DierkyBrewster

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1. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Most of the places I go to to drug test ask me “Is it observed?” And I usually just say yes. Sometimes they observe, sometimes they don’t. Either way we should probably be telling them it’s...

2. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

   If you’re enrolling in ARNAP you will probably be meeting with Tonya, who would end up being your case manager. She’s over the whole program and I’d a very wonderful lady. She’s very...

3. Finally found employment!

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   I am on cloud 9! It’s been 6 months since I have held a position as an LPN. 6 months of mooching off friends and family to afford this damn program. Living with my sister and her family plus my own...

4. Started ARNAP in February

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I’m having to live with my sister currently! It is AWFUL. I luckily was just hired for a company and am SO grateful, they were more than willing to abide with the ARNAP requirements. There IS work...

5. Started ARNAP in February

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   So, I got caught diverting narcotics at my job last year. Even got charges pressed against me for it which I’m still dealing with (court is in August). I got accepted to do the ARNAP program through...

6. Scared, upset, ashamed

   DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Wow.. I can only hope to get as lucky as you did. Thank you for the

7. Scared, upset, ashamed

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   I’ve been working as an LPN in LTC the last 5 years. I’m 28 years old, wife, mom of 2. Love LTC, love my residents, loved the job honestly. I have Rx’s for Tylenol 3 and norco, for chronic...

8. Taking a pay cut for my sanity?

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am an fairly new LPN (graduated in 2014) who currently works in LTC. I have been at my facility for over 2 years and I make decent wages. $17.50 to be exact, and with the rotating 12 hour shifts...

9. Dialysis or LTC?

   DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone! I'm an LPN currently working at a LTC facility. I'm very "comfortable" in my current job, meaning I have my routine down and no surprises throw me off too bad, I can do my job very...

10. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's fine by me! Lol Wow, people are

11. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my charting I did write "resident was showing signs of distress and breathing heavily" and "resident would not awaken to verbal stimuli, had to be touched to arouse" which I guess could seem like...

12. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah. It was hard to pick my jaw up off of the

13. RN in LTC

    DierkyBrewster replied to the nurse who lived's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You will be very surprised on how much you will learn in LTC. I have dealt with everything I can think of, from PICC lines, dressing changes, trachs, peg tubes, access ports, colostomies, urostomies,...

14. Doctors orders for the small stuff and third shift

    DierkyBrewster replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Depending on how well you know your doctors, and depending on what needs to be ordered is how I determine whether I write my own orders or not. Technically, no, we cannot just write orders. The...

15. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am so tired of how nit picky LTC can be. It's really taking a toll on me. I'm sure I'm just reading into it too much, but I SWEAR my facility is trying to push me over the edge and either fire me or...