Hey everyone. I know this is a bit different. I'm not a nurse, so I feel like I should not be on this site. However, I wasn't sure where else to go with my questions. Try not to laugh at my lack of nursing terminology...I'm new at this.
My husband failed a drug test at work a couple months ago. He had come back from 5 nights off to pills missing on his unit. He, along with one other nurse, was drug tested. He tested positive for marijuana. Of course, within two days, he was called in. He was immediately terminated and told to report himself to IPN, which he did.
His evaluation is scheduled for this Friday, October 10th. There's one issue, though. He got lucky when he only tested positive for weed. He had been taking pills months before, and that led to using Morphine intravenously. He had been clean from that for a couple months, but he struggled with the addiction for about 6-7 months total. (I should also add that he has not used pills/IV drugs for a few months now, and no weed since a couple weeks BEFORE the test. He is sober.)
Obviously, he plans on telling the truth about using marijuana, but also the other drugs. He needs the help, and we're welcoming this experience as a way for him to get clean and sober and stay that way. My question is, could bringing up the other drugs be counted against him? His employer never knew about his addiction, as he hid it pretty well. I'm aware it will most likely affect his contract length, but will it affect his compliance with IPN?
We're preparing ourselves for a 5 year contract, but we're curious if coming clean about everything will count against him in the end. Again, he's going to tell the truth regardless. We know how awful it would be if he were caught in a lie. However, we just want to cover all bases before we go into this and prepare ourselves as much as we can.
Sorry if this was all over the place. My mind is pretty jumbled at the moment. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated.
