AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Nurses Recovery
@TriciaJ You are brilliant! My license was initially delinquent because I was in Minnesota which is non-NLC and I was looking to renew it. I’m just going to let it lie, give myself 1+ years of being...
AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Nurses Recovery
I'm not too worried about the licensing issue; I'm looking to go back to school for my master's in bioinformatics and work in health data science. You bring up a good point about consulting with an...
Got my psych evaluation done for Texas’s TPAPN program a couple of weeks ago and it’s finally come around to signing time. Been going to AA for over a year, went to in-patient treatment, got my...
AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Nurses Recovery
***EDIT: Before I go any further, I want to specify that by "fair" I mean fair compared to other TPAPN board orders people have received. Yes, I did wrong; yes, I must face the consequences - I have...
Hey y'all, I'll put it to you straight: I voluntarily submitted myself to the Texas BON. Got DWI in Minnesota last year. I immediately started attending AA meetings. Since April 2019 I've been going...
AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Nurses Recovery
So I can’t be in TPAPN because I take sleep meds for insomnia and have been for the past twelve years? What next, are they going to tell me I can’t join because I have autism? Because I have that...
So I’m going to start Texas’ peer assistant program and clearly drug testing is going to be a part of it. I’ve been reading through the information packet and it’s very, very sensitive to just...
So I'm a nurse who for all intents and purposes should probably have not become one - I have Asperger's & did fine in nursing school & clinicals - but completely couldn't perform working full...
AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Critical Care
Thank you. Seriously, thank you. I have always wanted to do ICU nursing and I can't think of a better place to do it. I also kinda have Asperger's so learning can be a little difficult as I remember...
Hey y'all, I gotta back up a bit because I need to give this a little context: In 2016 I was a new grad and started a Neuro PCU residency. Problem is, that only lasted 6 months. A family member got...
So I've posted my story a lot on here and it's probably not worth repeating. I recently spoke with a nurse recruiter and she told me my chances at getting hired in my area (DFW) are extremely slim...
Applied for OR, had interview this past Thursday. I vaguely remember them saying I would hear something back by Saturday but no word yet. The waiting is the hardest part
Thank you for the post @beekee, I really appreciate the advice. I've actually used a lot of what you wrote as a pitch to employers who ask me about my work
I like this, I really do, and I know at the end of the day that's all that counts. But these past 18 months have really been hell. My sister developed a drug problem and my parents wanted me home to...