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catsmeow1972 has 15 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in OR.
Fluent in sarcasm and constantly trying not to curse every 3rd **** word. Mother of cats. Likes human kids so long as they are someone else’s and I can gives them back. Deep down, actually a nice person (so I’m told). Will take your holiday shift for cash...
Hi, I am in Florida. Can you please tell me how you found work and where you found work while you were in monitoring? I need someone to talk to desperately.
Hi, my first job was a little hellhole in Bartow, Fl. I lasted about 16 months before I resigned as I was afraid of losing my license over massive safety issues, both in regards to patients and staff. I did make it long enough to work off the key restriction that was on the contract. I was mental health, not addiction but this farce of a program treats everyone like they are an addict on the verge of relapse.
My next job, I was forced into working on a med/surg floor in Sarasota. I’d interviewed for and received an offer for the OR but IPN screwed that over for me by lying to my potential supervisor. SMH was interested enough in me to offer me a floor position (the delicious irony is that is was a post surgical floor where we had the highest usage of narcs in the hospital). Drugs never being my issue but IPN treating me like it was and then landing there, priceless. I lasted about 8 months because well, I am many things but a floor nurse ain’t one of them. I just could not keep up, being the perfectionist that I am.
After that, considering that I had no desire to pick up and move again!, and not even sure I wanted to be a nurse anymore, I delivered groceries for a year and a half. I figured since I’d satisfied all the facets of the contract except the time, I could just sit out and count days instead of torturing myself with not being able to get a job in my specialty. I did not disclose to IPN that I was doing non healthcare work because frankly, I did not think it was any of their business. The case manager had the gall to ask me how I supported myself. I told her I was independently wealthy. Should have told her I was pole dancing, LOL! (I’m nearly 50 and fat….haha)
About 6 months prior to the end, I decided IPN could go screw themselves and I was not going to let them take away my ability to do what I love. I wound up moving again, this time to Tallahassee. That was back in 2019. I’m still there and quite happy. They seem to have a low opinion of IPN in general. My supervisor had zero interest in why I was stuck in their program and did tell me that she tuned out the case manager babbling when she had the requisite chat. Tallahassee is a pretty decent place to work. Even in the midst of Covid, they took good care of us. I can’t complain.
I would avoid any HCA facility like the plague. They seem to think IPN people are the equivalent of hardened criminals or something. I don’t have much use for for-profit healthcare anyway.
Hope that helps..
Thank you for replying! Here’s my story. About two months ago, I was working for an HCA facility and travel nursing. I was going through a divorce and trying to pay my divorce attorney and bills. I was exhausted. I was asked to go into work in my ONE day off a week. I declined twice and was baited into working. I went in and a patient complained about me. At the end of my shift around 530AM I was asked to submit a urine drug screen. I refused because I knew it would be positive for marijuana. The next day I got a call from IPN asking me to self-report. I was in the fence for logistical reasons. I couldn’t work if I reported and the eval was quite costly. I found another job shortly after at an LTAC in administration away from the bedside and hired a licensing attorney. Then about two weeks ago I received a court order from the BON to go have an evaluation with Titelguy addictionologist in Gainesville. I have to go soon and I am sure he will refer me to monitoring and inpatient rehab. I CANNOT afford inpatient rehab and will not qualify for insurance through my job until Dec. 24th. All of this is making me have extreme panic attacks and my mental health is worse than it’s ever been. If I can get through this, I can get through anything. I could keep my job if my DON and director agreed, but I don’t even know. There’s no chance I could keep my job if my license becomes suspended. I am a single mom now without any support. I have no idea how I am going to manage. The attorney I have says he could try to have me have a second opinion or possibly plea with the BON to allow IOP. If you were me, what would you do? I have no idea what’s going to happen. I am quite afraid. What’s the evaluation like?
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