You were in Purgatory my friend...

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Hi all,

I don't know if their are any fans of the Sopranos out there but yesterday reminded me of a scene from the show. One of the characters from the show (Chrissy) suffered a near death experience and thought he went to hell. Another character (Pauley) talked to him about his experience and convinced him that he wasn't in hell but just purgatory and that purgatory was like doing a hitch in jail that had an end date.

Yesterday I took my NP boards and passed for which I am supremely happy. Of course yesterday I was selected for my random DAU which was very frustrating to me as the timing simply could not have been worse as I had to go to work after my test. Anyway I got both tests and work done after no small amount of stomach acid had been spilled.

The point of my sleep-deprived rambling this morning is meant to be a message of hope. When I first started this program I saw no way to survive it much less progress in my life. Little by little I (and you) can get your life back. We have to serve our stint in purgatory and follow the nonsensical rules / jump through all the hoops of these punitive programs and we are subject to them stealing quite a bit from us monetarily, emotionally and time-wise. However, they cannot steal that which is basically us. From what I've seen nurses sucked into these fecal cesspool have been, are and will continue to be of service to their patients and good people. The monsters at the BON can't steal that essence from us we have to give them that. Do not give them that!!! Know that you are good people and the end of this will come.

Happy Turkey-day

Spanked

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Specializes in OR.

Congrats on your NP boards! Woot!!!! These jerks tried to take that from you and failed miserably.

Even whilst being shown the door (very politely, no that is not sarcastic) from my last job, my nurse manager told me 'you are a good nurse, you are good with the patients and families, this unit is just not right for you. She was right. I bear no ill will. It was yet another position, that but for this program I would not have been in.

As Spanked says, you folks went into nursing because you are good people who wanted to be of service to others. Remember that. I've come to where I almost have pity on those who run these programs and seriously think they are 'helping' people. Wether they realize it or not, they have sold out to the god of money and as the ancient Egyptians proved it, ya can't take it with you. I would rather be poor and be able to sleep at night knowing that I don't spend my days fleecing my own colleagues for money and kicking them when they are down.

As I enter this last holiday season treading the waters of this sewer, (as by the next, this horror show will be over and I can look forward to the next chapter of my life by toasting Thanksgiving with a small glass of wine and no worries) I consider that I have my family who have been incredibly supportive and are just as disgusted by the process as I am to be thankful for.

It's almost over. I'm under a year, with 334 days to go. I can do it and so can y'all.

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Yeah cats I cannot wait till you are done I'm only a few months behind. March 2020. It's forever far away but it's a heck of a lot closer than it was. Like Churchill said a long time ago "it's not the beginning of the end (for me) but (at least) it's the end of the beginning." He said that on the way to whipping nazi butt. I plan on doing the same

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Awesome! Congrats!! So good to hear!

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Congratulations! Great news.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

Congratulations to you! Good on you for proving that while the powers that be could knock you down they don't have the ability to keep you down.

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Wonderful news, Spanked. I'm so happy for you! And thanks for your inspirational post too. I needed the message.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Congrats!!!!

[apparently, this site doesn't let you use your own emoticons] boo!!!! I wanted to put clapping emoticons

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