IrishCMSRN BSN, RN

Hi, I just enrolled in the OU RN-BSN and start 4510 soon. I'm going to be working full-time during this program. Can anyone who has completed it offer suggestions or things you wish you had known about the course prior to starting? Study sugg...

I’m in the Philly/PA area in the same situation. Finding it hard to get hired. It’s soul destroying but I’m still hopeful. Anyone know of PNAP friendly employers? I’d welcome a referral.

Hi, I’m in the same boat as the original poster. In the past few months I’ve sent out hundreds of applications and no one wants to touch me with a ten foot pole. I’ve tried dialysis, rehabs, LTC, all the big hospitals in my area with no luck. I ...

Has anyone found any programs that will accept monitoring?

I too am searching for an RN-BSN online program. My license is Active but "on probation". Has anyone found current programs that will accept us? I've contacted Ohio University and Chamberlain and they now say no, along with many others. So depres...

Hi, Just started applying for med/surg positions at Temple in Philly. Anyone work here? Recommend? Pros/Cons? Thanks!

ughhhhhh.....call an attorney who specializes in medical licensing. Once you get sucked into RAMP it will follow you and your license forever. I made the same mistake in PA. Trust me, talk to an attorney before going to any evaluation. The "board...

Just curious who the attorney is? The guy I was recommended to by PNAP took my 3k lied to me and really did nothing I couldn’t have done myself.

My update is that BON are the cruelest and most unfair bunch of old biddies. A fellow nurse in the program relapsed on stolen narcs and got ONE year suspension. I could no longer afford to pay to be in the program and dropped out. They gave me a T...

Knowing what I know now, I would skip the test. The board is not your friend. The minute you admit to use, you are starting over again at month zero. I’m not typically a dishonest person but have been screwed over royally by this program. Good lu...

Tommy, I have an entire “manifesto” of my awful Pnap experiences and I’m willing to share with u. Please email me. [email protected]. I’m beyond anonymity now. This program destroyed me and my career. I’m willing to fight the fight !!

I was 3 months shy of graduating from PNAP when I tested positive for ETOH. I was honest, admitted it and they extended my contract another 3 years. After a year or so I just couldn’t afford to pay for it anymore and quit. License is now suspended....

Sorry to hear. I quit nursing for this very reason. Couldn’t afford to stay in the monitoring program. They lost a great nurse!

Hi, I was in PNAP/VRP for almost 5 years and after relapsing, receiving extension to my contract etc. I just could no longer afford to stay in the program despite remaining clean and sober (to this day). I sat in my car one day when I had been picke...

Persephone that made me laugh. Thanks!

Hi Chad, Thanks for the response. My suspension is for 3 years and I don't have any desire to go back to nursing. I was a really good nurse and I loved my job. I just got sucked into a dark cloud and addiction followed. I really don't have any ...

So Im on here all the time but I never see alot of posting from other PA nurses. Im in the program for 3 1/2 years and due to relapse now looking at another 3 years. So it would be great to discuss the daily grinds of PNAP/VRP with others in the s...

In case u want to know it tests for ETG.

Time to complain about how awful this program is and how it just doesn't work. I tested positive for alcohol 2 months shy of my completion date and was told I had to restart my 3 years all over again. I tried to fight, negotiate, and the all migh...

...oh and the whole "lifesaver" attitude.....kills me. You hang IV bags all day and you think that is saving a life. Unless you are cracking ribs with a good outcome, you aint lifesaving! ...and the string of hate responses begins, now....

Yes, I now have an intense dislike for people with a string of initials after their name........

Talk to an attorney before you go any further. You may be able to avoid self reporting to BON and avoid Year's of misery and cost! Im not saying you should not get help from a recovery program but be very cautious signing up for any "voluntary" boa...

And know that when you agree to these programs there is literally no escape. If you complete your 5 yrs and decide to move to another state, that state will make you do their program all over from scratch. I am quitting for this very reason, cant d...

Also had a patient who would poop and hide it in the drawers in his room....lol

I had a patient that felt it was necessary to masturbate while attached to a cardiac monitor. ....His HR alarms started alerting on the nurses station screen and several nurses ran in to find the sheets flapping away!!!