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  1. Tested positive for marijuana

    1sttime replied to SimplyMarie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey there- whats done is done- how quickly you bounce back from this is what you need to focus on now. Sorry for the above lectures- this isn't the time for that- you are human- and in the history...

  2. The Fifth Vital Sign

    1sttime replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you as someone who was both practitioner and patient under this brilliant idea that I will never again fall for some administrative push to change nursing practice. 1) There are so many...

  3. deleted post

    1sttime replied to wifeseekinghelp's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was your husband 4.5 years ago... I am a completely different person now- I didn't realize how sick I was. Do what you have to do to get through this- it will be very hard at first- eventually it...

  4. Did you get unemployment?

    1sttime replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The office of unemployment does not have the authority to force you to disclose personal health information. I went round and round with a gentleman on the phone who wanted to know how an RN could be...

  5. New to IPN Florida

    1sttime replied to RNMOM1213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It should be illegal to have evaluations where they have a treatment program- I have heard so many nightmare stories about Hazelden, and my own experience was outright threats that a persons...

  6. Hostile work environment - Violent Doctor

    1sttime replied to Summer70's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in a hostile work environment DO NOT RELY ON HR- HR is only there to protect the hospital- not you. Any meetings with them will not be documented- if its not documented it didn't happen,...

  7. Chemical dependency evaluation and lab drug alcohol screening?

    1sttime replied to SandyOh1967's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You graduated from nursing school and are now entering the profession on probation? I have not had a hair sample taken in 4 years- tests depend on the state, mine run $64-108. They generally have a...

  8. positive for pot

    1sttime replied to my own worst enemy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    People can be impaired by many things: All of those times my manager did not care I was working with a migraine- impaired All of the nurses who are constantly distracted by their phones or Facebook-...

  9. Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    1sttime replied to ServantLeader's topic in Emergency

    We must all have short term memory loss- somebody came up with the idea that a hospital should be like a hotel- patients became guests. Around this same time we were told "Pain is the 5th vital sign"...

  10. Nursing even worth it for me?

    1sttime replied to Malenurseprospect's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That makes a rough start to nursing- I don't know if I would be able to make it through if I didn't have years of nursing experience to get me into a job to meet the monitored practice requirements....

  11. IV Benadryl......

    1sttime replied to nico2843's topic in Nurses Recovery

    A relapse or a slip up is a part of recovery- I had a slip up after 2 years- horrific but I kept moving forward- I went back to counseling and tried to figure out what happened. I can't tell you what...

  12. How will I know when I am truly ready to practice again?

    1sttime replied to nurse_kee77's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is a hard question... when I was practicing impaired I thought I was ok to practice. After 1 year of sobriety I felt completely different about that, now at 4 years out I realize that each year...

  13. cravings

    1sttime replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    For me it was about knowing that the cravings weren't in control, and then slowly finding something else that I enjoyed more in life.... Where are you, through withdrawals? 1 week

  14. Monitoring Fees/taxes

    1sttime replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I asked this as well to my monitor- it can be a qualified health expense- if I would have done it correctly I would have set up an HSA and had money in there to pay for these things. I tried to...

  15. Just self reported

    1sttime replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Can you get Cobra insurance? This would also be the time to look into a healthcare plan that covers addiction

  16. Just self reported

    1sttime replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Nothing will look good right now- you have to go through the steps to feel better Force yourself to take walks, eat right, and do self care... I spent way too much time going between the sofa and...

  17. Just self reported

    1sttime replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes, have a credit card for the drug screens- in my state they run $60-120 per test, in another state its $50 per test. Failure to pay is "non-compliance" I took money out of my 401k as a loan to get...

  18. Intro

    1sttime replied to cyrisse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I made a switch to real estate- it does take a little money to get started, but the real estate boards don't seem to care about anything except real crimes and financial fraud. I did my training...

  19. Just self reported

    1sttime replied to Sothisisit's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In my state you can work a non-nursing job. My old employer did keep me on for some time for FMLA and I was eligible for rehire, circumstances made it so that my entry into our states program took too...

  20. have any of you left nursing

    1sttime replied to StillRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I left nursing after 15 years- I continue in the RAMP program to keep my license valid and free from discipline. -What I have learned in my time away from nursing is that I can be successful in...

  21. Meeting attendance audited?

    1sttime replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Protection of the public in certain easy to protect cases (i.e. us), there are a lot of practicing nurses and doctors who are violating their practice standards daily and rarely are they...

  22. Interview help

    1sttime replied to curr987's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Read the contract- I did not disclose until I had the job offer- an interview is an opportunity to sell the positive attributes of yourself. When I was a hiring manager I had a nurse disclose her...

  23. Meeting attendance audited?

    1sttime replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Anonymous is the key- who are they going to check with? What if you attend an online meeting? What if you do what I do which is go by the "big book" which says something about a meeting is when two...

  24. RN with new Restrictions on license

    1sttime replied to Amberb1395's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Employee health, dialysis, telephone triage... I know of an RN who got a job in dialysis after having public discipline... When I was first looking for a job I would explain it if the position...

  25. Disgusted to say this.. 4 misdemeanors before facing demons

    1sttime replied to Purple7892's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would see if I could get a job at a health system that supports you- your foot could be in the door as a unit secretary or other supportive role. You might even just try with getting a CNA...