Recovering_RN

Recovering_RN

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  1. RN support group

    Recovering_RN replied to rnfarmer's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mine in Texas is

  2. ISNAP DRUG TESTS

    Recovering_RN replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So you didn't check in on Thursday? This is one of my biggest fears, that I'll forget to check in! I frequently wake up with my heart pounding, thinking I'd forgotten to check in (which makes no...

  3. ISNAP DRUG TESTS

    Recovering_RN replied to Red<nurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was tested two days in a row once, right around my 2 year mark. I had 22 tests my first year, 28 my second year, and 10 so far my third year, I'm about 7 1/2 months into my 3rd (final!!) year, so...

  4. Ok I am FREAKING OUT

    Recovering_RN replied to JxoRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My first 7 months, I was only once a month except for one month during that period I was selected twice. For the two years after that I have been fairly even between two times a month and three times...

  5. Can ketones cause false positive?

    Recovering_RN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been following a low carb diet recently, and the goal is to get into ketosis, measured by using Ketostix. I have been selected to test today, option 1. Is it possible that if I have ketones in my...

  6. Trying to understand

    Recovering_RN replied to Paigeperfect's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It really depends on what you did to get yourself into whatever situation you're in right now. People who try to go before the Board are those who think that they can win, prove that whatever they're...

  7. TPAPN Quarterly reports changed?

    Recovering_RN replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well I got the message today, through Affinity, about the new quarterly report process. The meetings go away, we don't fax in the completed forms anymore. Now, our manager just gets an email and it...

  8. Suggestions for bringing up probation while looking for work

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

    I agree with Spanked. I wasted a lot of time making appointments for interviews, showing up and selling myself well, developing what I felt was good rapport with the interviewing manager, and at the...

  9. please tell me when this is over this is over

    Recovering_RN replied to Babyj88's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Are you sure you can do OT? In my program, OT is not allowed. I know yours is different, but I wouldn't want you to find out the hard way that allowing you to work in the ER again was a separate...

  10. Option 4

    Recovering_RN replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I get along well with the staff at the lab I go to. They greet me like an old friend, since I've been there so many times! But when I have gotten other people who don't know me, there have been...

  11. Can ketones cause false positive?

    Recovering_RN replied to Recovering_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I always assumed the low creatinine was a problem because it's a sign that you are drinking a lot of water, and they assume that you did that in order to try to dilute your urine on purpose, because...

  12. TPAPN and terrified!

    Recovering_RN replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes you'll find a job. It may take 20-30 interviews, or more! But it will happen. Try to apply for psych jobs since you have the experience. That way when this is all said and done, and you're...

  13. Option 4

    Recovering_RN replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    TPAPN uses Quest. But still, alcohol is forbidden, yes, so I get that they test for it, but a lot of us are in monitoring for opiates, and that rarely gets tested for.

  14. Option 4

    Recovering_RN replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My form for Quest has 12 options listed, but I've never been selected for anything besides 1-4. That seems strange to me if Option 1 is ETOH only, because that's not everyone's DOC, and I'd guess...

  15. Option 4

    Recovering_RN replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've only had option 4 once, that was almost exactly 1 year ago. That would've been at about the 1 1/2 year mark for me. I never knew why they popped up with that one. Most of mine are option 1....

  16. APRN question

    Recovering_RN replied to mimifromtx's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Those 15 posts will happen faster than you realize once you start posting here! About the TPAPN case managers browsing these posts, do you really think so? I've def thought about that of course, and...

  17. TPAPN and terrified!

    Recovering_RN replied to mom35's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There's a lot of details to remember at first but believe it or not it becomes second nature after awhile. Use alerts and scheduled events on your phone's calendar to remind you of things. You've got...

  18. TPAPN Quarterly reports changed?

    Recovering_RN replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    An advocate is a volunteer for TPAPN who is assigned to you to help you through the process, help answer questions, mine helped by sending me articles and resources about getting a job, interviewing...

  19. TPAPN Quarterly reports changed?

    Recovering_RN replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I haven't heard anything yet either. My quarterly "meetings" are a breeze. My advocate doesn't attend (I know some do, mine just says call her if questions), so I just complete my page and also as...

  20. Something Positive!

    Recovering_RN replied to Eris Discordia BSN, RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yay! This is the point when you start to feel less like a lowlife scumbag and start to feel more like a person entitled to at least a tiny amount of respect and courtesy. This is when you get a small...

  21. Starting over after monitoring: do you love where you live?

    Recovering_RN posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would seriously love to totally reboot my life, after I'm out of monitoring. Part of this also has to do with the fact that I'm 1 year post divorce so I feel like I will finally have freedom and...

  22. Update re transferring into CA Intervention Program (Maximus, PNAP & RAMP)

    Recovering_RN replied to InHisArms's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Ok, I feel better now. Thanks for that. Mine is not public. Assuming I successfully complete TPAPN. Only 5 months to

  23. Update re transferring into CA Intervention Program (Maximus, PNAP & RAMP)

    Recovering_RN replied to InHisArms's topic in Nurses Recovery

    But just to be clear, when I say "starting over" i mean it in terms of my LIFE, not in regard to monitoring! Omg, I would NEVER EVER do another monitoring program in another state. If I'm finished...

  24. Back to Back Tests

    Recovering_RN replied to Eris Discordia BSN, RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have also had back to back tests once. No reason for it, no dilutes, etc. Just their way of catching those people who decide to cheat because they just tested, so they think they're clear for...

  25. Update re transferring into CA Intervention Program (Maximus, PNAP & RAMP)

    Recovering_RN replied to InHisArms's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep, me too. The idea of starting over somewhere else really appeals to me, but definitely after I'm out of TPAPN! And for me, "starting over" is two-fold: Not only do I want to start over somewhere...