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Welcome. This board was created by Karen Tucker to offer a supportive place for Nurses or other Medical Professionals in Recovery and for those seeking relief from addiction and its consequences. Since Karen’s death in 2003, there is a group of us who are interested in keeping Karen’s dream alive, and continue to carry the message. We are very glad that you found us, and we encourage you to share your story, or your questions and comments so that we may get to know you better and in turn share our experience strength and hope with each other. Whether you are currently clean and sober or wish to be, this forum is a great place to start. We would like to ask that you follow a few guidelines of etiquette when you participate on this forum. We encourage you to share what life is like for you clean and sober rather than sharing war stories. A little about what brought you to recovery is welcome! We find we often have similar stories and part of recovery is to find a common ground. While it is understood that there are many ways to recover from addiction, please respect those whose path may have been different from yours. Please remember that some people are triggered by war stories, and drug-a-logs and we ask that you try your best to stay in the solution. We like to focus on recovery rather than addiction. Bashing of any sort will result in being banned from this site. The purpose of this site is for support, not for controversial discussions or debates. If you have a concern that needs immediate feedback please type NEED FEEDBACK or NEED IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK in the subject field. Do not take it personally if you do not get responses to all of your posts, it is the nature of communicating by this medium. Share from your own experience and strength as well as promote hope in others rather than directing others in what they "should" do. Do not make medication suggestions for others. PLEASE remember courtesy when posting. We ask that you refrain from any type of profanity, joking or otherwise. If you have a problem with a state recovery monitoring program or a state board of nursing, please contact that program or board. Do not post your complaint here. Please do not suggest that some do differently than their monitoring program has directed them. Thanks, The NIR Steering Committee ********ATTENTION: This is a public forum. ANYONE with a computer can access this information. Please take this into consideration before disclosing any private information about yourself. You MAY want to use a different name, or screen name to help to maintain your anonymity. Items from this forum can be and have been cut and pasted into other places on the web.*********
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Subject: LPN- with Criminal Background


Author:
Jacqui (Sad)
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Date Posted: 07:07:07 02/24/09 Tue
(68-242-230-3.pools.spcsdns.net/68.242.230.3)
Help! I am a LPN (25 years)with no negatives on my state license ever (GA). BUT, I have a criminal background. This criminal background is obstructing my ability to get a job. I love nursing and want to return to work. I've had continued sobriety since 2/94 and would love to return to In-patient Hospice, a pediatric medical office or even work at an addiction or recovery program. I have so much experience and love for my career. Please help me to find a job. What must I do?? I am willing to travel anywhere to get a job. What resources or advice is given to those in recovery?? My criminal offenses have nearly all been traffic related- automobile traffic, not 'drug' traffic! Help!!
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Subject: Disturbing


Author:
Jim
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Date Posted: 14:09:51 02/19/09 Thu
(inetnar10x.ft28.upmc.edu/128.147.28.1)
I just read a disturbing post on another site, something about being banned from this site if you do not agree with the 12 step mentality, it is bad enough that the state BONs take our freedoms away but to ban one do to their philosaphy is ludicris so if you do not like the 12 steps may I suggest going to the Real Recovering Nurses also found here on Voy, if you do like the 12 step nonsense may I suggest you get your head out of your dierier and smell what they are shoveling, oh and do come to the site mentioned above for some real words of wisdom
Subject: How long does it usually take to get a hearing?


Author:
Shon (Very Sad)
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Date Posted: 12:52:35 02/09/09 Mon
(c-98-226-111-158.hsd1.in.comcast.net/98.226.111.158)
I need a hearing date asap, can't apply for one til March 2, 2009, need to go back to work now.

Does anyone know of any finacial assistnce to pay fines to the B.O.N.?
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Subject: need support


Author:
angie (grateful)
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Date Posted: 07:45:13 01/12/09 Mon
(adsl-223-132-103.mia.bellsouth.net/68.223.132.103)
I have been in recovey for several years and recently I was at work and took my drug of choice(this has been a couple of weeks ago) I do noy know why. I always haave alot of stress and I am kicking my self everyday as to why I did it. right now I am diqusted with my self and do not have have any desire to do it again, I would like some real words and support
Subject: Re: Recovery


Author:
jerry m (Listen Up!)
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Date Posted: 05:39:42 12/22/08 Mon
(fl-64-45-217-56.dyn.embarqhsd.net/64.45.217.56)
Mary, For starters, you need to learn how to spell and make a cogent point without rambling on like a typical "woman". Then just simply turn everything over to your "Higher Power". My Higher power is "Wonder Woman". Any time I feel like swiping some narcs I simply stop, take a deep breath, click my heels together, and say, "Wonder Woman" please lasso me with your lariat of self control. Then I Thank God that I'm a man who got out of that petty, idiot managed, so called "proffession years ago.
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  • Re: Recovery -- Angel, 16:53:29 12/22/08 Mon (user-0c6sfgr.cable.mindspring.com/24.110.62.27)
  • Re: Recovery -- Wayne, 02:10:03 01/10/09 Sat (nobody.bmcjax.com/192.251.111.2)
Subject: Can I reverse a disbarrment before I regain my license?


Author:
Lynn Williams
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Date Posted: 05:38:28 01/06/09 Tue
(adsl-76-237-109-234.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net/76.237.109.234)
I surrendered my license after violating a consent order one month before completion. I swore to myself I would never return to nursing. I have now been in hotel management for 4 years. Lately, I have realized that I am slowly but definately feeling depression. I miss nursing after all these years and it is time to take the steps to get my license back. It is probably to much to hope for but I would like to work in the field in some capacity. While I am in that process, however with the disbarrment by medicaid and medicare that is impossible. I live in CT. Does anyone know what I can do?
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Subject: RN Jobs


Author:
Brenda (happy)
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Date Posted: 05:57:23 10/23/08 Thu
(h44.68.134.98.ip.windstream.net/98.134.68.44)
I am confused...with such a nursing shortage in this country, why is it so difficult to get a job if one is in treatment/contract for chemical dependency/alcoholism?? It appears to me that with random drug screens etc...employers would be assured that these such nurses were competent?? Please explain to me why it is hard to get a job?
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  • Re: RN Jobs -- Angel, 11:46:04 10/24/08 Fri (user-0c6sfgr.cable.mindspring.com/24.110.62.27)
    • Re: RN Jobs -- brenda (happy), 14:25:03 10/24/08 Fri (h120.90.134.98.ip.windstream.net/98.134.90.120)
  • Re: RN Jobs -- Daviid, 08:51:19 11/09/08 Sun (adsl-67-117-25-88.dsl.chic01.pacbell.net/67.117.25.88)
  • Re: RN Jobs -- jan cox, 22:38:44 12/27/08 Sat (AC817184.ipt.aol.com/172.129.113.132)
Subject: Hopeful/Lonely/Grateful


Author:
Debbie Rowe (Confused/sad)
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Date Posted: 16:26:01 12/12/08 Fri
(cpe-69-207-255-134.maine.res.rr.com/69.207.255.134)
I would just like to give you just an overview of my story without it being a war story. I have been a very proud RN since 1983. It was always my dream. In 2002 I was working for an agency, this particular night I was to work at a nursing home that always requested me. I brought alcohol to work, drank and passed out. Thank God I got caught and no one got hurt. I lost my nursing license for a year (that was how long I had to be sober). In 2003 I got my license back, when I went before the board I had a very nervous glow on my face. I was very involved in a 12 step program, going to meetings at least once a day, and I had a sponsor. I was happy. In 2003, I was charged with a misdemeanor-endagering the welfare of a dependant person. This occured because I was considered a free agent, not working for the facility but at the facility. The part that I find difficult to take is, if I had been working FOR a facilty this would not have happened. in the summer of 2003 (a year after I drank) I come home and find out I am the top news story of the day, they broadcasted 4 times that day. I was so angry I called the news station and told them if they found my alcohlism so news worthy they could come over and talk about my recovery. They were at my house in an hour. In 2004 the federal Department of Human Services wrote me a letter and said that I had been disbarred from working at any state or federaly funded facility in any capacity,(2009) I stayed sober for 4 years and I stopped doing what had worked for me. I couldn't find a job, my resume was 25years of nursing. I started to do what I always do isolate, ignored that and I was off and running again. It was awful, I'm a binge drinker. I could stop but not stay stopped. It certainly is a progressive disease, it never gets better. I am in a halfway house the progam is 4 to 6 months. I am very sad here I feel so alone I haven't made any connections here. I'm 58 years old, there are 10 other women from 21 to 30's. In groups I ask people to tell me what I do to offend them I get nothing. Right now I'm about as sad and lonely as I have ever been. They don't ask me to go to meetings with them and at this time I can't go alone. Thanks for listening. l
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Subject: friend of a nurse in crisis


Author:
alice
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Date Posted: 22:21:04 12/07/08 Sun
(NoHost/74.197.90.26)
My very best friend is a nurse, an RN. She is addicted to pain medications. I have no idea how to help her. She desperately wants to be sober and healthy, but is deathly afraid of anyone finding out. She believes she can do this on her own. To her credit, she has quit once before and was clean for almost two years. I am not sure why she started again, it was way too long before I noticed. I just have no experience in this sort of thing.
I love her dearly and want to help.
Short of "outing" her, what can I do?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
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Subject: RE: Florida IPN


Author:
Brenda Harpe (Grateful)
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Date Posted: 15:43:33 11/22/08 Sat
(fl-71-1-224-245.dhcp.embarqhsd.net/71.1.224.245)
I was an RN in Virginia and under their monitoring with Health Professional Intervention Program. (HPIP). I recently moved to Florida and did get a license here. Upon application, I provided all info required, and the Board had a hearing. At that hearing I was required to transfer to Florida IPN and after doing that, they granted me a license, and I am now working in clinical nursing as an RN.
Subject: revovery


Author:
MARY BROWN
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Date Posted: 18:11:18 10/19/08 Sun
(pool-71-175-130-167.phlapa.east.verizon.net/71.175.130.167)
I HAVE BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER FOR 15 YEARS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PEOBLEMS AT WORK. i AM HEARING IMPARED AND CO-WORKERS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. WHILE IN RECOVERY I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO GET MY DEGREE MSN IN COMMUNITY HEALTH I AM 57 NOW. ONE OV THE WOMAN I WORKED WITH HAD A BROBLEM WITH ME AT ONE OF MY PART-TIME JOBS. I WAS ALSO TEACHING TOO. AT THE COLLEGE WHERE I GOT MY MSN. MY FATHER GOT VERY SICK HE HAD PARKINSON HE DIED JULY 8. I WAS SO UPSET I COULD NOT TAKE IT MY DOCTOR KNEW I HAD PROBLES IN THE PAST. HE GAVE ME A RX FOR XANAX. I TOOK AS PRESCRIPED. ONE OF THE GIRLS AT WORK 3-11 SAY BE TEARFULL. SHE GOT MAD AT ME AND CALL THE ADMINISTRATOR. THE SENT ME RIGHT HOME AND TOLD ME TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY. i DID THAT. I DID NOT TIMNK THIS WAS A PROBLEM. WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE HOSPITAL THEY STARED DRILLING ME ABOUT MY DEPRESSED ATTITUDE. THEY SAID I WAS IMPARED. I KNEW THAT LINE AND I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD BEEN IN RECOVERY IN THE PAST AND I GAVE THEM THE RX. BOTTLE WHICK I STILL HAD MEDICATION IN THE BOTTLE. I GAVE THE URINE THEY THREATED ME WITH THE STATE AND SAID I COULD RESIGINE. THEY SAID I WOULD NO BE ABLE TO TEACH CLINICAL IN THEIR FACILITY. GOT THE DRUG SCREEN BACK AND IT WAS XANAX. i THOUGHT TO MY SELF THEY WERE SO UNPROFESSIONAL AND I FELT I DID NOTHING WRONG. THE DID CALL THE STATE AND I DONT KNOW WHAT THEY SAID. I CALL HUMAN RESORCES THEY SAID THEY DID AND INVESTAGATION AND THEY SAID I TOOK 90 PERCOCETS FROM MAY TO THE DAY I LEFT. THE IS A LIE. MY URINE WAS CLEAN OF THAT DRUG AND i WORKED PART TIME I WAS WITH MY DAD AND MY MON HAD TO GO IN A NURSING HOME. I WAS WITH THEM MOST OF THE TIME. i GOT A LAWYER TO HELP WITH THE STATE. I HAVE OTHER CO WORKER SUPPORT. BUT I TOO AM LOOKING AT THE WORST. WHERE WILL I GET A JOB NOW DOES ANY ONE HAVE ADVICE
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  • Re: revovery -- Angel, 09:00:14 10/20/08 Mon (user-0c6sfgr.cable.mindspring.com/24.110.62.27)
  • Re: revovery -- Lynn, 19:37:10 11/19/08 Wed (cpe-72-184-141-133.tampabay.res.rr.com/72.184.141.133)
  • Re: revovery -- cat16 (H&P DEPENDS ON DAY), 05:51:08 11/20/08 Thu (ip72-192-60-116.ri.ri.cox.net/72.192.60.116)

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