nursling07

I missed a day and I was on a work suspension I forgot to call and they extended my work suspension ... What happened with u? I'm in pnap as well

I've worked in several major hospitals in philadelphia and usually my managers say it's bc I sell them on it... I come out upfront and honest and let them know it's nothing that will impact them or is any extra task for them... I simply let them know what happen why I'm in the program and that once every three months they have to fill out a proformance sheet for me and they usually don't have a problem however I've been on several interviews like u describe

What should be. 3 year contract has turned into 41/2 not even bc of this incident ... It's ridiculous they had me join with pnap in 2010 I didn't join with the state till 2011 when I renewed my license and divuldged the incident ... So they say my exit date isn't till the states date and contract... Well then why have me do it all that time before with pnap if it wasn't going to hold any weight... And yes the state called my employer and said I wasn't allowed to work... Nothing else was said..: my boss called me to tell me my case manager had no idea they were going to call my job or any of this was going to happen ... How embarrassing!!! But owell I wasn't happy with my job and was looking to go else where anywhere ... I collected unemployment the time I wasn't working then looked for a new job once they said I could go back to work but that was a whole long process and they tried to place restrictions on me which I fought bc and the changed

They placed me on a work suspension for 3 months which wind up being 6 months now I'm almost done the program I'll be finished in 3 months THANKFULLY!!!.. They tried to give me some problems going back to work but I stuck to my guns!

Hello..dont know if you have returned to work or not but i was put on suspension in march of 11 (it was suppose to be for 3 month from a screener i had in feb..so i was suppose to be able to return back to work in may) well may rolls around and i forgot to call in on a day i was selected to the extended my suspension for another 3 months but i never recieve any official paper work stating they were going to do this..i was suppose to be allowed to return in august...well august i petitioned and was waiting and waiting ...email and calling my pnap case manager and she would never return my calls or give me any information..in november she finally answered me via email and said "o thanks for reminding me" (seriously) and then emailed me the return to work letter that day!..hope they let you return by now

i asked my case manager she said that i still have to call everyday and give the testing company a 2 week notice of where i will be and still have to call...im just wondering if i will be testing bc even tho some of these people i am friends with who i am going with im not great close friends with them and really dont want them knowing my business of whats been going on

Hello im looking on taking several vacations this coming summer one in particular to Jamaica..this will be my first time going on vacation while being in this program i was wondering if anyone knows if you are tested while on vacation? im only asking particularly while i go to Jamaica...the people i am going with no one knows about me being in the program or the situation i am in..and although i dont plan on drinking i dont really want to explain to people why im running off to pee in a cup while everyone is off doing fun activities..plus i want to kind of relax and do all day excursions while im away...and enjoy myself while on "vacation"!!!

after reading your post it really makes me feel like there is hope i always see all these negative things written..and it really makes every look so much worse..i was recently put on a 90 day work suspension by the vrp and can now petition a return back to work..im trying to stay positive i lost my job from it and im hoping that the door closed for something better to open!!! im really trying to stay positive and this really helps!

well once i think everything is working out and im just riding the wave of an unpaid leave from work a tsunami comes and crashes down!..so i told my boss about the positive screener months ago! i told her what happen and she said keep working till whatever happens!..then vrp says i cant work until i show three months of sobriety (3 months from last negative screener) well i should be able to return to work in a month..i call my employer to tell them..because they havent contacted me at all about anything..and i told them that i would be out for a total of two months..well they said nothing..i received a letter of termination today!...i been working for my boss for 5 years..not even a phone call!

thanks jack i contacted a couple attorneys you gave me the name to! im waiting for a call back!! im on unpaid leave right now...im trying to figure out my options..this whole thing has been nothing but a mess!!! still trying to stay positive tho..i feel like thats all i have right now optimism

hope all is well LPN IN PA..i just got a phone call from my boss today saying she was called by a woman in hr who was called from the vrp saying i can not work..my boss was nice and understanding on the phone and said well walk through it but didnt give me much more information than that..you would think the vrp/pnap would call me!!! soooo frustrated..im getting an attorney...i recieved a dui..that was later dismissed in court...im not an addict i dont have a problem (i know they say addicts say that) i wasnt diverting..getting high...going to work inebriated at work..sooo soooo frustrated.. i hope you update us when you can

i have only been a nurse for three years...and a good one too...i never thought a dui would completely mess up my status...my employer told me to take a week to get things straightened out which i did then i was able to return back my pnap case manager told me i couldnt return to work and i told her i was already back to work and she didnt say anything..i feel like my world is crashing down right now..im preparing a new letter maintaining i didnt drink and to please allow me to continue..i want to keep being a nurse..im hoping theyll allow me! i just can financially afford to not work right now..my mother said shell help me and my family but i dont want them to carry my burden..its very depressing im just trying to stay positive and keep looking for the light!!! let me know how you make out..i hope it works out for you! just know your not alone

im in the same predicament!!! i got a dui in feb 2010 i was never told i couldnt work anymore i continued working, the woman from pnap and i had and still have alot of misscommunication..i started the program (unofficially and i mean this bc my contract wasnt finalized until jan 2011) in august 2010, i have been doing the drug screenings and everything..back in jan they told me i had a positive drug screening..i found out later after i tested that a desert i ate had alcohol in it..i submitted a letter stating what happen but basically the vrp said that they dont believe me and that i need to have a better reasoning for my "relapse" well i wish i had a better reasoning but i dont..my pnap cm told me it would be better to just say i drank than to fight it..but i dont kknow what to do..she said if i say i drank than i would look at a 90 work suspension that a possible 3 year license suspension..i havent submitted a letter yet because i dont know what to do!!! im so lost with all of this..ive been a nurse for 3 years..i worked sooooo hard to get where i am..its so discouraging..i want to still be a nurse but sometimes with this i feel like giving up..this program was made to help someone who made a mistake not be a witch hunt and i feel like thats all it is.. makes me want to just look for a new career..wish i could!..but i do know people who have been in the program and have successfully gotten through it..they said its not easy at all but possible!! that gives me faith..i get chest pains literally thinking about loosing my license!!! im just thankful i have a great guy by my side that has been completely supportive during this time because its been hard! best of luck...i just think to myself there will be light at the end of this dark tunnel!!! hopefully we both see it

im in a bit of a dilemma..i have been testing with first lab since august of 10..my pnap case manager called and informed me that one of my screens came up positive..i was besides myself i havent drank anything in months!! unfortunately the night before i tested i had an orange mouse that my friends mother made and i later found out it was made with orange grand marnier, which i was unaware of at the time i ate it..thats my own fault..but i had to write a letter to the vrp stating what happen..i received a letter today saying that my explanation isnt good enough and if i dont explain my positive test that my file will be remanded to the board for further action! i dont know what to do! i havent drank, ive been doing everything they have asked of me!! im so afraid of loosing my license and my job..any help would be appreciated!! my case manager keeps telling me i can just tell them i drank but i didnt! and i really dont want to say i did when i didnt..but im at the point im about to just say i did and hope it will be put behind me..i dont know what to do

akelly34rn: pennsylvania is three years of all of that! i would seriously be grateful for the 1 year! i would get it over and done with and keep trying to move forward! eventually youll get hired somewhere