dirtyhippiegirl

dirtyhippiegirl BSN, RN

PDN; Burn; Phone triage

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  1. Suspended Licence

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to PRN4U's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Is it from your positive ETG in Nov? In my state if you violate your consent agreement, they suspend your license, make you redo a drug/etoh eval and any suggested treatment, and then you restart your...

  2. Seriously?! Grrrr.

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to TexasMel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I once had to test during an usually heavy period day. There was SO much blood and a few clots in my pee cup. The lady taking my pee had been doing this for like 30 years and it even made her gag....

  3. Im in HPRP in Michigan. Can the BON still take away my license

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Jslimp22's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So you were addicted to drugs and apparently diverting but you're mad that they picked up on the wrong thing? Did I read this right? Reading this forum sometimes makes me feel like I am on Mars or...

  4. Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot more non-bedside positions than management and advanced practice and teaching? Who is supposed to coordinate case management for medically complex patients or run infusion clinics or...

  5. Overwhelmed & Recovery?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ick, that sounds rough. Keeping my fingers crossed that you can figure out a plan to help you through the next few months. Hopefully it'll get easier once you're back in the school-swing of things? My...

  6. Last minute TNCC. Frustrated. Venting.

    dirtyhippiegirl posted a topic in Emergency

    I actually work on a burn unit but put this here because it seems like the most relevant forum that actually gets the occasional traffic. I was told on Friday by my nurse educator that I would be...

  7. So much for "step down year" in TPAPN!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Our MD program here is 7 years (RN program is 3) and they usually get tested 3-5/x a week for the first couple of years. The compromise is that they don't have the same restrictions placed on their...

  8. Doctors vs NP's?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

    My husband's PCP (who is a MD) has done questionable things that drive me nuts but my husband likes the guy because his office is decorated in Star Trek stuff.

  9. Thankful to be Working on Christmas

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Grateful to just be sober. Life isn't totally perfect but I am in a much better place than I was four years ago. I probably wouldn't even be alive if I'd continued down the path my drinking was...

  10. bipolar disorder

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to fun4all1985's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That question is basically asking if you've ever had to be committed to a hospital against your will or been appointed a legal guardian to oversee the medical or financial aspects of your life because...

  11. RN with DUI in PA Questions

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Huzofanurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The BON tends to have a cookie cutter approach to these things. I personally don't think it's necessary to get a lawyer unless she is being accused of something she didn't do or there are unusual...

  12. Newly Fired

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Nursey1982's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I guess the only issue might be that sometimes you're required to stop working and do whatever assessment and treatment the BON mandates before they give you the okay to go back to work. (Even though...

  13. It feels good!

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I baked two batches of cookies, read several chapters in a book, did the laundry, and cleaned the bathroom last night. Compared to sitting on the couch, getting drunk and watching reruns on TV.

  14. Are you better off?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I totally agree that it's a mixed bag, fwiw. That's why I talked about the good and the bad parts. Even the courts and independent review boards agree that these programs are overly punitive and...

  15. Are you better off?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes. I couldn't stop drinking on my own. I'd done a bit of therapy and gone to a few AA meetings but nothing was sticking -- I logically knew that I needed to stop drinking but couldn't emotionally...

  16. nursing

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to nursingnurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

    Deep things like proper

  17. Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, I was in my state's monitoring program for three years. My early sobriety was not voluntary. (I also didn't choose to be an alcoholic -- that's a restriction imposed on me by a bunch of...

  18. Abstaining from alcohol-reluctantly admitting it might be beneficial?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't drink because I am an alcoholic. But I still go out with friends, go to parties/sporting events/concerts/whatever, eat at pubs. I get thinking that you feel like you're going to feel left out...

  19. CURRENT info regarding the use of Suboxone while nursing?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to LPNpaired's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Why do you have to tell your treatment providers that you are a nurse? That would solve your first problem. As you have seen, bupe is not on a standard basic drug screen so it seems unlikely that will...

  20. Help my wife got caught diverting

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to got_nurseing73's topic in Nurses Recovery

    MO doesn't have an alternative to discipline program. OP - I am in Kansas but I know a few people who got busted in MO and it took ~1 year for the BON to catch up to

  21. Longest you’ve gone without having to give pee?

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Some states test a lot more than others. I was in Kansas and I really was only tested 1 or 2 times a month, except for one episode where I had to test 4x in 1.5 weeks. I think I once went two months...

  22. Life after monitoring

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't really think about it too much anymore beyond the occasional orifice-puckering feeling that I've forgotten to check in or submit some useless piece of paperwork or other stupid hoop. I...

  23. Diphenhydramine

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to RestingNurseFace's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Or the fact that Benadryl is an incredibly common drug (like PPIs which are also apparently going to give me Alzheimer's) orrrr the fact that the study didn't seem to control for other risk factors...

  24. WV restore/reported to BON

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Faceless927's topic in Nurses Recovery

    But that's not backed up by statistics. 1/3 of addicts make it to a year of sobriety and it takes something like ten attempts before a year of sobriety is achieved. Addicts, in general, need options...

  25. WV restore/reported to BON

    dirtyhippiegirl replied to Faceless927's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Meh. Continuous sobriety seems to beget more sobriety -- one study covered 1200 addicts for eight years and relapse rate after 5 years of sobriety is under 15%. Plenty of addicts sober up for reasons...