Can my nursing school be informed if I fail a pre-employment drug screen for job?

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Hi everyone! I am in kind of a predicament. I am a nursing student with one year until graduation. I recently applied for a non-licensed nursing assistant job and was informed two days after being told I got the job that I would need to take a drug test. I was not aware that the facility drug tested or I probably would not have applied/ accepted the job. I smoke weed regularly but would have quit far in advance had I known that I would be drug tested. I do not do any other drugs and planned on quitting marijuana for good before I start my nursing career. I did not think I would be able to get a job like this for the summer so did not think smoking right now would be an issue. However this is a great job opportunity and I am in desperate need for money. I am a straight A student with great clinical evaluations by my instructors. I realize that I need to stop smoking and I know it wont be an issue as I have quit for 3 months in the past with no difficulty. I simply enjoy smoking weed and most of my friends are heavy users so I am around it a lot. I regret not quitting for good sooner. The problem is that the place where I will be drug tested was a clinical facility my freshman year and my future boss knows many of the freshman faculty well. I will be having my senior clinical at another facility next year but it is part of the same healthcare network. I know that this hospital does not drug test as I used to work there and was not tested. I have cheated a drug test successfully in the past for a different job but I am not sure if I should risk it this time. Do you think that if I fail this test the other facility where I will be having my clinical rotation next year will find out? Or do you think my program will find out? My nursing school does not have a drug testing or drug policy in place. But I am afraid if my cheating method fails it will have greater reaching consequences for my education/career. Are the results confidential and will they appear on the whole healthcare networks records? Should I call and say I don't want the job? Advice please!

I know a lot of schools do drug test but I've never heard of it happening at my school as of yet. If my school did drug test on admission I guess I would not be in this predicament now because I would definitely be clean. But you are all right it could happen at any time and I am quitting for good as of yesterday. I knew I would have to quit sooner or later but I guess this is my wake up call. Now I will have to think of some excuse for quitting the job before I start. I don't think I could pull of cheating again. It doesn't feel right this time. There is too much at stake at this point and this career means a lot to me. Thank you all for the advice! Now I just need to figure out a good excuse that doesn't look like I'm evading the test. Any suggestions?

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

State you have a better offer, and decline at this time. Better to lie now than be in a position to not be able to have a career at ALL.

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But I am afraid if my cheating method fails

I'm sorry, but at allnurses.com, we offer support, but not advocate cheating in any way.

Hopefully you sort things out ...

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