Covid 19

OhioRN1234 · Apr 15, 2020

No word on suspension in Ohio but I have not been selected. I have heard some states are putting peoples programs on hold, so their time 'counted' stops. I am so grateful that hasn't happened yet.

Mom2boysNJ · Apr 15, 2020

In NJ testing has not been suspended and if anything we appear to be getting tested more frequently at 3 times a month instead of twice a month since February. Many Quest Labs have closed and hours are being reduced making testing all the more difficult in a state hit hard by COVID. I would rather this though, instead of a suspended monitoring program where your time served stops and therefore delays the program completion.

rn1965, ADN · Apr 15, 2020

I am in TX. No suspension of program (phew!) and I am still able to test at Quest. So far, my testing has remained the same. 2-3 times per month.

wvnurse2020 · Apr 15, 2020

They said we wouldn't get added time or testing but they didn't say when it would resume so it could be any time either way. I was just curious what other states were doing.

Indiana RN, BSN · Apr 16, 2020

Indiana suspended testing but I received an email this morning stating testing has been reinstated.

wvnurse2020 · Apr 17, 2020

11 hours ago, Indiana RN said:
Indiana suspended testing but I received an email this morning stating testing has been reinstated.

We have the same directors as Indiana and ours came back too!

sam2brooke · Apr 20, 2020

Anyone know if TNPAP is making exceptions for nurses to work if they have not received their monitoring agreement?

crazin01 · Apr 21, 2020

In PA: I got an email on 4/17, saying we can still do recovery trek as normal. OR we can now do an at-home option, PROOF saliva testing. You download an app on your phone, it video records the collection process & COC stuff. Then it's sent in. They sent packs of three tests at once for $204 (68/test) and $16 shipping. But they evidently split up the billing so it's not all at once. So I guess it depends which options you usually get for UDS, on whether it's cheaper or not than the normal recovery trek method.

But it's another option. I guess that's a good thing...

OhioRN1234 · Apr 21, 2020

7 hours ago, crazin01 said:
In PA: I got an email on 4/17, saying we can still do recovery trek as normal. OR we can now do an at-home option, PROOF saliva testing. You download an app on your phone, it video records the collection process & COC stuff. Then it's sent in. They sent packs of three tests at once for $204 (68/test) and $16 shipping. But they evidently split up the billing so it's not all at once. So I guess it depends which options you usually get for UDS, on whether it's cheaper or not than the normal recovery trek method.
But it's another option. I guess that's a good thing...

Thats actually amazing.. you are sort of being treated like a human! I have heard nothing in Ohio. I never reach out to my case manager. I get a snarky rude reply that insinuates I should be able to read their minds.

Five more months...