AesthesiaSeeker

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1. Not going to sign TPAPN Participation Agreement. What comes next?

   AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in 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 sober, getting myself drug tested at least once a m...

2. Not going to sign TPAPN Participation Agreement. What comes next?

   AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in 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 attorney. I'm hesitant to do that though as finances...

3. Not going to sign TPAPN Participation Agreement. What comes next?

   AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in Recovery

   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 own psych evaluation done. Still got 3 years. Random dru...

4. Is this TPAPN order fair?

   AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in 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 made my peace with that. I just want to know if thi...

5. Is this TPAPN order fair?

   AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in Recovery

   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 twice a week every week. That's 1 & 1/4 year. O...

6. Managing chronic insomnia with RX meds while on TPAPN?

   AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in 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 too, and that f’s with my life way more than my drinki...

7. Managing chronic insomnia with RX meds while on TPAPN?

   AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Recovery

   Honestly I am going to fight that tooth and nail. They are not going to dictate what prescriptions I take. I will hire a lawyer if I have to.

8. Managing chronic insomnia with RX meds while on TPAPN?

   AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in Recovery

   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 about everything. They go to the point of even saying I’d...

9. Non-bedside nursing jobs while in TPAPN?

   AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in Recovery

   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 time as a nurse with my social issues when I was ...

10. Got the dream job, not quite sure if I'm walking into failure

    AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Critical

    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 things better by writing them down Thank you, I rea...

11. Got the dream job, not quite sure if I'm walking into failure

    AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in Critical

    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 sick, we didn't know how much time they had left, I ...

12. Good area to relocate to?

    AesthesiaSeeker posted a topic in New Nurse

    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 since I'm not a new grad & don't have a year of e...

13. GN Residency Texas Health Resources- February 2019

    AesthesiaSeeker replied to Hallie_renae's topic in Post Graduate

    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 :/

14. Do nurse residencies hire non-new grads?

    AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Job Hunt

    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 gap!

15. Do nurse residencies hire non-new grads?

    AesthesiaSeeker replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Job Hunt

    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 help take care of her. I started eating right and e...