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Working with Nurses in TPAPN:

Discover the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN) and how it supports nurses seeking recovery and professional accountability. Learn about work restrictions, confidentiality, drug testing, and how to handle concerns about TPAPN participants. Find out how to be a supportive advocate and foster a culture of teamwork in the workplace. Visit www.tpapn.org for more information.

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Working with Nurses in TPAPN:

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  1. Working with Nurses in TPAPN: What Coworkers Need to Know Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN) A program of the Texas Nurses Foundation

  2. What is TPAPN? • Board of Nursing (BON) approved • Alternative, voluntary program for LVNs, RNs • Available to eligible nurses who may benefit from peer assistance services • Returns nurses back to practice • Promotes professional accountability and protects the public

  3. Confidentiality • Recovery is confidential, but not secret • Protected health information regarding TPAPN participants is protected under Texas State law/HIPAA

  4. Work Restrictions - First 6 Months • No access to abusable medications - e.g. counting narcotics, administering narcotics, witnessing wastage, receipt from pharmacy • No on-call duty

  5. Work Restrictions TPAPN nurses are not approved to work if: • In an autonomous or unsupervised position • Shifts longer than 12 hours • For multiple employers or in self-employed practice • In short-term staffing or work as a traveler • Out of predetermined area (Floating) • More than 96 hours per two week pay period • At various practice sites, without BON approval

  6. Labor Exchange • Supervisors will designate a coworker to handle abusable medications for the TPAPN nurse • In exchange, the TPAPN nurse provides care and treatment for patient(s) assigned to the coworker

  7. Drug Testing • TPAPN nurses may have to leave work for a short time for drug testing • Participants with positive drug screens must immediately discontinue nursing practice

  8. What if I have a concern about a TPAPN participant? • Now:Voice your concerns with your direct supervisor • Later:Educate yourself about TPAPN, substance abuse and psychiatric disorders in the workplace at www.tpapn.org

  9. Teamwork: Nurses Helping Nurses • Employer/Supervisor • Case Manager • Volunteer Nurse Advocate • Sponsor (if in 12-step recovery)

  10. Make a Positive Difference • Ensure your workplace has a TPAPN Advocate • Become an Advocate: volunteer with TPAPN • Be the “peer” in peer assistance and witness positive transformations of the human spirit!

  11. Thank you! www.tpapn.org

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