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  1. tnpap is not fair. has anyone been through this?

    backtowork replied to ZMikles's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Shoulda, woulda, coulda...I am sure the monitoring body will take care of assigning the appropriate amount of blame and guilt for this nurse's actions without our help. Gee whiz!!! OP..please do not...

  2. tnpap is not fair. has anyone been through this?

    backtowork replied to ZMikles's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello..and welcome to our world. The state BONs do not distinguish between heroin and pot and alcohol..if you are caught with any of these substances in your system, you are an addict in their...

  3. diprivan abuse

    backtowork replied to NYCRN82's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is the same drug that killed Michael

  4. Accept job offer or run?

    backtowork replied to *4!#6's topic in General Nursing

    R/T available and R/T on the floor are 2 totally different things when i comes to weaning vent patients..are they on the floor 24/7? Also if they say 6 patients, they mean 6 patients usually..what...

  5. What is the deal with GEO Group?

    backtowork replied to Chipola's topic in Correctional

    Agree..I worked for CCA..another mega private prison system..horrible pay, horrible working conditions..megalomaniac wardens with Nazi like management styles..Be afraid of all these private prison...

  6. Legal issues with only having one RN on the floor

    backtowork replied to photocodo's topic in General Nursing

    A nursing home not far from where I live in rural Texas was shut down for this very reason..that is shut completely down..chains on the door..a for sale sign up front. A nurse was in your situation...

  7. any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    backtowork replied to milksteak's topic in Nurses Recovery

  8. Using Creative Charting...

    backtowork replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    or..pitching a perpetual

  9. Legal issues with only having one RN on the floor

    backtowork replied to photocodo's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an inpatient hospice and even if there is only ONE patient, we still have 2 RNs on duty 24/7. We don't even call codes (obviously) and we are staffed better than your unit. If my company can...

  10. Need support, very depressed.

    backtowork replied to KaseyJo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Kasey. My license was never suspended but rather I ended up with a warning and stips on my license which makes it very hard to find a nursing job..BUT totally doable with persistence and tenacity...

  11. Will I have to cut my hair at training? what about after when I'm at the hospital

    backtowork replied to sabby17's topic in Government, Military

    All I have to say is, Thank You for serving our country. oh..one more thing.... as far as this post having do to with nursing or not..you are a nurse and you are welcome to ask what you wish...

  12. Coffee Addiction

    backtowork replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    My husband always has a fresh pot of stove top percolated coffee waiting for me when I get up at 4pm..(I work nights). It is a hot, strong cup of love that we share together..he at the end of his...

  13. failed drug test by First Lab

    backtowork replied to brownimr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Anyone who smokes pot with a license is insane. The BON does not differentiate between smoking "a little weed" and shooting heroin. It is all the same to them..an addict, is an addict, is an...

  14. Infatuated with colleague - need counsel

    backtowork replied to RCBR's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My take is..Nurses tend to over think and uber analyze everything TOO much.. Hey..the cupcakes only come around once sometimes..so go for it,

  15. Salary comparison

    backtowork replied to oriellyk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    RN 34 years, Ft Worth TX Inpatient Hospice Staff nurse,

  16. Let go

    backtowork replied to Wonderlost's topic in Nursing Career

    If the guards were allowed to have them and use them, why can't you?. There should be an appeal process at your facility.. I would run this up the appeal ladder and see what happens. Have you spoke to...

  17. Just diagnosed with RA and LUPUS.....sober since 2009

    backtowork replied to melbe817's topic in Nurses Recovery

    eb.one said it well. nothing more I can add but prayers for wisdom in your decision. Take good care of yourself first and everything will happen just the way it is supposed

  18. Embarrasing illnesses

    backtowork replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient come in to the ER years ago with an acute abdomen and after a KUB was found to have Barbie doll heads all the way through his small and large intestines he had been swallowing and...

  19. what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

    backtowork replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    My sense of

  20. Hope for people with a felony

    backtowork replied to rnbsnmsn's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I just love success stories. Thank you for sharing and best of luck in your well deserved career. We need more nurses like

  21. MedTox non-negative Pre-employment Drug Screen

    backtowork replied to bishops76's topic in General Nursing

    Why you use these medications is no one's business except your's and your prescribing physician's. It is not the business of your employer for sure. Why is it that the medical system's beloved HIPIAA...

  22. Still looking...

    backtowork replied to iisonu's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Never, Never, Never give up. The miracle may be right around the

  23. Working with stipulations

    backtowork replied to backtowork's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I began my job as PRN..it only took a month for my boss to realize what kind of a nurse I was and take me on full time. I think a lot of employers want to see if nurses like us with stips are truly in...

  24. Working with stipulations

    backtowork replied to backtowork's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Faithdetermined..well come to the forum..Good for you getting on with working off your stips..Is there any chance your PRN job could be full time in the

  25. DUI reporting and IPN help!!!

    backtowork replied to 10pat's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Amen