LPN who is working on a medicare unit in LTC. Resident on the unit is having Ancef administered via PICC line, using the SASH protocal (saline, antibiotic, saline, heparin). My question is do I check for blood return prior to the first saline...

Thankyou fender and thankyou wyosam! I knew you all would set me straight! I researched with my BON in Az. and I DO have to take an LPN IV and medication skills course prior to doing any type of IV therapy. I did get this information in my core curri...

I signed a consent agreement in June of 2008 and got off probation last week, Jan of 2012. I did a vountary surrender in 2003 because I could not stop using meth. The Bon gave me 2 options; They were going to take my license from me and never get it ...

oh no no no, dont give up! i just my license off probation. It took me four years to do it. but I made it. Every state BON is different with what your work limitations will be but i found a job. it took me a while but I got hired at a school, at a p...

$22.50 /hr. Northern Az. LTC.

wow. first of all, let me give you a great big hug! I can relate to what your are saying in a lot of ways. the 6 month narc restriction is a doozey, i went through that too. and i get that this basically means is you have no more livelyhood to suppor...

From my experience, the application packet that I recieved from them (OIG) was self-explanitory. It was relatively simple. None of my previous employers were contacted and as far as a "clean" license...my license was in probationary status when I app...

You bet, it is a long tough road but well worth it if you do have that burning desire like I did to not give up. Sure, there will be plenty of hoops to jump through and your patience will be tested. I hit my bottom in 2003, did a voluntary surrender ...

"You will never be bored. you will always be frustrated. You will be surrounded by challenges. so much to do in so little time.You will carry immense responsibility and very little authority. you will step into peoples lives and you will make a diffe...

wow. train wreck waiting to happen! yikes. First thing i thought of yah mind your own business, and let the cards fall how they will on the fellow who isnt being honest about the terms and conditions of the his diversion program. Second thing I thoug...

not sure if this will help, but I recently was interviewed for an LPN position and I was asked a scenario question - would would you do if a patient on your hall had neither any intake or output on your shift? wow - i thought - the relm of possibliti...

tru that mizchelleRn...keep plugging along. that coupled with humility is key for us recovering nurses who are dealing with restrictions, shady backgrounds,ect...I was on a 1 1/2 year job search, (became real good at interviewing) and finally landed ...

I'm with SWS RN on this OIG list removal. it was relatively painless, took about two monthes, I advocated myself. I got the packet in the mail and contacted their office on the phone. They were very helpful. Got an official letter in the mail stating...

the 4th tradition is a beauty..."each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting "whatever" A (NA, AA) as a whole. I live in a rural town where there are not nurse recovery groups available, ony AA and NA. I go to both fellowships and hav...

i took a 6 month long distance learning nurse refresher class via internet through a community college, then did a 3 week clinical practicum to refresh my skills. It worked out very well for me. at the end of the course i had to take a lengthy multip...

wow. have you ever considered going into criminal justice studies? sounds like you would make a great legal nurse! you certainly got the flame underneath your **** to do it! i know your last post is close to a year old, so maybe your situation has ch...

OMG...47lpn...you are my clone!!! I am going through what you are exactly, and I mean to the T! I feel as if I'm like Alice in Wonderland who had fell down this huge job search hole only to find strange and tricky people at every corner! I went on a ...

wow, you sound like you have my same level of anxiety about calling for your urine color every day. this is what i do...before I go to bed I set my cell phone on kitchen counter under calander to prompt me to call, and if that fails, i have the alarm...

wow, this article really hit home for me. i wish...could of only wished someone would of caught me in nursing school and smacked me down. would of prevented so much grief later on. But ya know what they say...each one has to go thier own path. Like t...