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catsmeow1972 replied to RickG85's topic in Nurses Recovery

Mine is "supposedly" 24-27 times per year. I say supposedly because like most of this garbage it's not in writing anywhere which allows them to basically do what the **** they want. The last 3 years,...
Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

catsmeow1972 replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

Thank you. It's the folks like you that make me happy i went into nursing. I didn't do it for the pats on the back and i'm okay with people being grouchy because the loss of control when one is...
Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

catsmeow1972 replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

nevermind double
F Grade Hospital

catsmeow1972 replied to Jessicajayyy's topic in General Nursing

If you read the website on the Leapfrog survey, there are reasons why a particular hospital may not even receive a grade. if a place is a critical access hospital (little "band-aid" barn in the middle...
Messed up bad.....

catsmeow1972 replied to OHRN2011's topic in Nurses Recovery

While i consider myself of the "non-addict" flavor, thanks to our delightful BONs and "peer assistance" programs or whatever various states like to call them i have been dragged kicking and screaming...
Any false positives for PeTH test out there?

catsmeow1972 replied to AnnabelleP's topic in Nurses Recovery

Tech leaving the room with the sample equals big chain of custody issue. Sample is supposed to be sealed in site of donor. Also this rest is not supposed to be used in isolation of any other evidence....
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

The sliding scale IOPs are usually run by tiny nonprofits whose goal is actually to help a person who has an addiction issue. Unfortunately since places like that are not soulless drones of the rehab...
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

I lived in Gnv for about 10 yrs. Your friend is correct on both points. In that Tampa nightmare, my understanding is that (at least at the time that I had the misfortune of being there) the physician...
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

I was referring to the treatment part. My experience with Tampa is that the only credential that most of the staff had was that they had a history of addiction issues themselves. No education, no...
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

You will have to push IPN to give you more choices to pick from. It s not a fair process by any stretch of the imagination. The most common seem to be the hell hole in Tampa and Gainesville....
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

I doubt the "recommendation" would be any different. They only way I saw anything change was when people stomped their feet about not having the money and threatened to leave once they were there for...
just did IPN eval

catsmeow1972 replied to Invincible summer's topic in Nurses Recovery

I hate to say it but I can almost guarantee that the "recommendation" will be 3 months of PHP AND IOP, especially if there is cash to be sniffed out. Also if you have some kind of insurance that might...
Is spending $80,000 on a private ABSN school a waste

catsmeow1972 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

referring back to that statistic by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation regarding the attrition rate of new nurses...... I have 12 years of experience and am currently sitting out of nursing. A major...
Possible reactions from your patients if suggested alternative pain relief

catsmeow1972 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

At the moment I am awaiting a certain surgery that will reduce the size of thing one and thing two that sits upon my chest. Due to the errr....size, my neck hurts, my back hurts and i have managed to...
Longest youâ€™ve gone without having to give pee?

catsmeow1972 replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

I'm not sure which BON god decided this but part of our penance for having committed whichever sin we committed, if indeed it was even a sin, besides doing an eternal pee pee dance to avoid a...
Longest youâ€™ve gone without having to give pee?

catsmeow1972 replied to stickybun's topic in Nurses Recovery

The longest i went was 6 weeks. i was beginning to wonder if they'd forgotten me. Yeah...no. They made up for that one realllll quick. Got me 4 times within a 9 day period. One of those was that...
Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

catsmeow1972 replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

We can argue points 1, 2 and 3 all day because they can be held up as matters of opinion, interpretation and personal experience. Number 4 is the big one. If a patient/family signs a DNR or a WOC (or...
Rehab Success Rate???

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

Certain meetings help. i found a depression/bipolar support thing. I feel comfortable, I've made some friends, done some activities. there's no chanting or platitudes garbage. It's as far from any 12...
Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

catsmeow1972 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

Several years ago i sat jury duty for a vehicle vs motorcycle, tort personal injury sort of thing case. The defense lawyer was up there describing his client's injuries with all kinds of theatrics...
Rehab Success Rate???

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

Statistics can be manipulated to say anything you want. I'll say it again. Forced recovery is not recovery. These programs are nothing like what they used to be. Now they do more harm than good I am...
Rehab Success Rate???

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

The essential argument has been that the monitoring programs were originally (and to a point still are) suited for a particular sector of people. For that particular sector, they can be a wake up...
Life after monitoring

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

I said in a post above that since i was able to take the rest of the time (667 days) to work minimally or not at all in nursing, i was going to just try to be nice to myself as I've not done that in a...
Meetings

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

668 days to go here. The only meeting that I can stomach for the whole length is one that I searched out that is NOT 12 step and is a bipolar depression support thing. I feel normal there. I've...
Life after monitoring

catsmeow1972 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

Y'all already know how bitter and unhappy i am. i don't need to repeat that. In the hopes that I have a positive outcome in the SSDI issue I will use that and the income i have from family (I am...
Relationships after addiction

catsmeow1972 replied to mississippiRN71's topic in Nurses Recovery

I don't have so much addiction as mental health issues but thanks to having been shoved through the usual boilerplate program with massive conflict of interest issues i got steered me into treatment...

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