Do i really have to tell new employer about a BON intervention?

[Nursedina2011]

A drug diversion committed by a staff nurse led to mandatory drug tests on the nurses at my job...mine was positive!! I was very surprised and found out that my husband who is hell bent on making trouble admits to spiking my beer!! Well to avoid restrictions and disciplines on my license i agreed to random drug tests at my expense for a year and they want me to tell my new employer about it! Im humiliated enough and about to go broke with the cost of this, chances are they may let me go..do i really have to tell them? #EmbarrassedinNC

[SNB1014, RN]

Hmm.... well I speak from personal experience. I was reported to the BON for suspicion of misappropriating RXs (they were right) but shockingly did not have a + UDS. ( I think I hadn't fully metabolized it. Had they of done a blood test, I would've been screwed). I was told they would report me, and they did. I got a letter shortly thereafter from my BON indeed stating there would be an investigation. Well, I was in denial and thought that a new place, fresh start, etc would kick my booty into acting right and scare me to do t again.

i got a job at our competitor's hospital nearly immediately. Naturally I did not say anything. I worked there and immediately after orientation I fell back into my behavior and got busted.

they reported me.

I finally had enough sense to get help, go to meetings bc I knew they would be required and began documenting them. ( For me, attendance at meetings didn't help much at all, with the exception of a single womens' meeting that I still attend. Therapy has helped me 100x more than meetings ever had. Some people feel the opposite, but you'll have to go anyways).

imy investigation was still on going.

I waited about 6months and then got a job, which I've been at for approx a year and am doing very well. No diversion.

After LITERALLY 2yrs since my investigation began, I have finally gotten my letter for our state confidential recovery program.

My my point is, NO you do not have to disclose. In fact, I firmly advise you don't say anything until it is finalized. Innocent until proven guilty and hopefully by then, you will have proven yourself as a worthwhile employee and your work will cooperate with you.

THAT SAID- learn from me!!!! Do NOT begin working until you have had treatment. It will backfire beyond belief if you are not in a healthy place with support from your family, friends, treatment team and /or sponsor.

you could hurt someone and hurt your ability to ever work as a nurse for a very, very long time.

edit- I should mention hat I am not in your state and had not yet had any action by BON. If you have stipulations that require you to tell, you basically freaking have to.

[Glycerine82, LPN]

It would help your case to have a police report to show. I assume your employer knows your UDS was +, so I don't see how telling them the BON wants you to continue to test would harm you.

[Nursedina2011]

Omg..i hope i can swing this..wirh 4 kids its gonna be hard to give all that money to the BON! No choice though..at least my license wont show anything.

[aflahe00]

My my point is, NO you do not have to disclose. In fact, I firmly advise you don't say anything until it is finalized. Innocent until proven guilty and hopefully by then, you will have proven yourself as a worthwhile employee and your work will cooperate with you.

Well in theory that sounds great but here's why it's not going to workout. If your in a monitoring program you are required to have a work site monitor who would be required to submit quarterly reports to the monitoring program so about every 3 months. So unless she plans on only being there 3 months she should reconsider.

[Nursedina2011]

Its a new employer..old one terminated me because of this.

[aflahe00]

Yeah you must tell your new employer if your in a monitoring agreement