Recovering_RN

Yeah I do miss it, my doc was opiates. I would never go near it again, but that’s because I will never risk the horror of monitoring again! But yeah, I miss the high. However, while I was in tpapn I missed alcohol more than anything. Alcohol was ...

Congratulations! I know it’s hard to believe but a month from now you won’t even remember what it was like to check affinity at 4 am. You think that you’ll have PTSD from this experience and always wake up panicked at 4 am thinking you’d forgotten t...

Congrats! I kept a countdown app on my phone and checked it multiple times a day for the entire 3 years! I honestly felt like the last 90 days went pretty quickly. I was fortunate that I ended up being released a bit early. My end date would’ve bee...

I never gave my dentist’s name, and although I gave my PCP name, I never told her about TPAPN. If you follow the rules to the letter, then you are supposed to tell your doctor and if you get ANY prescription from them, like even antibiotics for a bl...

My last year was once a month except for two months it was twice a month. I had 14 tests in my last year.

Congratulations!

I never did Botox, but I dyed my hair the whole 3 years I was in TPAPN. I always use the semi-permanent hair color, but only because I think it's less damaging to my hair and because I have to color every 6-8 weeks anyway to take care of my roots, I ...

I totally understand wanting to be out from under their thumb, I really do. But I would hate to see you regret it later. You're already 2 1/2 years in to a 5 year contract. You're 1/2 way there! If you take the non nursing job, it seems to me that i...

Well if they are recovery friendly, then they should have some experience to offer in how they dealt with other monitored nurses. My first job in monitoring was a home health agency that already had one TPAPN nurse, so they knew more than I did about...

I have not worked in a place like this, but I did work as the only RN at a free standing ER. I was night shift so my manager was not there. My case manager agreed to allow the doc who was working with me to act as "supervisor", since on nights we on...

I would just skip the flu shot job this year. I have no idea if IPN would find out about it, I can't see how they would really, but it isn't worth getting kicked out of IPN over. You aren't allowed to have multiple employers, so telling IPN probably ...

Don't sign anything admitting guilt! Doesn't matter what you've already said if they have nothing in writing. You're fired, can't go back on that, but legally they have nothing. Be prepared for any phone calls, I've heard of people being asked to c...

I was fired for diversion, but I never admitted to anything. However my drug test came back positive. No criminal charges were brought against me. I went to a nurse support group, none of the nurses in my group had to deal with legal charges. I don'...

I didn't have any problems, but then I tried not to use it very often. I was told straight out by my monitoring board to avoid it. I just washed my hands with soap and water and also bought some non alcohol based hand sanitizer online. I believe it's...

My case manager allowed the doctors to be considered "supervisor" for me, since I work night shift and am the only nurse there. My manager strictly works daytime hours. I was not allowed even to witness waste of narcotics, though, when I was still un...

That's ridiculous. In TPAPN I was allowed to go to Puerto Rico to help with the hurricane, with the assumption that I wouldn't be able to test and wouldn't even be able to call to check in! I was amazed that they agreed but they did (I didn't end up ...

Yep, just do it. You can argue your case if you ever have to, but you won't have to. My first job in monitoring was home health, and my manager knew the drill because she had had another TPAPN nurse before me. Technically I was not to be assigned any...

Honestly, if it's gray, I always did it and figured I'd debate my way out of it if I got caught. Nothing bad, mind you, just like for example, I wasn't allowed to work "overtime", however I did pick up a few extra shifts here and there, when they we...

This was from the TPAPN handbook under practice restrictions. Your program should have a similar section. Participants agree NOT TO: 9. Have access to controlled substances during the first six months of work in nursing. No access includes: a. Not c...

In my case, no, I couldn't witness, couldn't do the inventory, nothing related to controlled substances. That was tpapn in Texas.

I agree majority here, don't admit to anything! You don't need treatment, or random drug and alcohol testing to keep you sober, so what would be the point? They WILL try to force you into a monitoring program. Anyway, I was thinking the applicatio...

Hey blondie, I don't want to get your hopes up, but my official contract date was August 20, and I was contacted by my case manager on the day I was scheduled to test, July 19, and was told that would be my last test, then I would be done! It took a...

There are lots of Florida people here on the boards but I believe any comments they make about specific doctors will be deleted by the mods, so read frequently in case there's a message, before it is gone! If they're vague, with no names, I think th...

You have to let them know when you're going out of town. In theory, they used to tell you that you have to be prepared to test wherever you were, and you were supposed to contact recovery trek (now Affinity) to work out which lab you would use,if you...

Eris, let us know when you hear back from anyone, or at least when the results come back!