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Starting Monitoring in AZ

catsmeow1972 replied to lalakay's topic in Nurses Recovery

Sadly This ^^^^ is true. If i had kept my trap shut I doubt I'd be in the position I am now. Unfortunately i have this bad habit of trusting that people are doing the right thing. Regarding that...i...
Contracts and the job hunt, oh my......

catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

Oh heck no, I don't actually tote it to the interview. I do have some notes to myself written down with my potential questions, but that's it. They can see it when they've offered me a job. I...
Overreaching authority of programs

catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

I think I shall do both. Well, one's done already. I've already went on about the "reasons" I was terminated but in reference to the title of my post, I am being required to not practice until I do...
Overreaching authority of programs

catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

The first issue was an unsigned consent, but no one can/will produce the paper. What kind of consent was it? Who was the patient, when did it happen?? No answers. Although apparently they knew what...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a PAT RN?

catsmeow1972 replied to Bmcase's topic in General Nursing

I am a pre-op nurse and I periodically wander (am assigned :-) ) to PAT, because the position is currently vacant. It's a nice change-up. The way we do it, your pre-ops are conducted primarily over...
Unconventional hair colors

catsmeow1972 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

I went through a stage not too long ago where my hair was bright red, bright blue, teal, green, purple or all of the above. My excuse was that I wore a cap all day (OR nurse.) I got a number of...
Can't afford rehab?

catsmeow1972 replied to amaryllis135's topic in Nurses Recovery

I get the whole "the BON is not your friend" thing and that is correct. I don't even argue the point of punishment/consequences, etc. What I do argue is that fact that the punishment does not fit the...
Agency nursing

catsmeow1972 replied to laureninpvb's topic in Nurses Recovery

The way I read it is that "no agency work" means no home health, or traveling (also a lot of larger hospital systems seem to be creating their own "staffing agency" that works solely for their network...
Can't afford rehab?

catsmeow1972 replied to amaryllis135's topic in Nurses Recovery

I found out the hard (and expensive) way, that going to a place that the program recommends is not necessarily the only option. I took the only option the program offered that did not reject me (long...
Is $28,000 worth it becoming a Surgical Tec

catsmeow1972 replied to Blue Robin's topic in General Nursing

Pretty much, what everyone else said. I am in the backwater area that someone else spoke of. Starting pay is somewhere between $14 and $16 an hour. If you are dead set on ST, find a community...
What gets you through?

catsmeow1972 replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

What gets me through? Hmmmm... Kickboxing? (beating the hell out of something.) Racquetball (slamming a rubber ball against a wall.) Not really, i am kidding. I'm too old, fat and out of shape to be...
If you could recommend changes, what would you suggest?

catsmeow1972 replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

With a nod toward my last soapbox appearance on the cost and frequency of drug tests (before i toddle off to the THIRD one in SIX days, and that's with a weekend in there!), this has passed insane in...
If you could recommend changes, what would you suggest?

catsmeow1972 replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

Oh and if i may add another....the so-called randomness of the drug testing. twice in 48 hours? That makes $165 this month alone. I am not worried about it being anything but negative however, see the...
If you could recommend changes, what would you suggest?

catsmeow1972 replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

I am not sure how much more I could add. Everything that has been said thus far really sums it up. From the so-called voluntary nature of these programs (or is it volun-told) to the stipulations that...
Michigan nurses in Hprp

catsmeow1972 replied to crazychyld's topic in Nurses Recovery

As I started down this hideous road, I applied for food stamps and got them (even as a single woman, no kids). That helped in the short run. As my issue was mental health, I also filed for SSDI. That...
Desperate for answers regarding IPN

catsmeow1972 replied to Rosa09's topic in Nurses Recovery

"The reason I ask is because one admitted instance of Tylenol #3 landing you in inpatient tx seems very harsh. " ]The biggest cons of Florida is the evaluation required by certain crooked Dr's in...
What's so great about OR?

catsmeow1972 replied to lelms's topic in Operating Room

i been in the OR for 15 years. I started out scrubbing and then went on the nursing school. So 5 years a scrub and 10 as a nurse. I have made small forays into other specialties like ICU and ER. Were...
6/11 WILTW Unsupervised Chalk Use

catsmeow1972 replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Nursing

I've learned that 1) despite an outward appearance of being full grown adults, people can still act like nasty 8th graders. 2) it kinds rubs me the wrong way to get unwittingly booted out of the...
Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

catsmeow1972 replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

Oooo.....spinach dip..... anyway far from using my occupation to weasel out of the ticket, he said slow down and stay safe and my parting comment was "yes, sir and stay safe yourself. My point is we...
Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

catsmeow1972 replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

So I was heading home from somewhere the other day and my route took me through 40 miles of absolutely nothing!! Farmland, a phosphate mine, more farmland. Anyway, wayyy out in Nothingville, there was...
Requesting modifications on my restrictions

catsmeow1972 replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

at least with me, I've learned to not hold my breath. My state seems to issue generic contracts with the same stipulations for everyone (unless you've messed up in which case, after you having to...
Getting your insurance to pay for drug tests

catsmeow1972 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

Especially since mine really is mental health, not even substance use issues. I got herded into unecessary noninsurance payable drug/alcohol treatment due to the program forcing me to go to their...
Getting your insurance to pay for drug tests

catsmeow1972 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

My insurance won't pay for them because the program requires Labcorp and i have to go elsewhere (like my hospital lab) for blood work. I could go elsewhere but then i'd have to pay more for the...
Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

catsmeow1972 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

i don't know about the rest of the respondents, but it seems that rather than posting topics that encourage intelligent exchange of information and experiences, RNdynamic prefers inflammatory topics...
Why can't we get a days notice before drug test day?

catsmeow1972 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

It is stating the obvious (at least to me, anyway) that in regarding these programs, you are a file number in the system. "They" don't give one iota about you, your recovery, your convenience or even...

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