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Texas Professional Assistance Peer Network, its a program for nurses that have substance abuse issues that serves as an alternative to losing their licenses. It works by limiting the participants in practices, (no narcotic administration, multiple urinalysis, mandatory support meetings, etc).

Nursing is a second career for me. I am older, brand new, male, and voluntarily enrolled in TPAPN as part of an agreement to sit for NCLEX. I have only had one offense ever, a misdemeanor DWI five years ago. I do not know how to go about getting a job, or even know any other nurses that are in TPAPN. There is no way anybody would ever consider hiring a new nurse who cannot dispense narcotics. I would really like to meet other nurses and hopefully find an opportunity to nurse, dont care where it is or what it pays.

I am a brand new nurse. I had a DWI five years ago and went through a forensic psychology assessment by a board certified psychologist in order to sit for the NCLEX. The board offered me a deal in which I would voluntarily enroll in TPAPN 45 days after passing the NCLEX; part of the verbal conversation was an inference that TPAPN would waive the practice requirements part of the program. They inferred this because their psychologist indicated that my behavior was for a "short and fixed period of time, related to grief not to substance abuse". I agreed to enroll in TPAPN to keep my license free of any board actions, believing that if my practice wasn't hindered, I wouldn't be as unattractive to prospective employers. TPAPN never went through with what was inferred, and now I am a new nurse, with a job that I am going to have to resign from after only being on board 1 month, and have no idea how to go about getting another job in order to fulfill my TPAPN work obligations. Does anybody know about resources, or TPAPN friendly employers in the San Antonio, Austin, Waco areas. I could really care less what it pays, or what field it is in, I am humble and really just want to go to work, I just want to nurse. Any advice would be helpful.

I am a brand new nurse. I had a DWI five years ago and went through a forensic psychology assessment by a board certified psychologist in order to sit for the NCLEX. The board offered me a deal in which I would voluntarily enroll in TPAPN 45 days after passing the NCLEX; part of the verbal conversation was an inference that TPAPN would waive the practice requirements so that I wouldn't be as unattractive to prospective employers. TPAPN never went through with what was inferred, and now I am a new nurse, with a job that I am going to have to resign from, and have no idea how to go about getting another job in order to fulfill my TPAPN work obligations. Does anybody know about resources, or TPAPN friendly employers in the San Antonio, Austin, Waco areas. I could really care less what it pays, or what field it is in, I just want to nurse. Any advice would be helpful.