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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. Smackdown by the BON

    all_over_again posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    After 3 and 1/2 years of sobriety, I decided to apply to have my license reinstated. I had a six month suspension. I thought I was way beyond the guilt/shame thing, but the denial letter brought it...

  3. 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...

  4. One year

    all_over_again replied to MichelleRN34's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hats off to you! It is SO hard but so

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

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

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. 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

  16. 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.

  17. Relocating with a Monitoring Agreement

    all_over_again replied to melanieb's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Jack, I'm soooo glad that you still care even though there is $ to be made from others' misery. Kudos to you. All I've ever wanted is to help without being traumatized myself. If the world were...

  18. Relocating with a Monitoring Agreement

    all_over_again replied to melanieb's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I guess it's an "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy. And I agree with you 100% that your outcome is likely to be more favorable if you have an attorney. The entire process is fundamentally...

  19. Relocating with a Monitoring Agreement

    all_over_again replied to melanieb's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Attorney blah blah blah attorney... Yeah. We all know we need one but when we're working for 10 bucks an hour, it seems slightly less feasable. First off, attorneys are expensive. Mine wanted over...

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

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't feel bad if you have to give up. There are many people who aren't nurses and they're perfectly happy. My feeling as of late is if they don't want me, I can do without them. I got one degree...

  21. Conflicts of interest

    all_over_again posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Is anyone else disturbed by the glaring conflicts of interest there are when a nurse is referred to a so-called recovery program? A doctor, who almost certainly is not part of your insurance network,...

  22. Can NY BON request medical records?

    all_over_again replied to newjourney2011's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I cannot offer legal advice. What I can offer is reassurance that no one has requested unlimited access to my medical records. Ever. I have been a nurse since 2004. Nursing is a job, just like any...

  23. IPN question (enter or not?)

    all_over_again replied to evandavid24's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AA and/or NA are for those who don't want to think really hard about the evolutionary and genetic aspects of addiction. If you are religious and want to be subjected to addicts whose only outlet is...

  24. My past and getting my License

    all_over_again replied to Calistudent1's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Find an attorney. In my humble opinion, the first physician you visited had no business releasing personal health information without your approval. Yes, his lack of confidentiality may have saved...

  25. OhioRN on probation, not drug related, been 3 years! What to do please help??

    all_over_again replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would first find an attorney and sue "John Doe" for defamation of character if I hadn't really smacked someone while applying lotion to his orifice. If you have been fired, then someone has a name...