luvche

luvche

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  1. Any legit job websites?

    luvche posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I scour the paper daily, but are there any GOOD online sites that have job leads? Good ones? In OK, while in the peer program I can not do Home Health, work between hours of midnight and 5 AM, and...

  2. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    nurses have the gift of gab. Naturally we go OT all the time!

  3. Tested positive for dilaudid

    luvche replied to bobertsmith's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If, indeed, you are serious and never took dilaudid, i would be very concerned and be causing an upraor with the lab about why you tested positive for a drug you didn't take....and not test positive...

  4. please be honest! has any nurse continued working in direct patient care

    luvche replied to nite hawk's topic in Nurses Recovery

    genaa, I feel you there. I got a job in a call center doing tech support to get by. That didn't last long. i am NOT cut out for it. Took them three interviews to agree to hire me since all my...

  5. please be honest! has any nurse continued working in direct patient care

    luvche replied to nite hawk's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Michigoose, I can't go to just any nurse support group. Our peer handbook lists certain LPCs, Psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as certain in and outpatient facilities that have met the peer...

  6. area of nursing in your experience that allows most autonomy?

    luvche replied to RN2be2012's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have to say I had most autonomy when I was a home health RN/Case Manager. But be careful if you enter the home health field. Make sure company is reputable. Because if they aren't, and they go...

  7. please be honest! has any nurse continued working in direct patient care

    luvche replied to nite hawk's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Where I am, if you self report to peer, your license shows "active" when verified. Peer is part of BON, but seperate. BON does not know you are there unless ordered. Now if you are ordered, likely...

  8. iPN troubles

    luvche replied to agnescwal's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I feel your pain. The peer program here is either voluntary (you go yourself) or ordered (by BON if you go before them and they decide or if you refuse to go voluntarily after being reported to...

  9. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In our peer program, you may not work as an RN for more than one place. Even if each is part time. You also have to work a minimum of 16 hours a week. I would not offer up unnecessary info to peer,...

  10. Question about addiction development

    luvche replied to lylenrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is a low rate of addiction with use of narcotics. Surprisingly, I was taught in my pain management nursing class that that rate of addiction to narcs (when used correctly for pain) is even LOWER...

  11. Finally...A job!

    luvche replied to june2009's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's great! I learned something new, too, as I didn't realize you could hold both an LPN and Rn (I obviously didn't get to RN via the LPN route, lol). In our program, if you are an RN, you have to...

  12. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you both! In OK, if you are ordered by the board to go to peer, it will be on your license. If you go voluntarily (as in self-report) it will not be on your nursing record (though i am sure...

  13. Any PEER nurses from OK out there?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sorry if I offended. I certainly wasn't saying that to do so nor do I feel I am better than anyone, nor was I saying that. But I do use those references, because that is how I feel many employers look...

  14. Any PEER nurses from OK out there?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks! Trauma: I have seen a lot of dialysis listings lately. It seems they used to say "will train". Now they want experience in dialysis. Even so, I applied for them all, lol! I don't have a...

  15. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's actually pretty decent pay where I live! lol! The nursing homes pay better than hospitals, in general, and you start at about High 20s an hour with my experience. I even told places I would...

  16. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    why THANK YOU Chances, lol! See how easy I am to get along with?

  17. ? about FirstLab or drug testing...

    luvche replied to sl33y's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Recently, our Peer program here switched from LabCorp to Clinical Reference lab. We still use First Lab to call in for testing. The options on the LabCorp requisition used to have test numbers next to...

  18. Any legit job websites?

    luvche replied to luvche's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I really don't know what I wrote to get what seems like a heated reply. I wrote about my Uncle as a illistration of how hard it is for a peer nurse to get work out here, even one who has...

  19. What's so bad about Midwest City Regional Hospital?

    luvche replied to pyt86's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I worked there for a year (several years ago). I worked in an outpatient capacity. I never heard anything good from the patients about their inpatient experince. But they loved the outpatient care. I...

  20. Venting about BON involvement in DUI

    luvche replied to Nursing NCO's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think the BON looks at it like this: If you are drinking enough where you thought it was a good idea to try to drive, then you aren't making clear decisions. If you aren't making good decisions in...