Umberlee

Umberlee

Member

  • Content

    123

  • Visitors

    4,780

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by Umberlee

  1. Introduction and Looking for Support

    Umberlee replied to celesteanne's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Something similar happened to me, except I self-reported that I had diverted. I made it sound like it was a one-time thing (it wasn't) and I had just made a mistake. In reality, I had a serious...

  2. Making sure a patient is medically cleared

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    We have the physician sign off on admitting orders, but that's after the nurse has given the go-ahead to accept the patient. From what I've seen, the process is something like this: admissions gets...

  3. Having trouble staying on point

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The thing I mostly have trouble with is keeping up with the requirements that seem completely arbitrary or ones that are out of my control. The calling in on weekends, for example, when I know I'm...

  4. Making sure a patient is medically cleared

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    We don't have doc-to-docs, it's the nurse's responsibility to accept the patient. I guess it never crossed my mind that that wouldn't be standard in most places (other places I've worked have had...

  5. Having trouble staying on point

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No no no, that's not what I'm saying at all, and nowhere did I say, as you for some reason quoted, that I was "bored" or anything about the dullness of it all. I have taken my lumps at start-up and...

  6. medical care in your place of employment

    Umberlee posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm brand new to a psych facility and am feeling pretty nervous about my new job at this point. I was told when I was hired that although it isn't a "medical" facility, i.e. pts have to be medically...

  7. 1st Psych Nursing Job starts Monday, any advice?

    Umberlee replied to ChelleNurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Your blog is a wealth of information, Leah--thanks so much for sharing it. I'll be starting a psych position on April 29. I have worked in psych-heavy populations for years now (residential programs...

  8. self reporting, questions/concerns

    Umberlee replied to sweetloveRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had always wished I had just tried to "get clean" on my own, without telling my employer or reporting to the BON, but in honesty I don't think I'd have been able to do it...and my problem was not...

  9. Letters of recommendation...?

    Umberlee posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm looking into grad school and I'm a bit flummoxed by the requirements for letters of recommendation. They are not to come from friends/co-workers/associates, so I would assume they need to come...

  10. Is this too little?

    Umberlee replied to RN315's topic in Psychiatric

    Surely if you let them know after 4-5 days you didn't quite feel ready and would like another block of orientation then they would accommodate you. Especially after the initial investment in you as a...

  11. transferring diversion programs?

    Umberlee replied to NYCRN82's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I tried to contact both the state of Montana's peer assistance program and Pennsylvania's program when we were looking at potential moves. Neither one even bothered to contact me back--no big shock,...

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

    Umberlee posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am currently pretty lost in my career path and am wondering if anyone else experienced a "rebirth," forced or voluntary, thanks to coping with recovery issues and/or the loss of a job. Have you...

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

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, I actually got a call back from the hospital re: my application--when I applied a couple years ago, when I was more new to my probationary program, I just got a rejection email without ever...

  14. need advice

    Umberlee replied to amber24c's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I just submitted an application to a place that turned me down a couple years ago and I'm sort of on pins and needles about it. When I submitted my application previously I just spewed all my info...

  15. admitted diverting, freaking out

    Umberlee replied to 1999nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My former employer notified the police department of my diversion--so hypocritical, since they were diverting medications from one patient to another when they were short on meds, "stealing" in the...

  16. TPAPN Drug Testing and Work Hours

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

    Are you limited to having to test through only one company? I'm in a rather small town and when I signed up I was given a list of local "pee places" and most had after-hours services. The place I've...

  17. Does anyone else feel violated?

    Umberlee replied to HunnieBadger's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was forced to attend AA for the first year of my contract. I let my case-manager know at EVERY opportunity how much I hated AA and emphasized that I felt it was actually a trigger for me. As a...

  18. admitted diverting, freaking out

    Umberlee replied to 1999nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I admitted diverting to my employer. I wasn't even under suspicion, I just thought I was and so I spilled every detail thinking that being honest was the best route to take. Boy, was I wrong! I don't...