Hey all I have somewhat of an ethical question. I know someone who was a big time drug addict for the better part of 10 years (ran the gammet from pot, to meth, to prescription narcotics, and I think some IV drugs). He has been clean for about 9 months or so (as far as I know). His behavor is still very odd, I think he did permanent brain damage. He very much lacks interpersonal skills, still battles paranoia from time to time, and was diagnoised as schitzophrenic while on drugs. Furthermore he has a record for assault, tresspassing, and other things. They were however dismissed from his record for good behavior as they were juvinile offenses. He has never had any drug convictions. But was abusive to his last girlfriend.
Anyway the point is he just got accepted to a nursing program and will start this fall, he passed the background check for the school. His family is all for it. But I am concerned that he will not be a good nurse for obvious reasons, also I think that nursing could potentially impede his rehab (he is not in a rehab program) b/c he would have access to controlled substances. As a RNA (he never was certified) he was fired for patient neglect, he was so awful to the patients and his attitude is about the same now as it was then. The primary reasons he wants to become a nurse is b/c he thinks he will make lots of money for little effort and can exploit the nsg shortage to do so, and b/c he will have lots of time off. I know these are very inaccurate representations of nursing ( I will be applying to nsg school soon and have worked extensively in hospitals).
Soooo my question is do I try to speak up about these things to the school, or do I just keep quite and see how he will fair in the program. My feelings are that he will not pass b/c he is obviously...you know....odd to say the least. Sigh...I am very close to the family and they are all happy about him getting in but it just doesn't seem right. I would never want him to be my nurse or anyone elses for that matter. BTW he had poor grades but I think he was still accepted b/c of the push to try and get more men into nursing. I am all for second chances or in his case 40th chances but I just wish his family would push him in a direction other than nursing. Any advice would really be appreciated.
