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Hi Everyone, this is actually my first time posting after years of reading Allnurses. I am posting because I am dealing with a very difficult situation. in 2008, I was working a job where I took people out on horse back rides, got in an accident and broke my back in five places. fast forward a year, I was released without restrictions( weight/lifting/twisting/bending) and moved on with my life and in to my future as a nursing career. I am heading in to my 4th semester of a BSN program and saw a job posting for an ER tech wher I have been doing my clinical rotations. I applied and got offered the job. I went in for a blood test, tb test, physical and drug test. I do have a prescription for Norco that I take whenever needed as I do have some residual arthiritis from my injury, but only need to take a half of one about every 3-4 months, my pain is usually very controlled with exercise and stretching. so I got this job and of course the day before I got the offer and had to take the drug test, I took half of one. worried it would show up on my drug test, I explained to the doctor about my back that I had been released without restrictions from two spine specialists. He literally told me ok well just be careful, the ER can get hectic! I said I understood and that becuase I had injured my back , I felt it made me more aware of the appropriate way to lift. So I get a call 4 days later saying they where going to pull the job offer because of the restrictions from my injury! I provide them with two papers from the specialist and a physical complete with xrays of my back that I went to another dr to get a second opinion who openly stated I was perfectly capable of performing all the duties of the job! Now they are saying it is pending and they will get back to me with their decision next week. Im so frustrated with myself for even telling them about this but I honestly didnt feel like I needed to hide it! everyone I tell this to, just said, why didnt you just lie, you can never tell someone youve had an injury like that! oh I dont know, Im just a naturally honest person! Sorry for this being so long, but Im curious to know, legally can they deny me this job that I am qualified for? I feel like this could be a type of discrimination against a disability? I appreciate any feedback and allowing me to vent because this is eating me up!