catsmeow1972 BSN, RN

catsmeow1972 has 15 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in OR.

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   Anyone allowed to stay on pain management on TPAPN?

   catsmeow1972 replied to ApriLRNTX's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I got out of the monitoring hell nearly 6 years ago. I made it through the five years without missing a check in, popping a positive or a dilute or anything. When you take a person with OCD and put...
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   Florida evaluator

   catsmeow1972 replied to messedupbigtime's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I can promise you, the governor does not give 2 hoots about this. The 'protecting the public' BS has been hammered into people for decades. You've heard the cliche 'money talks, BS walks?’ Well, the...
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   I completed monitoring

   catsmeow1972 replied to Erin1984's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Congratulations! For me too, this forum was very helpful. For information and for a place to vent. It was very anticlimactic. I still did that silly check in for a few days after, until the...
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   Florida IPN saga continues

   catsmeow1972 replied to Ipnsux's topic in Nurses Recovery

   What's done is done, however going forward I would remember that HR exists to protect the facility. They don't care whether you are right or wrong. I had pretty much the same issue in the first crappy...
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   Life after IPN…..

   catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I do understand the point of the 12 step meetings for those in for SUD. Me, I self reported over a mental health issue. In my state, they treat everyone like an addict fixing to relapse. They forced...
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   Florida IPN saga continues

   catsmeow1972 replied to Ipnsux's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Some states have passed rules that eliminate disciplinary action after a certain number of years; But in Florida that record remains, "protecting the public" even after we're dead. Our ancestors can...
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   Kentucky Board KARE

   catsmeow1972 replied to tarab333's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Yeah, my finish was very anticlimactic. A phone call from the b**** case manager and an emailed generic form letter followed by a hard copy. Mine made us do a silly 'exit interview.’ Basically a...
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   Life after IPN…..

   catsmeow1972 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   Hi all, I have not been on this site in quite some time as my 'sentence' in IPN ended a bit over 4 years ago. I chose to pull back from being here so often as I thought it important to get on with my...
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   Kentucky Board KARE

   catsmeow1972 replied to tarab333's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I dunno, the crime syndicate that is the Florida program started doing Peth testing on a regular basis because ‘it was an additional tool to assist us in our recovery’ or some such BS. Rather...
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    Florida IPN saga continues

    catsmeow1972 replied to Ipnsux's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Being stuck in that BS supposed rehab ( I self reported over a mental health crisis… how drug rehab was supposed to be any use whatsoever is beyond me). I was so clueless that I didn’t even...
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    Success stories of using attorney vs IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to LittleRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes! Get an attorney. The expense of having a relationship with a good one. If we are talking Florida, there 2 big firms that specialize in this stuff. TOS says I can't name them but I had one on the...
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    IPN needs reforms and oversight? yes, please!

    catsmeow1972 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Read in its entirety: A Call for Rational Reform of IPN and PRN Laws and Regulations I couldn't get this to post as an article, so here is the link. It is from late 2021 but clearly, someone...
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    Kentucky Board KARE

    catsmeow1972 replied to tarab333's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Granted I’ve been out of IPN for almost 3 glorious years but in my seemingly never ending time there, I managed to never have a dilute pee. How, you ask? Well I did the stupid checkin at 4am on the...
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    IPN 40 hour restrictions

    catsmeow1972 replied to Merrieberry's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Absolutely. Staying until your relief gets in does not constitute an extra shift. Considering that I am pretty sure the clowns that run this show have not been anywhere near an actual patient in a...
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    IPN 40 hour restrictions

    catsmeow1972 replied to Merrieberry's topic in Nurses Recovery

    No, IPN does not get any copies of your time card. These people lead you to be paranoid enough that you would think they did. Unless things have changed, the only thing they get is the little...