SororAKS ADN, RN

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    Passed CCRN today!!!

    SororAKS replied to chivon101's topic in Critical Care

    Nice job! I took the CEN and remember it was pretty hard but doable if one is prepared. I'm planning, tentatively, to return to Critical Care nursing and the CCRN is a goal of mine. Good luck in the...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    SororAKS replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    I don't smoke, but do use nicotine gum and lozenges. I wonder if they consider that in the same light as using
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    Nurse Practitioner - Texas

    SororAKS replied to LibertyTX's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Get a lawyer newgradmistake. Then you can have the best chance of getting a fair
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    Unexpected sources of alcohol that might cause positive drug screen result

    SororAKS replied to vampireslayer's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Deodorant and some toothpastes with mouthwash in them. Salad dressings. Poppy seeds in dressings, sauces and
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    OIG Exclusions List + affect on nurses ability work

    SororAKS replied to debnky's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Check and make sure everything on the OIG list, and the National Practitioner Databank, is correct. Mine is not and now I have to make sure it
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    SororAKS replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well said. If one doesn't draw a line in the sand, no one will do it for
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    SororAKS replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nope. It isn't considered Abandonment until you actually show up and accept a patient assignment. She's blowing smoke. Turn her down
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    I have an interview in 12 hours help!! B. N

    SororAKS replied to Ozymandia's topic in Nursing Career

    I think that could be contested by an attorney if they do report to the Board and you are called for a personal
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    How in the world did I get started on this path?

    SororAKS posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have asked myself this many times when the world fell apart after diverting benzodiazepines from employers. I had always been the one that felt I would somehow "know" if I ever developed a problem...
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    Nurses representing themselves.

    SororAKS replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Legal

    Having been down these paths, and working on getting my own license reinstated, I can unequivocally say GET AN
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    Grateful

    SororAKS posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm grateful today for many things. The biggest thing is having a community of nurses that have been down similar paths that I have. For so long I thought I was the only one, stayed silent, stayed...
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    Are most new grad RN preceptors like this on the first day?

    SororAKS replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think this guy would be a better fit for precepting a nurse that has already gotten some experience, not a new grad. You need to do a lot of things, to find out how to manage your responsibilities...
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    Back after multi year hiatus and in monitoring

    SororAKS posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I left nursing in 2000 after diverting benzodiazepines. At the time I never intended to return. My license was suspended a few years later, for a term of three years. That changed in 2013, and in...
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    How in the world did I get started on this path?

    SororAKS replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't think, at least not in the current healthcare climate, that caring for one's employees is a top priority. I agree that SA has been around for a long time, but with medical professionals there...
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    Online license renewal with traffic ticket disclosure

    SororAKS replied to nursetati87's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That depends on your BON rules and what it states on the renewal application. If it says you must disclose moving violations and traffic tickets, you need to. If it doesn't say anything, you might...
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    Nurse felon needing a job

    SororAKS replied to kandikissesrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had the same issue (felonies) and mine too were practice related. I sought help from a Legal Aid attorney, who was able to file the paperwork to get my arrests and convictions expunged. I'm not sure...
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    Np school with a restricted license

    SororAKS replied to starr.rn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been looking at several schools myself, and I've not found one that would accept someone with an encumbered
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    eliminating the LPN role ?

    SororAKS replied to Annaleemabey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The LPN phasing out issue is similar in nature to the attempted moves to have all RN's BSN prepared. These discussions have been going on for as long as I have been around and I've not seen too much...
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    IPN issues- 2015

    SororAKS replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Funny that you said that Nurse Diane. I was just thinking about the role that the BONs serve in all this, and in the regulation of the healthcare system as a whole. The role that nurses play in all...
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    How in the world did I get started on this path?

    SororAKS replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I respect you and what you did. I just wish you had not left. I've always felt that substance abuse is but a symptom of unsolved issues within the healthcare system as a result of faulty systems and...
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    Back after multi year hiatus and in monitoring

    SororAKS replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Any time :) I am very grateful all of you are here too. We stand a lot better chance of sustaining our recovery, surviving the BON, completing monitoring, and getting back to nursing if we help each...
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    My DON came to my house today

    SororAKS replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Look for a good Nurse Attorney too in case they try to hang
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    My DON came to my house today

    SororAKS replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am wondering what the nurse practice act of the state that you practice in says about the duty to protect the patient versus coddle the doctor and follow a dangerous bs policy of not reporting...
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    IPN issues- 2015

    SororAKS replied to NurseEmRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Absolutely have an attorney before dealing with any BON. Get your eval with an independent practitioner, whether the board accepts it differs state by state. Some will accept evals from any Board...
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    Are most new grad RN preceptors like this on the first day?

    SororAKS replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a clinical instructor in school who was hyper. One day in my last semester she was attempting to rush me. I kept the pace I was comfortable with, and told her, "I am not going to go any faster....