all_over_again

all_over_again has 5 years experience.

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1. COVID-19

   all_over_again replied to IN Pysche Nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I've been clean for about 12 years now and have been thinking about getting my license reinstated. This is really discouraging. I don't want to risk getting a deadly disease in order to make a...

2. MI HPRP frustrations!

   all_over_again replied to educator1ds's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I was in a contract with HPRP. After 5 years of sobriety and a contractor turn-over, they wanted me to go through IOP. I couldn't afford it, so I left nursing. I'm sober and happy. I work at a law...

3. One year

   all_over_again replied to MichelleRN34's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Hats off to you! It is SO hard but so

4. Help here

   all_over_again replied to Gonesilent13's topic in Nurses Recovery

   So many people could be saved from this disease if it weren't for the weird way some facilities do wastes. In one hospital, the waste had to be recorded at the Pyxis when the med was taken out even...

5. How have your career aspirations changed, if at all?

   all_over_again replied to Umberlee's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I left nursing. I couldn't bring myself to put up with the terms of my monitoring agreement, knowing that getting a job would be next to impossible once I completed it. I work in a law firm now. I...

6. Does anyone else feel violated?

   all_over_again replied to HunnieBadger's topic in Nurses Recovery

   You aren't crazy. Your rights are being violated. Many courts have found this to be the case. I think it's only a matter of time until SCOTUS will take it on. In the mean time, it wouldn't hurt to...

7. TPAPN and EtG

   all_over_again replied to Callahan, RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

   They set the cut-offs sufficiently high to prevent false positives. As far as whether they test for etg, are you willing to find out the hard way? Unfair as it may seem now, you either play by the...

8. MI nurse looking for HPRP advice

   all_over_again replied to amber24c's topic in Nurses Recovery

   HPRP is a career killer. There's no silver lining. They aren't there to help. Honestly, I think they exist solely to prevent nurses from being nurses. Do not be honest and do not throw yourself at...

9. Any advice on which path to take, IPN or self-report and go from there?

   all_over_again replied to Dobe55's topic in Nurses Recovery

   When I was practicing, I was told that if a nurse fails to report a DUI, s/he may find himself in a great deal of trouble. As DUI is a criminal charge, I would consider consulting an attorney. It's...

10. Almost 4 years, no luck finding nursing job, life destroyed?!

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm glad you are comforted by caring for dying people. I must be weird like

11. Almost 4 years, no luck finding nursing job, life destroyed?!

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm glad that it worked out for you. My first job was in hospite respite care and oncology and I think I suffered something akin to PTSD as a result. I know we're all headed there, and I am grateful...

12. Almost 4 years, no luck finding nursing job, life destroyed?!

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry that you want a pat on the back. The truth is difficult and ugly.So be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. I prefer to fight with my eyes open

13. nurses in recovery continue to suffer at the hands of board

    all_over_again replied to hucksloretta's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It is a covered disability if the nurse self reports before being caught being sick. Kind of ironic. You have to report that you have a disease before you've fallen so far down the rabbit hole of...

14. Almost 4 years, no luck finding nursing job, life destroyed?!

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hospice for someone struggling with depression and anxiety? I don't think

15. Relocating with a Monitoring Agreement

    all_over_again replied to melanieb's topic in Nurses Recovery

    But I should add that I am seriously underemployed! Not a perfect life, but not beholden to some dumbass socialworker with issues.