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  1. My Guide to TPAPN

    cat_lady_jr replied to Uncle-JoJo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on completing the program! I know how hard you've worked. I also graduated from TPAPN and it was a long road. I did want to add my experience to your comment. You are absolutely right that a...

  2. My Guide to TPAPN

    cat_lady_jr replied to Uncle-JoJo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I successfully completed TPAPN and later moved to another state with a compact license. My TPAPN participation was not on my license and I didn't have to go through their monitoring program. I did...

  3. TPAPN/Etg

    cat_lady_jr posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Does anyone have experience with TPAPN or the Etg test? I have been in TPAPN for almost 3 years and should graduate in September. I have been through some serious **** to make it this far. Sunday I...

  4. Compact License?

    cat_lady_jr posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Okay, so I have some anxiety issues and I'm finishing up TPAPN (should be done in September). In about a year my husband and I plan to move back to NC. I don't know how the compact license really...

  5. Compact License?

    cat_lady_jr replied to cat_lady_jr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wanted to do a follow up to this post now that it's 2017. I moved to NC and submitted my application for a NC nurse's license a year ago. All that was required of me was to give permission for the...

  6. Unsure what to do

    cat_lady_jr replied to Medschoolnsu's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My best advice is to look for a "nurse lawyer". These are lawyers that are either also nurses or physicians. When you speak with the lawyer ask about their experience working with a BON. I called the...

  7. Unsure what to do

    cat_lady_jr replied to Medschoolnsu's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I highly recommend you lawyer up. I was accused of stealing controlled medications at a LTC 2 years after finishing TPAPN. I had a negative drug screen, no one saw me take anything, there were no...

  8. RN with stipulations

    cat_lady_jr replied to ablong28's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Try the Austin State Supported Living Center. I worked there for 3 years, 2 of those years I was in TPAPN. There were other TPAPN nurses there with me. There are very few controlled substances given...

  9. TPAPN/Etg

    cat_lady_jr replied to cat_lady_jr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you should be okay. I had a couple of stupid incidental exposures in TPAPN and it was fine (ate waffles with poppy seeds, the sunscreen incident,

  10. ATTN TPAPN Nurses: Employment

    cat_lady_jr posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    As a current TPAPN member who will hopefully graduate 09/2014 (yay!) I know how hard it is to find a job. Currently my employer, Austin State Supported Living Center, is very short of LVN's and RN's....

  11. Recovery Trek

    cat_lady_jr replied to mzloco's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm in TPAPN and use Recovery Trek. When I had to switch from First Lab I was at first not happy because Recovery Trek is more expensive. I haven't had any issues though. Everything seems to go...

  12. TPAPN random drug screening

    cat_lady_jr replied to RNwannbe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Non-alcoholic beer actually has some alcohol in it. You would have to drink a ton of them to get a buzz, but even 1 has enough ethanol to trigger the dreaded Etg test. I drink Topo Chico and mineral...

  13. So worried about jobs

    cat_lady_jr replied to now_what's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sure. I just added you as a friend on Allnurses. I'm not sure how to do a private PM. Maybe that will

  14. TPAPN random drug screening

    cat_lady_jr replied to RNwannbe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh gawd...I don't know how I would pee with someone watching. That's hardcore! I think in TPAPN you have to be under suspicion or caught tampering with your sample to get observed

  15. So worried about jobs

    cat_lady_jr replied to now_what's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, TPAPN isn't considered having a restricted license. Only the board can put sanctions/restrictions on your license. If you went before the board and they put those on your license, then that's a...

  16. So worried about jobs

    cat_lady_jr replied to now_what's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I actually have the same specialty and a MSN in Maternity. I've only been at it since 2009 though. I work for the state and they were so desperate (I guess) that they hired me on the spot. I ended my...

  17. So worried about jobs

    cat_lady_jr replied to now_what's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't think you're screwed for all time. It took me a year to find another job when I got fired for chemical dependency. Keep trying even when all things seem doomed. Apply to LTC, dialysis,...

  18. TPAPN random drug screening

    cat_lady_jr replied to RNwannbe's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would advise you to check RecoveryTrek every morning (weekends and holidays) and set an alarm on your phone to remind you to check. I've never been chosen on a weekend or holiday in almost 3 years,...

  19. failed drug test by First Lab

    cat_lady_jr replied to brownimr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would immediately request that the 2nd specimen from the split screen be run. I was in the exact same place as you (accused of alcohol consumption when I had been sober for a while). They ran the...

  20. Anybody in Austin?

    cat_lady_jr replied to Jillybean0381's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry I came late to this discussion. Being in TPAPN can be so lonely. I have often wished there was a support group in Austin because I feel like AA/NA meetings don't cover some of the unique...

  21. TPAPN/Etg

    cat_lady_jr replied to cat_lady_jr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Whew. So I checked my testing results this morning and I have a negative result for Option 1. I know my anxiety over the situation seems a bit excessive, but I'm SO close to finishing. I don't want to...

  22. TPAPN/Etg

    cat_lady_jr replied to cat_lady_jr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks guys. I just get really nervous about these kinds of things because TPAPN hasn't been super understanding of things that have happened to me. My very first UA was a false positive for alcohol....

  23. TPAPN drug screens

    cat_lady_jr replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've never been picked on a weekend and I've been in TPAPN since September

  24. WHCNP VS. MSN in Maternity with Role Specialty in Public Health

    cat_lady_jr replied to MrsSchefe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have that exact degree from UT Austin (Maternity MSN w/ public health). You will not get NP certification with that degree or prescriptive authority. If you do want those things then it takes about...

  25. new grad nurse moving from NY to Austin

    cat_lady_jr replied to mindenkinek's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a similar position as you. I moved here from another state to start the Masters program at UT. From my advanced clinicals I've had the best experiences at St. David's Hospitals or Brackenridge...