dagobah ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Hello all...

    dagobah replied to No-soy-sauce-until-2019's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's was suppose to be a waving hand. Guess it didn't like my iPhone's
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    Hello all...

    dagobah replied to No-soy-sauce-until-2019's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello! í ½í±‹í
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    Suportive Advertising ?

    dagobah replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ohhh by the way it's Appalachian Sippin' Cream. Chocolate liqueur. Yeah not good for this
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    Suportive Advertising ?

    dagobah replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Googling "Appallation Sipping Cream"
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    MEN, dont come into nursing

    dagobah replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I was in my RN-to-BSN program, we were lumped in with the entry-level BSN students. So, you all can imagine the wide range of ages and mentality. One group sat on other while the other sat on the...
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    NCBON drug testing

    dagobah replied to Nanamarie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My recommendation is going to family. Being honest what happened. Initially, was gonna keep this from family. Bit the bullet and came to parents as a grown adult. "I'm in a lot of trouble, and I have...
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    Life after monitoring

    dagobah replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Although I read a few of the replies, I'm going to reply just focusing on your question. Yes, this 4.5 year program changed me. For the BETTER! I had a major problem. BIG problem. Saved my life. Just...
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    is it hard to get a job after two years off of nursing?

    dagobah replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had a year off, and the reason I gave was I was taking care of an ailing father. That is what I gave to explain the year off. Good luck
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    Who, at your job, knows about your monitoring status?

    dagobah replied to TexasMel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My anonymity was mine and mine only to break. The unfortunate part is that I needed to tell someone to open the Pyxis for me when I needed it open for controlled meds. My boss left it to me how I...
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    10 Ways to Develop Nursing Leadership

    dagobah replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank you for this NRSKaren. I'm in my MSN leadership year 2 of 3. That was a great bulleted point by point what a nurse can do to try to get into a future leadership role.
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    Unfair, unfair, unfair

    dagobah replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Spank Pittsburgh, while that may be true in your experience it was the opposite for me. But, I refused to answer my phone and reply to texts and personal messages to me about the help and support that...
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    15 months to go

    dagobah replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hope you continue to visit even after! Yay almost
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    Unfair, unfair, unfair

    dagobah replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have one for you Happy. I hugged everyone from the BON after 4.5 years and thanked them for saving my life. Still sober and coming up at 8 yrs sobriety. I did it and did it all. No regrets because...
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    KNAP FEAR

    dagobah replied to BONsucks's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Different BONs have different rules. It really depends. On your PRN description, I read PRN as a registry nurse. For CA, that's a no-no. Must be a regular employee, i.e. full-time or part-time...
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    Seeking some feedback on experiences of Navy Reserve Nurse Corps Officer

    dagobah replied to mrsfennel's topic in Government, Military

    I was in the Navy. Enlisted as a corpsman. I got out went to nursing school. Our family is a retired Navy family, so during nursing school pops was in a naval hospital as inpatient. Balboa. At that...
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    What does your username mean?

    dagobah replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    dagobah. I love Star Wars! Yoda's home planet dagobah
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    16 months of sobriety

    dagobah replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That is an unusually long wait. You're self-referring...you should start regardless when they start the investigation. The not so good news, is when you officially start with your state's BON program...
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    What happens when they recommend inpatient?

    dagobah replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I never got inpatient, but I was scheduled for evaluation two weeks in. Luckily, I attended my support group before that eval. Nurses who were there said be on your best behavior and convey "regret"...
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    If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

    dagobah replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! Sign me up
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    Transferring license after graduating??

    dagobah replied to RickG85's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When I finished my program, I asked the board do I have to ever divulge this to future employers. They said "no". All records are destroyed. They can not confirm or deny I was in a program. Mine was...
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    Peer program power trip...

    dagobah replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    catsmeow1972, I ****** ******* understand! Let this **** out!!! 2.5 years in after doing everything right my speech went like this: "...you know I stand here in front of you every six months for five...
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    First Drug Test today for Diversion Opt 1

    dagobah replied to M2185's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I got out 2012. About 2009 they suggested this because too many dilute urines and so many of us upset because the dilutes were negative but we were treated as
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    First Drug Test today for Diversion Opt 1

    dagobah replied to M2185's topic in Nurses Recovery

    When this is all over, you get to look back at these postings and have such gratitude. Hang in there. You can do this. I remember 8 months into support group a group of 4 nurses talking about their...
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    Back in school MSN

    dagobah posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello everyone, I just wanted to check in. Going on 7 years sobriety and back in school for my MSN. It's week 4 of very first semester and am stuck in selecting a concept for my concept analysis...
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    Starting Diversion in CA next week

    dagobah replied to M2185's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I remember I was advised by a night charge nurse that Diversion was extremely hard. The advice that I got was to do registry and continue working. I was confused by that. I told the charge nurse that...