Kmrn65 RN

I also worked at both Duke and UNC-CH. UNC is a much better culture, and the pay I was offered was substantially more than what I made at Duke!

Prayer, I am so sorry you have to do that but I hope your test comes back soon!! Scarlett, if you get chosen for the like 2 urine tests/month the bill is usually around $87, but if you get blood tests it gets expensive. I have had one dilut...

I feel your pain PD! I am going to be 57 next month, and I have said repeatedly that " this is what I am doing TODAY". I am not sure about tomorrow yet, and I am going to look for non nursing options for employment myself. For me it isn't a...

Seriously? A lie detector test?? Wow... I mean....wow... no words.

I don't know about Michigan, I am I. NC but I am sorry that you are experiencing this. In NC the board stipulates that you can't work more than one job at a time, or any OT, etc. For the first year in the program nor as a traveler. I would ...

I was wondering how often nurses in NC ADP have been sent to submit blood? I have been in the program less than a year and have been sent twice.

Hi, I have had one result that simply said " abnormal" , and it was the creatinine. I didn't know or understand what that meant or why it mattered, so I googled it. I guess fake urine has a different creatinine? Anyway, would have to be a Houdin...

In NC ALL urine tests are observed.

My bill last month was $428 , no warning:(

I can't make heads or tails of the fees and charges:( I am in NC and they use FS Solutions; now Vault Health, for testing, and there is no system for sending you an invoice or bill. You just get a surprise on the 13th of each month when they tak...

I am in the NCBON alternative program too... in the process of reinstatement and ready to scream...:( I truly am thinking that I might rather work at Chic Filet than put myself through this! Congratulations on finishing!!

I; conveniently , and thankfully... live very close to the hospital and the testing site, so I usually leave on my lunch break and it is just understood by my supervisor that it is something I have to do..:(

I feel your pain:( I too am wondering the same thing. I am sober, and will stay that way but this monitoring program is expensive, and tough on me emotionally and psychologically. I am taking it one day at a time, but I have been in nu...

I found an online group for healthcare workers. If anyone is interested you can find them at aa-intergroup.org/meetings

My Mom has been very sick with Covid and I missed checking in two days in a row. What do you think will happen?

I really like the women in Healthcare meeting. It's Wednesday night at 10 east coast, 7 west.

I didn't get in trouble, but I got slammed with 2 urine tests and a blood test since I missed the check ins:(

Has anyone in a monitoring program worked in the OR as a scrub? I am an RN with 25 years of experience in OR doing everything, and one of the BON requirements for 1 yr is not to work in a specialty care area ( OR ), so I am working on the PCU, w...

And quite honestly, narcotics are given by the staff nurses on other units way more than in the OR. The anesthetist handles all the narcs in the OR. All I ever got out of the supply was B&O suppositories for a cysto, and as a scrub you ...

Hi, thanks for reply... I know that I would slash my pay, but I'm thinking in terms of what would make me happiest, and most successful? I already have a job on another unit as soon as my license is reinstated, and working as a tele tech now unt...

I have FSSolutions, and all of my tests are option 2 urine tests. My DOC is alcohol

I am in NC, and I have all of those same stipulations and I think those are pretty common:( I have submitted my re-entry/reinstatement packet and waiting to return to a nursing position, and will follow those same restrictions/requirements excep...

Hi, I am also in NC. I am working in the hospital on a PCU which is now the covid unit. I was already working here in the OR when I entered the program, so the hospital accommodated me in another dept. I don't really have any advice bu...

Hi:) I don't know how the Kansas program is, but if I had a choice whether to self report or not, and still keep my job? I honestly don't think I would have put myself through it. It is very expensive, and in my state (NC), you must surrender yo...

I was selected for a UDS on Tuesday and Thursday last week:( What a money racket...