catsmeow1972 BSN, RN

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    Reported to NPDB

    catsmeow1972 replied to IrishCMSRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My suspicion is that for those of us that have public discipline, it doesn’t matter wether we are on it. Just like the black mark on the license is permanent, so would that be. Per thier website,...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I too have been exceedingly fortunate in that I’ve been able weather the financial damage, though not completely unscathed. There was a bankruptcy back at the beginning. Added to the career damage,...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    From an insiders perspective, I’d agree with that. Looking back on my nightmarish experience with the (misdiagnoses, unnecessary and inappropriate, overpriced ‘treatment’, abuse, manipulation...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Chadprepton...you’ve got your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it, however picking apart people’s statements/answers, whenever someone states thier opinion is really not cool. We have all...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    At the risk of starting another lengthy thread.... For people stuck in these things inappropriately (not saying that a stint might be unnecessary, but not with the hefty length of time/employment...
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    Bully Scrub Techs

    catsmeow1972 replied to Windyhill's topic in Operating Room

    Even more so, techs work under MY license. I run the room and I am ultimately responsible for what happens. I had one once that, when I asked to count before the patient was brought back, got very...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The apparent lack of internal controls in my program is exactly what is appalling. As I’ve said before, mine is a ‘for profit’ entity and is accountable to no one. A grievance or objection goes...
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    Hair

    catsmeow1972 replied to Scollins2's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would think so. I don’t believe even they could take action on what they already knew. You went through the proper channels (notification, copy of scripts, etc.) so they can’t do a bloody thing...
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    catsmeow1972 replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was once working in a small town ER on a night where fell a full moon, on the summer soltisce and close enough to a Friday the 13th. Sho’nough...every frequent flyer came in. We were harboring a...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have, thank you very much. The is nothing different to do. I take my meds, I see my therapist and the closer I get to the end of this, the happier I am. I am not miserable and have no ‘demons’...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It used to be part of the objective or mission statement or something. Of course, like much it has been changed. Semantics aside, if these things would just stop with the fuzzy language and actually...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My experience is that the program claims to “advocate for the impaired nurse.” The reality? Punishment, plain and simple. But they are so imbued with being able to do whatever without real...
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In mine, (this is my personal belief, so don’t anyone flame me over it) that “protecting the public” is the motive for the BON. The program...no so much. What they claim to do and what they...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    catsmeow1972 replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I suppose it is possible and should be. I just don’t know of it occurring in my
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    Why is the general feel to this board that the Board of Nursing is 'out to get' us

    catsmeow1972 replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My ‘resentment’ is not directed at the BON, so much as at the program. In my state, when any nurse presents with any concern, they are referred to the program. That is straight up simple. My...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    catsmeow1972 replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Correct...everything rides on that evaluation. The problem is that if that ‘evaluator’ has motives that, shall we say, not on the up and up, then there rises issues with inappropriate use of these...
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    New Nurse/IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Analgesic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Definitely just your experience. If these programs are what helps a person with whatever thier issue might be, then great. That is/was the original intention. However, for those of us who have been...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    catsmeow1972 replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And in many states when ‘the board knows something is going on’ the de facto response is to refer the person to whatever passes for a monitoring program. If said monitoring program claims that the...
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    New Nurse/IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Analgesic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It depends on how much you want to be a nurse. Keep in mind that if you relinquish your license, you will not be able to get any other state issued licenses until you clean up your nursing license....
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    Pursuing NP after completing probation

    catsmeow1972 replied to SkyIsTheLimit86's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think with NP programs, the concern is less about a reprimanded license for past issues than for a person that currently has restrictions. That I believe creates a liability for the program in the...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    catsmeow1972 replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Regardless of my personal opinions on weed, I do agree that you are seriously risking your license. ‘I didn’t know” or “it was only once” are not going to garner any sympathy. My...
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    Avoiding a dilute?

    catsmeow1972 replied to StanleyJ's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I tend to agree that if you are not chugging fluids, you are probably fine. I choose to “do a pee pee dance” until I can go donate the first go of the day (I am at the lab when they unlock the...
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    Tpapn dentist

    catsmeow1972 replied to Oldpro1985's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That is your choice and that is fine, however we are all medical professionals and are provided with an exhaustive list of what is and is not acceptable to take (I will leave my personal opinions out...
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    How to find addiction psychiatrist for board eval???

    catsmeow1972 replied to ksuSN12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would say you could ask the program for recommendations but that may get you one that is in thier pocket. Those results would probably not be exactly impartial. For mine, I went to where they told...
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    Tpapn dentist

    catsmeow1972 replied to Oldpro1985's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I should clarify, I don’t think my doctor/dentist names are thier business as in not the program’s business. If I were an individual with addiction issues and I choose to have such a discussion...