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Well said. I have been on it since 2006 .Some may say I am weak and still using but since I only answer to myself I say I am almost eight years in recovery. I can honestly say I have not used any iligal narcotics.i have no cravings and have gone from 32 mg a day to 4 mgs a day. I am now a practicing lpn for four years without a single incident.Although I have seen many other nurses using and diverting drugs with no proof I have to mind my business and worry about myself. I was out of nursing for almost three years and thought I would not be able to work in nursing a gain. I did start as a can until my compny felt they built enogh trust to let me work as a lpn which I am now doing. My life is normal and some day I may not need it but for no I will continue to slowly wean myself off and live in alife wear I can do what I love nursing. when I got my license back the nys nursing board new I was on suboxone and aloowed me to work while on the medication. So for any of you who think its as bad as using other narcotics yea I will call you ignorant because as they say addiction is a disease which can be controed with medication same as any other illnesses and also like other illnesses is no cure.Best wishes for any one going thru the struggle..

I am in my 6th year. I unfortunatly wasnt so lucky finding a job. it took me three plusyears ti get back in nursing. i am however working in a ltc facility and have been there 3 years which one of I had to work as a aid to get back in their good graces. I am very happy with my job and when i go to furums like this i remember just how fortunate i am to have a nursing job. It will be six years i have been sober and life ius good. I wish the rest of you success and if your having trouble finding a job dont give up.

best wishes Honest&hopeful &hurt!

I am interested and will research this issue more. but in this case resident was definatly faking,seeing how her seizure stopped immediately and she never had one since.also had many other behavior issues. I also wish you the best.

I had a women who also used to fake seizures I finally had to say in a nice way. I am not sure whaT YOU ARE HAVING BUT IT COUldnt be a seizure dear,I know this because you wouldnt be able to talk through a seizure nor would you be able to stop and wring the call bell.Thats the funny part ahe would ACTUally tlak during it. I...dont....feel.....good......ring..........ring...she hasn't had one since.nor did she get the phenobarb she was hinting at.

Ftoll24; I here yout having trouble getting off your last mg. why dont you try tapering slowly maybe .75 mg for a month then .5 mg then .25 or even two months. i think the people who have problems are just stopping 1mg to quickly. good luck.and congradulations on your continued successful recovery. and if your life is managable and you are not using more then the perscribed amount you truly are in recovery!~

i agree with the above posts when they say if you chose to smoke full well knowing what it could cost you then you may have a problem. there is a nurse in my group who just came to our group for using mj. she stated she did not have a problem. she stated she never smoked but chose one night after many years of being grown with children to randemly smoke a joint. she said the next day she was asked to pee on comand at work because she was acting funny. she did not think she was she said she was just tired. i guess it was a major coincidence that she failed the test for mj. now she may be stuck in a state monitoring program with us. oh yea she then mentioned how her sister was always telling her she was taking to many narcotic pain meds. which she didnt think was a problem either. she was also doing this with her young children asleep up stairs.If it looks like a duck... if you know what i mean. I feel for the poor sole who started this thread but nobody forced the joint in your hand.Or did they?

Wow,did you ever think this thread would get so many posts,maybe we should print them out and put a copy in everyone of our facilities!!

do you have a union? if so tghey may be able to helpyou. they can fire you if you were under the influence.good luck,let us know how you make out.

agency makes more but still not as much as nyc

The pay is half of what you get in nyc. their are mostly long term care positions. and rn' make about 25 dollars a hour. not two much more but i guess it depends on your experience and where you apply.

as far as i know suboxone will not come out on a random emplyment drug screen. it has to be listed and is expensive. it will not show up as a regular narcotic. at least it never used to. I suggest you dont say anythin unless asked. I agree with others just bring in your script if they ask. chances are it wont show up. if you admit to it not only will it be onthe record but it will follow you and can cause un neccesary problems.best wishes on a continued successful recovery.

I am not sure how far you wanna go to work as a nurse again but i worked as a cna(nursing asst) for eight months to prove what a reliable trusted valuable employee i could be. it paid off I am now working as a LPN on a unit with 40 beds where I am the charge nurse. I have done well and it was definatly worth the humiliation of working as a aid for the eight months;. I am not saying working as a aid is humiliating only after being incharge for several years befor having to go back to doing it. i was very proud when i was a aid for 5 years befreo becoming a nurse.

maybe they wont report it to the bon and as long as you no longer smoke may be o.k. I would not make any calls until you know for sure. Trust me you dont want to be involved with the TPAPN if you dont have to. and if you can afford it get a lawyer if you cant try calling legal aid.

I may work for you but since you are on medicaid "I ALSO PAY FOR YOU!"And "NO I AM NOT YOUR PRIVATE NURSE" "I HAVE 39 OTHER PATIENTS ON THIS FLOOR"!. THIS IS A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY NOT A HOTEL!" BOY THANKS, IT FELT SO GOOD TO SAY THAT NOW IF ONLY MY PATIENTS WOULD READ THIS FORUM! LOL! Oh yea I forgot about the resident who is screaming Help!, ,Help!, Help! and when you respond they calmly ask you fro their remote control or some other unimportant task,meanwhile you were trying to pass out one of you 40 something patients medicine, and you have to put everything in the cart and lock it up before running because you are sure by the sound of it that the patint is falling out of bed!