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  1. IPN question

    FLSmitty replied to athena77's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Welcome aboard, davis! I'm way north of you, so I don't know anything specific about the nurse support groups in your area. I have several IPN related posts here; please feel free to peruse at your...

  2. IPN affecting other professional licenses.

    FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    $50.00 for this book: http://www.recoverymaintenance.org/workbook.html after you sign a contract & annually thereafter. the nursing support group facilitator gets $50.00/month from all...

  3. IPN affecting other professional licenses.

    FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your dealings with IPN are confidential. In the case of non-compliance, IPN will refer the file to the BON with a complaint. At that point, previously protected info may become public record by way of...

  4. IPN in Fla

    FLSmitty replied to BPediRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Maybe too late.....

  5. My Story, and where I'm at now

    FLSmitty replied to MizChelleRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sounds to me like you're on a roll! Strong work, indeed. If you'll pardon my copy & paste take on interviewing & disclosure (from a suggestion offered to another recovering nurse), here's my...

  6. IPN evaluation

    FLSmitty replied to metnaj23's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Matt has nailed two of the most important issues for someone long sober & facing an IPN evaluation: your choice of the evaluator & your recovery documentation.

  7. Help with inpatient rehab

    FLSmitty replied to sxygmini's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sxygmini, I'm glad you're making progress! Remember now, hands at 10 & 2, eyes intently focused on the road ahead and only the occasional brief glance in the rearview mirror is permitted. -

  8. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's very perceptive, doolot! The "broad brush approach" kicks to the curb many that might otherwise succeed. Until there is a sea change in addiction treatment generally, and in the BON's approach...

  9. Prospective Nurse Michigan DUI

    FLSmitty replied to Cdkipp's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You might try going through the BON meeting minutes. Reference to applicants with a situation similar to yours should be pretty easy to find. You might be able to compare your case to those who have...

  10. Prospective Nurse Michigan DUI

    FLSmitty replied to Cdkipp's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Cdkipp, The MI. Nurse Practice most likely addresses such a situation and should only be a download away. A little less mind numbing approach would be to share your concern with the school that has...

  11. Where to begin? Post addiction, Post treatment, post revocation.....

    FLSmitty replied to goinnuts's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh sweet heaven goinnuts, I find myself overwhelmed & paralyzed just reading your post! I can't begin to tell you how many of us have uttered the very same words, struggled with the same issues...

  12. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Jerry Garcia said it best: "Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me; other times I can barely see; lately it occurs to me; what a long, strange trip it's been. Speaking as a card carrying tightwad,...

  13. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Did you use your FL license to get your OR license? Did you voluntarily surrender the FL license or did they suspend or revoke it? Allnurse is liable to quash this thread if we get further into...

  14. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you apply and provide sufficient documentation to make your application complete, the FL BON is obligated to give you a hearing; the outcome of that hearing is anything but easy to predict. The...

  15. Help! Trouble finding a job with my license being on probation!!!!

    FLSmitty replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Network, network, network. Leave no stone unturned, be it across town, or across the country. Use your years of experience to your advantage no matter how they ended. You can and will be successful!...

  16. IPN and license

    FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The mission of IPN is to ensure public health and safety by providing an avenue for swift intervention/close monitoring and advocacy of nurses whose practice may be impaired due to the use, misuse, or...

  17. IPN and license

    FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Only you can decide the path to take. I gave up nursing so I could continue to drink. For me, in the long run, that path was a mistake. I think I posted some of the long strange trip here:...

  18. IPN and license

    FLSmitty replied to GymNurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Frustration intolerance, Gym? Patience brother... The exact mechanism for communicating disciplinary action from Florida to other states is held pretty close to the BON's vest. If you used an active...

  19. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Morning Grace, Like how I took your questions, avoided them completely, then talked about me, me, ME? Forever a work in progress, I am. You want to apply in Penn., but get every shred of paper you can...

  20. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Grace, I avoided all the OIG trouble surrendering before revocation. My meltdown also occurred over 10yrs ago, which may have helped to. At any rate, in FL I was required to apply for a new license,...

  21. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey Grace, I'm not sure if your query was directed my way; I've lost track of this thread. If so, I voluntarily surrendered a FL RN license to PREVENT revocation. I never thought I'd return to...

  22. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    FLSmitty replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Super effort sir, but please permit me to suggest a quick double check of spelling and

  23. IPN question

    FLSmitty replied to athena77's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No public list exists. The status of your license can only be changed by a BON

  24. Just wanting some advice....

    FLSmitty replied to NurseNicole75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Nicole, How did the evaluation go?

  25. Just wanting some advice....

    FLSmitty replied to NurseNicole75's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey Nicloe, there is nothing to the IPN eval., besides several hundred dollars, payable in cash only. Each evaluator is slightly different. I completed a long questionnaire about medical and drug use...