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If you are a nurse that has to enter ATP and have a non healthcare job will they work with you on the drug screens?

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Easiest way around that is to find a lab that is open outside your work hours or close enough to go on your lunch break.

I work 8:30-4:30 and my lab is about 10 minutes away.  They close at 5.  You do not have to disclose ATP to a non healthcare job and I would avoid it if at all possible.  

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On 7/27/2022 at 5:24 PM, Scarlet70 said:

If you are a nurse that has to enter ATP and have a non healthcare job will they work with you on the drug screens?

Drug screen are not so much about where you workbut a measure of your compliance with total abstinance.  You can always ask  burt these programs generally don't care about your fiancial situation. which is sad. They might bend if your intention is to never do patient care again , but I wouldn't count on it. 

Hppy

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From my understanding, and certainly with the PA program,  they will NOT work with you. Which is sad. We go into these programs desperate for one professional to understand, empathize, and help us forge on but we are not met with that at all. Just more hurdles and roadblocks. Legally, as humans, we are protected under American Disability Act. But, as nurses, we are not. Sadly.

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3 hours ago, Lust4life said:

 

We go into these programs desperate for one professional to understand, empathize, and help us forge on but we are not met with that at all. 

To be clear the BONs do not care about your recovery.That is not their mandate. The BON's madate is public safety. As far as the quote above I know I was required to attend a nurse support group where I got that kind of support.

Hppy

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7 hours ago, hppygr8ful said:

To be clear the BONs do not care about your recovery.That is not their mandate. The BON's madate is public safety. As far as the quote above I know I was required to attend a nurse support group where I got that kind of support.

Hppy

OH, I know that's abundantly clear, as I mentioned.

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Yep your correct. With my new job which has nothing to do with healthcare. I could complete 2 months of IOP but not the third and I was told that my job was not an excuse to shorten by 4 weeks. Guess the nursing shortage isn’t that bad.

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