Nevada: Alternative Program for Chemically Dependent Nurses call toll free 88 Montana: Nursing Assistance Program (NAP), 40 or 1-88 Mississippi: Recovering Nurse Program, 60 Minnesota: Health Professionals Services Program (HPSP), 65
Michigan: Health Professional Recovery Program (HPRP), 80 Massachusetts: Peer Assistance Program Massachusetts Nursing Association Peer Assistance Program 781.821.4625 x755 or 800.882.2056 x755 (in Massachusetts only) Maryland: Maryland Board of Nursing Rehabilitation Program, 41 or contact the Program Monitoring Coordinator at for additional information and assistance. Contact person: Barbara McGill, MSN, BSN, Director E-mail: Medical Professionals Health Program (MPHP) MPHP Web site: 20 or e-mail at Contact person: Mindy Armstrong Louisiana: Recovering Nurse Program (RNP), 22. Cambron, Compliance Program Coordinator, at 50 or 1-80 ext. Kentucky: KARE for Nurses Program Kentucky Assistance Recovery Effort. Kansas: The Kansas Nurses Assistance Program (KNAP), 91 Contact person: Dee-Dee Patrick, MS, RN, CARN, CLNC E-mail: Indiana State Nurses Assistance Program (ISNAP), 31 or 1-80 Peer Assistance Network for Nurses (PANN) Illinois Nurses Association, 70. Contact person: Janet Pickett, RN, CARN, CADC Illinois: Illinois Professionals Health Program (IPHP), 84 or 31. Contact person: John Southworth, Program Coordinator Eichelberger, RN, at Program for Recovering Nurses (PRN), 1-20. Hawaii: Hawaii Nurses Association Peer Assistance, 80 or 80. Georgia: Georgia Nurses Association Peer Assistance Program, 80 or 40 Contact person: Linda Smith, ARNP, MN, MDiv, CAP, Executive Director Contact person: Kay Warren, Deputy Director E-mail: Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN), 1-80. Contact person: Linda Barile, PhD, RN, Associate Program Directorĭelaware: Voluntary Treatment Option, 30. Contact person: Rachel Steffl, MA, LPC, LACĬonnecticut: Health Assistance Intervention Education Network (HAVEN), 86. Contact person: Carol Stanford, Diversion Program ManagerĬolorado: Peer Assistance Services, 1-86. Contact person: Jan Kerrigan, RN, BSNĬalifornia: Diversion Program, 1-80. Contact person: Mary Ed Davis, MSN, FNP Tel: 1-80 E-mail: No known programĪrizona: Chemically Addicted Nurses Diversion Option (CANDO) 60, choose Option 4. The following is a compilation of state-by-state resource information.Īlabama: Voluntary Disciplinary Alternative Program (VDAP), 33. Some examples include Louisiana where the program is called the Recovering Nurse Program in Maine, the program is referred to as the Medical Professionals Health Program and in Utah, the program is known by the Utah Recovery Assistance Program. Programs vary state by state and are called by a myriad of names. There are basic requirements for participation, which include counseling, drug testing, and worksite monitoring ( National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2010). The purpose of these programs is to offer support and monitoring to the individual who has been impacted by the use of substances with the goal of returning a safe practitioner to the profession.
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