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  1. All I do is cry

    1sttime replied to Bsn10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh- thats a terrible place to be. When I was first caught I would binge watch TV shows and stumble from my sofa outside to smoke, and back again. Your mind is in shock- for me the opiates had also...

  2. Not with a bang but a whimper

    1sttime posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    So I finished monitoring- 5 years of this and one day (my discharge date) I could not log in, later that day I received a letter stating I was complete. I hadn't been tested in a couple of weeks. So...

  3. dealing with rude doctors?

    1sttime replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just know that if something happens to the patient and you didn't call- it would be your license- so always call and document. As far as the way they treat you on the phone- it could be their...

  4. Identity Crisis

    1sttime replied to AntelopeTongue's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You are definitely not alone in the way you feel- my first year of sobriety I was figuring it out- feeling lost. I tried the 12 step programs- they didn't work for me. My first year of sobriety, I ate...

  5. dealing with rude doctors?

    1sttime replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fact that you are not taking advice, and telling us as a new nurse that you are doing it perfectly... something does not add up. Maybe the MD does not care about the vitals- who knows. Either you...

  6. dealing with rude doctors?

    1sttime replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also found that as a manager I observed the ramblings of many (many) nurses- do not assume the charge nurse is any better at communication. You might be polite and professional, but this doesn't...

  7. Weed and Nursing School! Help!!!

    1sttime replied to Sldimuccio12086's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Things might be more tracked now- but I went to college/nursing school without a high school diploma... Sometimes the only person who checks on these things is you... I would find out what records the...

  8. Do women find male nurses attractive?

    1sttime replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    The logic here is dumbfounding- you hate gender stereotypes but you will be a woman-caregivers only patient? I am going to start asking for a man doctor, a lady waitress, a police man, basically...

  9. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    1sttime replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I felt bad for a patient who was waiting for a liver transplant- he was in pain and had a paltry amount of medication ordered. He was in our department for a procedure- and he snapped me into reality...

  10. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    1sttime replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    For alcoholics they certainly do walk past the alcohol section going to the grocery store. How many times a week I hear "lets get drinks"... For other drugs I guess it depends- some of us live in...

  11. Can I take Sudafed? Well I did..TPAPN

    1sttime replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Did you take the phenylephrine type? They might not even test you for the pseudoephedrine this time. In my state during my yearly check in with my MD he writes that I can take Sudafed, Benadryl, and...

  12. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    1sttime replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, somehow I have recovered without the 12 steps... I think it is a system that encourages one to be sick for

  13. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    1sttime replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Orphan RN, You proclaim to have years of experience, and have some letters behind your moniker- yet you fail to understand the basic mechanism of addiction. I could go on about the conversations...

  14. To Get A Sponsor or Not

    1sttime replied to gnurse2089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have a "sponsor", he is my hair guy- and he is in recovery... The thing about the AA/NA model is anonymity- my sponsor has the right to remain anonymous and that is what I have told the monitoring...

  15. Grrrrr, just one of those days (rant)

    1sttime replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Most of it is paranoia, as you get into the program you will be warned of many things. I have a hard time going to parties- I am constantly worried that someone has spiked the punch, or brought some...

  16. Nurse stealing narcs advice

    1sttime replied to Nursenicole1's topic in General Nursing

    Lets use some critical thinking about the medication administration times- Scheduled meds are set on a schedule programmed into a computer, PRN meds are based off of a time of first dose given. Most...

  17. Should I report this nurse?

    1sttime replied to laladeedee's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes- report the nurse, and the charge nurse- an incident report does nothing. An entire shift going by without a critical order being carried out is too

  18. Desperate for answers regarding IPN

    1sttime replied to Rosa09's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The way that it was explained to me was that if the board says to do it, find a way to do it... I was recommended inpatient treatment, luckily I was able to go to another evaluator and get outpatient...

  19. Irregular Testing Schedule, Feeling Angry

    1sttime replied to gnurse2089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi, Yes- the irregular testing schedule can be quite a pain... Ive been selected to test two times in a week, then sometimes nothing for a few weeks... It should get less invasive as time goes on,...

  20. Finished probation today!!!!

    1sttime replied to paidmydues's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi, First of all congrats on finishing the HPSP! I am about six months away from completion myself- what a wild ride it is. Of course I am curious about the early completion. Was it a complete...

  21. Stanford Rape

    1sttime replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    All we know 100% is that both people were intoxicated- any other motive/action is subjective. Did he run because his reptilian brain told him the two people yelling at him were a threat? or did he run...

  22. Stanford Rape

    1sttime replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    The world is grey- had this been a black man he would have been sentenced to a long prison term. Had the victim been a black woman- probably would have not been on the radar at all. So before we go...

  23. Stanford Rape

    1sttime replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like there is an acceptable "personal experience" that is allowed to be shared, which is why I shared mine. If you support the narrative that has been set forth from this you are free to post...

  24. Stanford Rape

    1sttime replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened- someone who had been drinking, but not legally over the limit. The drunk person (well over the legal limit) stumbled off the sidewalk at midnight right in front of the car. Driver...

  25. Stanford Rape

    1sttime replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    I answered this in #3 "-If only you are using substances, then you come upon me and harm me, it is your fault for choosing to take said