AesthesiaSeeker

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...

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...

@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...

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...

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...

***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...

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...

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.

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 ...

So this is actually going to sound really stupid (I know that there are people out there who might tell me to search this forum and find answers on my own - I hear ya, I've got Asperger's/HFA so bear with me) but what exactly is nursing informatics? ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 :/

So I've posted here several times about the situation I'm in (HR thought I bribed a patient for a DAISY award) and after taking care of a family member I've been on a nursing hiatus for 18 months. I've been looking at nurse residencies and new grad p...

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!

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...

Hi y'all, So I've been on an 18 month hiatus from nursing. I lost my job, moved back home to help out my family and take care of my sister, and a lot of other stuff that's gotten in the way of me getting back into nursing. How do I make myself more h...

To make a long story short 18 months ago I got fired over an 'ethics' violation (pt's Mom wrote me a recommendation letter after I gave a hope necklace to her deeply depressed son; HR called it a bribe). I fell into a deep depression, lost all my mon...

I was in nursing for 9 months. My license is current. My state requires me to disclose my bipolar diagnosis but my doctor isn't entirely sure I have it. I do have Asperger's and depression but I don't have to declare those. I had a patient who was a ...

I had a patient who was a pre-med student with cystic fibrosis. He was very lonely and deeply depressed. He thought his hospitalization would distract him from his classes and that he'd never get into med school. I gave a patient a $3 caduceus neckla...

Hey y'all (sorry from TX can't help it), I've got to ask for advice. Long story short I love nursing. I loved nursing school, I loved clinicals, I loved being with my patients and I loved the path I was on. I got into an awesome new grad ICU progra...

@llg: Thank you, I hadn't really thought through it all in the perspective. It really makes a lot more sense, I just kept getting stuck in a circle.

So I am no stranger to this forum and I've found a lot of helpful advice from people here. In short I was fired from my first position at 9 months experience (I won't bore you with the details here, if you're truly interested check out some of my ear...

@JcRNclin3: I'm in Plano, north of Dallas.