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    Negative drug screen and jobplace still wants me to meet with IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Cpblondie81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Negative drug screen, check. Referral to neurology, check. I would steer very clear of any kind of IPN evaluation. Period. I will cite a September 8, 2016 piece where a well known license defense...
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    Vaping

    catsmeow1972 replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I glad you got an answer. It does amuse me that for all the howling about addiction and endless meetings being the solution, it's perfectly okay to walk out of such a meeting and fire up a cigarette....
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    Vaping

    catsmeow1972 replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I dunno about that. For a product to carry the official seal of GF it has to meet certain requirements, like being produced in a gluten free facility, otherwise there is a CYA warning in the...
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    Vaping

    catsmeow1972 replied to jerseygirlxox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't vape, so I'm not sure I can really chime in on this, but it seems you'd be better off going to a store and talking with someone. I've popped into a store with a good friend that vapes...
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    Hca hospitals and ipn .........

    catsmeow1972 replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on finishing this horrid nightmare. ‘‘Tis true that if you do what you are supposed to do, it is a sail. The thing is if you don't belong there, don't do drugs, don't drink,...
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    nj bon with drug record

    catsmeow1972 replied to xojessicalynnxo25's topic in Nurses Recovery

    To add to this, not only horrible over reaching ‘treatment' that doesn't work, thier one size fits all approach, ignore the real reason someone showed up on thier radar, what they manage to do...
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    catsmeow1972 replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Auto correct is a tool of Satan anyway. There still doesn't seem to be a good option either way. It doesn't seem like there is any consistency in how things work. You could wait for the BON and find...
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    IPN issues- 2015

    catsmeow1972 replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I too am still slogging along, counting the days until I can wake up from this nightmare. Not much has changed. I am choosing not to work for the duration. I have satisfied the work requirement as...
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    Just a small venting session

    catsmeow1972 replied to rn1965's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sweeeeettttt........!!!!!!! When will you be setting your hated desk on fire and roasting marshmallows over
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    catsmeow1972 replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Pretty much. Quite the Cornelian dilemma, wouldn't you say? Intentional or not I reckon it's a case of the left walnut or the right. Or both. Or the
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    Help me please!

    catsmeow1972 replied to olchrustyone's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Further back in this thread, someone alluded to not going for the evaluation from somewhere on the BONs list. I don't know about states where the BON runs thier own programs but in my single state...
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    catsmeow1972 replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It truly is a gamble. I too had done something rather dumb for reasons that I need not expand upon here, but that certainly do not make me a person with addiction issues. I self reported in the hope...
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    Hca hospitals and ipn .........

    catsmeow1972 replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Stupid autocorrect....keeps changing ‘HCA' to ‘HMA'. Y'all know what I
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    Hca hospitals and ipn .........

    catsmeow1972 replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My experience (at least in Florida) is that HCA turns thier noses up at us poor schmucks with the scarlet letters of IPN tattooed on us. As far as a past DWI, without this horrible hemorrhoid attached...
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    Work in hospital?

    catsmeow1972 replied to RNMOM1213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have and plenty are. You've just got to find the right facility. Frankly it seems the contracts are structured for the hospital floor nurse and not much else. If you work any specialty such as ER or...
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    NY Times article: loss of license

    catsmeow1972 replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    Mmm...people who use A professional license to earn a living by which to pay the exorbitant loans incurred to obtain that license can on occasion fall behind on those loans because they themselves are...
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    Pain in my butt!

    catsmeow1972 replied to rnet's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am pretty sure they'd be happy to refer you to thier "approved" snake oil salesman, excuse me "addictionologist" who, for a substantial fee, will tell you that you don't need to be taking the...
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    RN licence surrender vs suspension

    catsmeow1972 replied to Angela Haywood's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I suspect the word was a typo and was supposed to be "unfortunately." However, I did also pick up of the disconnect between ‘complete compliance' and ‘positive drug screen.' One either is...
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    Suspended Licence

    catsmeow1972 replied to PRN4U's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I deduct the out of pocket costs of P tests off of my taxes as ‘unreimbursed medical expenses.' Yeah, I know this is the last year I'll be able to do that, not going there.... Anyway, in...
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    Lotrimin Spray and EtG Testing

    catsmeow1972 replied to LaurenRun's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would suppose it might depend on how long it had been since the exposure occurred. Sort of like the unholy fright we all have that Purel gets on the lab specimen container or that it somehow gets...
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    RN licence surrender vs suspension

    catsmeow1972 replied to Angela Haywood's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ditto with Spanked and Blonde on the advice. Also with Blonde's advice on not using your real
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    catsmeow1972 replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ^^^this...and I would not use HR as a reliable source of advice on "writing a nice letter " to the BON. I have found that "they" as a government appointed whatever organization don't see us or any...
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    Failed drug test, getting reported to BON

    catsmeow1972 replied to troubledrn12's topic in Nurses Recovery

    First question, was this a general practice lawyer or one whose specialty is license defense law? For something like this, I doubt any attorney who does license defense would tell you to throw...
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    Seriously?! Grrrr.

    catsmeow1972 replied to TexasMel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And if you question your CM you will just get "well it's random." I agree with Spanked. This it is just
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    Filing a complaint question

    catsmeow1972 replied to Randomnurse3's topic in Nurses Recovery

    With no drug test, no evidence, you allowing a search in which nothing was found, no escort off property, etc...it really sounds kinda like they have absolulutely no grounds for any kind of diversion...