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    CBD & Nursing don't mix

    catsmeow1972 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently CBD is the latest "it fixes EVERYTHING!!!" I don't doubt that it helps people for pain and other assorted issues simply by anecdotal evidence. I do question the pushing it for any and all...
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    Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

    catsmeow1972 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Recently we discussed the concern of alcohol in vaping fluid. I was in the store with a friend who vapes and overheard someone discussing using vaping fluid with CBD in it. Now I am sure all of us...
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    Trying to understand

    catsmeow1972 replied to Paigeperfect's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I thought I was taking that route. I self reported long before the board even knew of my existence. When my mess came before the board I begged the program to tell the board that I was already in and...
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    What happens when you decide not to move forward with IPN's recommendations?

    catsmeow1972 replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's interesting how IPN claims that thier mission is to ensure that nurses can practice safely yet that seems to be weirdly interpreted as not being on any kind of medication at all. If that were the...
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    TPAPN and terrified!

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sadly I suspect you are right. I had a health issue a while back and the medics were going to take me to a UHS acute facility ER and I was uh, you can nope me right past there. Ditto for the next one...
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    What happens when you decide not to move forward with IPN's recommendations?

    catsmeow1972 replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Forcing repeat treatment that involves coming off your antidepressants sounds like raw meat for a lawyer to chew on. That doesn't even enter the realm of ethical. Heck, that's beyond the pale. Like...
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    TPAPN and terrified!

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    From some of the news reports I've seen, UHS does not have the greatest track record for running behavioral health facilities even though that is the lion's share of what they own. I am very familiar...
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    Trying to understand

    catsmeow1972 replied to Paigeperfect's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My horror show was that I self reported (I thought I was asking for help) and when the board got wind of it, their counsel ignored the fact that information had been presented stating this and I was...
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    Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I dunno. It comes highly recommended by a couple of friends of mine in the UK. It's supposed to work pretty quickly at really chilling them out. Apparently one has to order it on Amazon over here. I...
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    Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If I have to be paranoid about things as stupid as salad dressing and soy sauce, I'm sure as **** not taunting the fates by being within 5 miles of something like that. Cheez!!! Still...The item is...
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    Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, mine have the lay around all day and eating me out of house and home part down. I spend more on thier groceries than I do on mine. But they both are worth it. A nice bit of purring floof is...
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    TPAPN Quarterly reports changed?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've always hated how reports (or chats) between supervisors and CMs do not include us. It's been like that for the duration of the time I've been in this nightmare. Now that being said, at no time...
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    Suggestions for bringing up probation while looking for work

    catsmeow1972 replied to Blessed#RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I interviewed all over the bloody state and got nothing more likely because I was pigeon holed into a specialty that left very little room for other opportunities to branch out (no recent floor...
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    Getting charged in multiple states?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    By the time I am through this nightmare it will be close to 6 years of my life (because y'know all that precious, useful (‘scuse me whilst I go puke) rehab) killed a good 10 months before the...
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    Getting charged in multiple states?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree. I have no interest in relocating anyway. Besides family being here, all of this garbage has beaten out of me the notion that the rest of my career will ever be anything more than a paycheck....
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    Getting charged in multiple states?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So the eNLC is only worth anything to travelers, I'm gathering. Otherwise it's basically another layer of paperwork and probably another higher fee, and for us poor schmucks another opportunity to get...
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    Getting charged in multiple states?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My state went to the multi state thing while I've been chained to a contract and one of the requirements to get that multi-state license is to not be under monitoring. Admittedly I'd have to say that...
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    TPAPN "step down"

    catsmeow1972 replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You get so many of these programs (both the forced stay ****holes and the hoity toity ‘promises' shtick one's) that claim "we have a 98% success rate in recovery. Yeah, they don't mention that...
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    please tell me when this is over this is over

    catsmeow1972 replied to Babyj88's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mine has the the 4th and 5th years as "transitional monitoring" where "some restrictions may be lessened." But they're only the ones that don't cost money and only matter If you're actually working....
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    TPAPN and terrified!

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    How can you have done their **** for two years and NOW they decide you don't meet requirements for thier program. This is after you've spent an unholy amount of money peeing for them, etc. What
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    A little good news

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I will agree, especially given that the line between specialist in "addiction medicine" and "addictionologist." The first is generally a psychiatrist (with that residency in psychiatry) that...
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    A little good news

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I wish x1000 that more states legitimately distinguished between mental health and substance abuse participants. That can go so very far in terms of the nurse support groups actually being supportive...
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    TPAPN and terrified!

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is how it should work and you are correct in that these awful programs don't define us as nurses. Unfortunately too many people are not willing to listen before making the knee jerk decision to...
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    TPAPN and terrified!

    catsmeow1972 replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    While stuck in that trashy pseudo-rehab ****hole, I was accused of "isolating" because I kept going off and sitting far away, by myself. Ummmm, no....I wanted away from the stanky, yellow, cigarette...
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    TPAPN "step down"

    catsmeow1972 replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Depending upon the issue, 2-3 can be appropriate. Generic 5 years for all comers is nothing more than money grabbing punishment. This garbage about sticking everybody with a contract regardless is...