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Going through a bad divorce, diagnosed with PTSD from when my husband held myself and small kids hostage when we tried to leave. Turned to drugs and ended up with felony charges for possession and assault. Of course the board caught wind the day the charges hit and wanted me to go into pnap (been there before 7years ago and completed the program). My lawyer didn't want me to submit to pnap because my charges may be expunged or dropped but because I didn't submit to pnap, now the BON got involved and scheduled me to undergo a mental heath and drug eval to check my competency as a nurse. My lawyer says I need to go and be honest. The doc they are having me see wants letters from my IOP and personal therapist to bring with me when I go to see him. I am very nervous about all of this. It just feels like a witch hunt to me and not knowing what is going to happen is so scary. My job is being very supportive throughout the whole ordeal and I don't want to lose my career. The original letter from PNAP/VrP before the BON got involved said that the door would be closed to me for pnap if I didn't respond so I think that's the case. Anyone been in a similar situation with the nursing board???

So I've been in a monitoring program for 3 years due to opiate addiction. I still have probably up to 6 months to go even though I should have been done this January 2015 but they didn't sign their part of the contract til months after I actually started....grrrr. Anyway, throughout this whole thing I have been lucky. Felony charges revoked and misdemeanor eventually expunged, received unemployment from the job i diverted from, got a job one year into monitoring that so happens to be the best and most well paid job in nursing I have ever had. This time last year I felt so so grateful for my second chance but now that feeling is gone. I was afraid this would happen. I was called for testing today and being it so New Year's Eve there were no testing sites open near me so I had to spend hours at the end of my day to get to one that was open. I was so mad about it I called my Pnap monitor and yelled at her voicemail. I am in such a slump because I just have had it with this program and the fees and the testing and want it to be over already! Why has my gratitude disappeared?

Omg this is my worst fear. I too am at the three year mark in pnap and was told that I have 6 more months to go because of when they signed the papers. I never had a positive screen but am constantly worried this will happen to me at the end. The program has screwed me many times in different ways and I so feel for what u are going through. Please let us know the outcome of this. When I am done I would love the chance to advocate and make the program more fair for others. I hope this problem is resolved for u

Hi all, on here to vent and/or get advice. I have been enrolled in the Pnap/phmp/vrp program since January 2012 when I started receiving my first random urines. I am working as a nurse case manager for an insurance company. My recovery and employment and life in General has been squeaky clean with no issues. My job lets us work from home, however, it is a work restriction and vrp says I can't. My understanding of the program is that is for 3 years. As I started my Pnap contract and urine testing in January 2012, it was my understanding that I would be done in January 2015. When I contacted my Pnap case manager today she informed me that my contract with vrp actually didn't start until April 2012 and that is when I can petition for release from the program which apparently can take months. I am on top of a list to go work from home and now this news hits and I don't know what to do. They said I can get a lawyer involved but that runs the risk of getting marks on my license so I won't do that. I previously wrote letters and sent the along with letters from my ion program and my supervisor asking to be allowed to work from home and was denied. I really don't know what, if anything, there is I can do. I am so frustrated. I have completely changed my life and no one cares at all that this is holding me back in a lot of ways. Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

That really must have hurt but I'm glad you both talked and worked things out. I often wonder just how long it will take for my husband to forget what I did. We recently talked about it and he said it felt as if Ihad cheated on him. I never thought about it that way but after much thought I can see the way he feels. I don't think know how long, if ever, it will take for our families to fully trust us again. I know its a crappy feeling though. Congrats on ur 3 years! That is wonderful!

Hello. I'm an RN in the PNAP program for 9 months and am currently looking for work. My problem is this: I only have any experience working in doctors offices and in the OR. I am interested in dialysis but there aren't any positions available near me. While waiting for a dialysis position, my PNAP rep has told me to reinvent myself and try to get work in case management or utilization review. There are many jobs in this field and I apply to them ALL. However I haven't gotten a call back for an interview for any of them. I'm guessing this is because I have no experience. I don't know what to do at this point other than to keep trying. I feel like I have so many work restrictions that there's nothing left for me as a nurse anymore. I've been trying to let God take the wheel here and realize that His plan for me is to just keep holding out til the right thing comes along but as the weeks tick by with no responses I'm getting more and more discouraged. Any advice as to another field I could look into or some way to get these jobs to notice me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.