Drug Testing

z's playa · Mar 15, 2005

Home Depot? Thats ridiculous. Never heard of that and I worked at Home depot for 8 months. :)

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Mar 15, 2005

I kid you not...Home Depot in Massachusetts and the kid had to pass his drug test before he could start working. I wonder if they tested the 72 year old greeters at the front door, or just the 18 year olds working there

z's playa · Mar 15, 2005

I kid you not...Home Depot in Massachusetts and the kid had to pass his drug test before he could start working. I wonder if they tested the 72 year old greeters at the front door, or just the 18 year olds working there

:rotfl: ..maybe just the kids who worked in the paint and glue section? Gotta make sure they don't have a taste for huffing the fumes!!!

Here in Canada there's rarely drug testing for any area in the hospitals..so I've been told. Unless of course there is a problem with narc diversion

Speculating · Mar 15, 2005

i have worked in several different snf's and only one has required pre-employment drug testing. the company i work for now has started it but all current employees have been grandfathered in, and not one of the new employees has actually had to pee in a cup. my son worked at home depot and had to have a drug screen, but we hire people to take care of our sick,frail elders without one?
what's the policy where you work?

did you higher your md to take a drug screen before you let them to work on you? i'd think that to be of more importance than my nurse.?

donmomofnine · Mar 16, 2005

We are just looking at implementing one, and we are behind the times in our area! I have insisted on pursuing it and we are finally getting somewhere. Already had two staff members "confess" and ask for EAP just in anticipation of the program. I think we will lose some people, even though we will start with at hire testing. The staff here now will only be tested for cause.

eflynnlpn · Mar 16, 2005

I have worked in several different SNF's and only one has required pre-employment drug testing. The company I work for now has started it but all current employees have been grandfathered in, and not one of the new employees has actually had to pee in a cup. My son worked at Home Depot and had to have a drug screen, but we hire people to take care of our sick,frail elders without one?
What's the policy where you work?

:uhoh21: I used to be in charge nights at a LTC facility where they did not do pre employment drug screening. Well, several of the night aides smoked, and I did not accompany them outside or check on them when they went on brake. Then a certain aide came back from maternity leave, and several things were happening that I was getting questioned about: long distance phone calls etc. Several times we could not find her throughout the whole facility!!! We have no idea where she went. I reported her several times. Then one morning after my shift that I worked with her, another worker found a joint in one of the ashtrays outside. I was questioned about it, but the DON said she knew who did it. I quit, and the aide still works there, and I've heard there have been similar instances during and after her shift. I for one, am all for the drug testing to keep people like this out of the healthcare profession!

payo · Mar 16, 2005

my facility conducts pre employment physicals & drug screens. we also do drug screens if someone is injured on the job & wants to see the md. i find the waste of time is setting up a pre employment physical & they don't show up...or come back full of cocaine because there went 70 bucks to screen

Antelope · Mar 16, 2005

Home depot does test every new hire. That's a fact.

z's playa · Mar 16, 2005

Didn't test me. Thats also a fact. Wierd.