hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Dx of Bipolar

    hppygr8ful replied to nurse_girlie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The only meds I've ever heard of being required was suboxone for a heroine addict. I went off my antidepressant with my psychiatrist's supervision and board blessing in year 3 of my diversion.
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    My own family is the PITA in the hospital

    hppygr8ful replied to Dances with wool's topic in General Nursing

    Something similar happened when my SIL inserted herself into my mother's care. She was all over the nurses, very rude and condescending. She called me in the middle of the night to tell me how awful...
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    Money is tight

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    One thing to remember and I wish I known this back then but every dollar paid for mandatory treatment, drug tests, psych evals etc is a tax deductible as a healthcare expense so save those receipts....
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    Money is tight

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I actually took a 2nd mortgage out on my house to pay for this insanity. It's all paid back now plus I worked retail part time before I got cleared to go back to work as a nurse.
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    hppygr8ful replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    One drink is all it takes sometimes. These programs are total abstinence!
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    Advice for dealing with addicts?

    hppygr8ful replied to garnetgirl29's topic in Addictions

    Any drug has potential for abuse! Heck I used to get high as a kite on Benadryl. That still does not give one permission to go against Dr's orders. We run a very high quality medically supervised and...
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    Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    hppygr8ful replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your notification should have told you what you were positive for. When I had a false positive it said + EtG and gave the level. But I went through this a long time ago. Good luck
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    Responsible for 132 clients and Working during breaks

    hppygr8ful replied to Nroh's topic in General Nursing

    All you have to do is called your state employment office and ask. A similar situation happened to me a few years back and I got a print-out of the state regs and took them to my employer. In some...
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    New to Recovery program and not good news

    hppygr8ful replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I absolutely would not fall on my sword and tell. But that's just me. I've been done with this business for several years but hang around as a source of support for my fellow travelers. Still rules...
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    Do you have a previous bachelors degree before going into nursing? (RPN/RN/LPN)

    hppygr8ful replied to suits2scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    Old your 24 for cripes sake. I went back to school for nursing when I was 36 and I wasn't the oldest in my class by far. I have a BA in arts and letters and started out as a middle school English...
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    Would you have gone to nursing school....

    hppygr8ful replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it was definitely worth it! Nursing is my second maybe third career (If you count the year I was a dog catcher). I got my RN (ADN) at a community college and paid cash so I did not incur any debt....
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    In process, after evaluation, rpp wants 1 year monitoring without having a diagnosis

    hppygr8ful replied to Beazy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Is you lawyer familiar with professional practice and license protection cases. If not you need to get one who is. You need someone who will aggressively fight for you especially since you don't...
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    No alcohol. NONE

    hppygr8ful replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    actually when people who I have known my entire life and who knew me in the salad days ask the incredibly rude and intrusive question "Why aren't you drinking?" I smile sweetly and say " I'm actually...
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    "For the Fallen" the 9%

    hppygr8ful replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Spanked thank you for your kind words - early in the process I had an incredible addiction's counselor who told that I needed to decide to start living again or get on with dying. The thousand...
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    Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

    hppygr8ful replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    Med errors are not necessarily reportable to the state. At least not the state I live in.
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    Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

    hppygr8ful replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    From this thread and other posts It does seem that you are having some continuing issues with anxiety and depression. There's no crime in that. Many of us struggle with similar mental health issues....
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    Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

    hppygr8ful replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    You have a right to review your employee file and any accusations, discipline and actions taken against you. This is the law. If you can't afford a lawyer check with a legal aid clinic who can at...
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    Failed pre employment drug screen in Texas, now what?

    hppygr8ful replied to NurseTexas2018's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh an you might consider consulting with an attorney familiar with professional practice issues here's a link to a referral service. You need to know the legalities of what you will be signing up for....
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    Failed pre employment drug screen in Texas, now what?

    hppygr8ful replied to NurseTexas2018's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The highlighted portion of your answer is key. The recovery industry is just that an industry that sucks millions of dollars out of people who can ill afford to pay it. I am not talking about street...
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    Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked Psych for the better part of my career and IMHO these patients remain the most medically underserved population. My favorite p[art of nursing this population is seeing a Terrified paranoid...
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    Nurse Bullying. Have you experienced it?

    hppygr8ful replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But being rude is not the same thing as
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    Fired for Falsifying Documents. What to expect

    hppygr8ful replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    I very much doubt you will be turned into the BON for this. Take a look at the discipline section of your states BON website to see the kinds of things nurses lose their license over. Chalk this up as...
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    How has nursing changed you?

    hppygr8ful replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

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    How has nursing changed you?

    hppygr8ful replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    I think we need a Davey Do meme about doing housework in full protective gear to prevent injury due to falls etc......Just this week I had to wait for my son to be home so I could clean a high shelf....
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    Evidence Base Research Shows...

    hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Nor can you teach a pig to sing!