Question about Pre-Employment drug screens

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Will a facility report you to the Board of Nursing in Ohio if you test positive for marijuana for a Pre-Employment drug test?

Pre-Employment! Not a random drug screen while already employed. I know the likely result would be you wouldnt get the job obviously. Id just like to know if a facility would report you. Anyone know of any instances where this happened/didnt happen?

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WOULD they report you? Sure, if you hold a nursing license and test positive (doesn't matter if you're not yet employed with them). WILL they report? Don't know. They have every right to do so, however, so you should be aware of that.

Wouldn't the thing to do simply be to get off the drugs that would put your license at risk for revocation in the first place?

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
Wouldn't the thing to do simply be to get off the drugs that would put your license at risk for revocation in the first place?

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Why would you use anything that would put you at risk for failing a pre-employment drug screen? It's not like you don't know that it's coming.

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Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Why would you use anything that would put you at risk for failing a pre-employment drug screen? It's not like you don't know that it's coming.

Just when I think I cannot be surprised by people any longer.....I am.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

General rule is, if you are gonna apply for work anywhere these days, from McDonalds to a nursing position expect a drug screen. What makes nursing a bit unique, if you will, is the potential employer can and probably, will, report you to your State Board of Nursing. And this will bring on BIG problems for your future licensure and job prospects.

So to quote Nancy Reagan from the 1980s, " just say no to drugs" if you want to be a nurse.

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Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.

There's a chance they will, or a chance they won't. Most likely all they will do is just not hire you. Consider this a warning or wake up call and deal with it accordingly before it goes some place you don't want it to. If you have a mandatory self reporting law in your state, report it. It looks far better if YOU be the one to report it to your BON versus the other way around.

I learned all this the hard way. Don't make the mistakes I did. Deal with it now.

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and.....the OP has disappeared. Shocking.

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Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.

Absolutely, they have an obligation to report you, regardless if you have stepped foot on your unit or touched a patient...

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