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    What To Expect

    catsmeow1972 replied to OHNurse321's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And say NOTHING to any investigator/program person/anyone about anything you may have done or not done or any prior diagnoses of anxiety, etc. until you have contacted that attorney. You can’t...
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    Attn Florida IPN Nurses

    catsmeow1972 replied to Persephone Paige's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Lie detectors tests no longer hold water with the criminal justice system. How the hell are they a legitimate medical diagnostic tool? (Psst...they aren’t) If these people are selecting evaluators...
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    I really want to do the right thing and I need help!

    catsmeow1972 replied to HRCRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is precisely my point. Let the pharmacy folks do their jobs. They know what to look for and if they choose to take action, it’s because they have enough reasonable suspicion, beyond a...
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    Florida Board of Health Suspends Healthcare Licenses Over Student Loan Defaults

    catsmeow1972 replied to Swellz's topic in Nursing News

    One has to consider if the nursing profession itself is a bit complicit in this issue. For example, you can have a person graduate nursing school, with their ASN, even from a private program like...
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    I really want to do the right thing and I need help!

    catsmeow1972 replied to HRCRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am thinking that with narcotic usage being soooo tightly controlled now (we used to see people getting whomping doses and nothing else when now we see smaller doses matched with other better...
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    I really want to do the right thing and I need help!

    catsmeow1972 replied to HRCRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have been watching this thread and musing about the same thing. In years past, due to some physical health issues, I spent entirely too much time sitting in a hospital bed and got to know some of my...
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    Testing Frequency Towards the End of Contract

    catsmeow1972 replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ????I could really stand for this to be over. I had mild kidney issues going into this crap and 5 years worth of doing pee pee dances and remaining chronically dehydrated, today, earned me a very...
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    Testing Frequency Towards the End of Contract

    catsmeow1972 replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    For 5 years I’ve been twice a month P, averaging every other week, give or take a few days. Nothing too shocking. There was a period where I got hit 4 times in a 9 calendar day period, with one...
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    This is horrible

    catsmeow1972 replied to Nitenurse03's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is EXACTLY why I don’t go to any lab besides the LabCorp/Quest or whoever the behemoth company there is a contract with. Less hands on the specimen and clear cut protocol with the documentation...
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    Ramp in NJ

    catsmeow1972 replied to Siciliyisbest's topic in Nurses Recovery

    This is par for the course with most of the facets of these programs, now unfortunately. It certainly has been my experience with mine. If SUD is your issue, there is no interest in your recovery. If...
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    Help Needed......

    catsmeow1972 replied to LC0929's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I must say I am impressed with your nursing diagnosis of the situation. I also agree with political powers that be not being happy about being challenged. Them submitting to a challenge is equivalent...
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    Help Needed......

    catsmeow1972 replied to LC0929's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It sounds like, at this point it’s way beyond the results of a drug test. The way I’m reading it, MA finally got around to their paperwork and somebody isn’t happy with the way eyes ? are...
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    Going back to school while in monitoring

    catsmeow1972 replied to Rdsrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So this thread got me seriously contemplating the grad school thing again. The place I have landed (and plan on staying because moving sucks) has a local university with a very nice MSN program that...
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    BRN hearing for early termination in CA

    catsmeow1972 replied to ericninetwo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ugh, I wish my state had such a thing. They won’t even consider the idea. They claim to (like a lot of other things) via some very ambiguous wording in their paperwork but in reality there is no...
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    Desperate for answers regarding IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Rosa09's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I get the embarrassing. I don’t even want my cat watching me pee, never mind anyone else. Lol. I’ve never had to do the observed (geez, I best not be giving anyone any ideas.) At this point in...
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    Going back to school while in monitoring

    catsmeow1972 replied to Rdsrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I did 2 semesters worth of my RN-BSN while trapped in that “$35k or your license” horror show of a joke of an unnecessary rehab. Tells you how much sitting around that $35K got a person. Early on,...
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    Countdown roll call

    catsmeow1972 replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I generally agree that less is better in regards to contact, however there’s a date on mine and I WILL hold them to it. I was naive enough to get sucked into this sick excuse for help but I will not...
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    Returning to work after incident

    catsmeow1972 replied to Monkies's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mine too was a mental health crisis however it was more than a bit and I was not fortunate to have amazing coworkers nor was I in a position I enjoyed. The work itself, yes. The place, no...it was...
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    PNAP approved places to work

    catsmeow1972 replied to Cgritz77's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’m not PNAP, but what I can say goes for all of these programs. YOU have to advocate for yourself. Do not sit back and wait for them to make a move. There is no incentive for them to do anything...
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    Relocate while under monitoring agreement?

    catsmeow1972 replied to Sivraj's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I also say sit tight. The devil you
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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

    ^^this. Also when what touts itself as the ultimate caregiving profession hangs its members out to dry in lieu of profit making. The truly sick individuals are the ones that have convinced themselves...
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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

    What I have learned in my time of dealing with this BON sanctioned hell ..... (side note that I am not laying blame for the system in its current form at the feet of the BON but only that that is...
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    Desperate for answers regarding IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Rosa09's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Between being taken to an outside lab at some urgent care where the driver treats you to a coffee beverage before your drug test to being told that what you popped positive for and what you are...
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    Desperate for answers regarding IPN

    catsmeow1972 replied to Rosa09's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Me thinks there might be more moving parts to this..... Who ordered the drug screen, where’s the chain of custody, supposedly positive for drug not taking but negative for prescribed drug....
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    Hand sanitizers ... what do you use??

    catsmeow1972 replied to N377311's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’m not TPAPN but another equally godawful program. Honestly, I’ve used the gel hand sanitizer at work with out issue. As for mouthwash, etc, just be sure it’s specifically says alcohol free....