Inpatient eval or 3 months IOP?

allnurses Guide · May 20, 2015

I don't understand what you mean by caught in IPN trap? Can you elaborate?

Hppy

Earthmama · May 20, 2015

I would just do the IOP. Because like you said, they will probably recommend IOP afterwards anyway and the board insists you follow any and all recommendations of your treatment providers. I work at a treatment center that also has outpatient offices and they recommend IOP for every single inpatient discharge. You don't want to get stuck paying that amount of money twice.

dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN · May 20, 2015

Dude, you got caught using someone elses' urine during a UA...

Edit - I would just do IOP. They will probably recc it during your eval anyway since they have a financial stake in whatever treatment you will need. You got caught making a huge "oops" and, fair or not, you'll end up having to pay one way or another.

Beth,rn · May 20, 2015

By trap i guess I just mean the expensive hoop after hoop to jump through.. It just feels never ending! I just want to go back to work as soon as possible! I used someone else's urine on a random ua bc I had smoked pot a couple weeks before the test. Seems like my ipn evaluator isn't concerned about that at all though- even my 3 month hair test was negative cause it was such a little amount. The one month alcohol test had high levels and that's why they want me to do the IOP or the week inpatient eval. Before my eval I had a few last girls nights out before the 5 years of no drinking- bad decision! just looking for all the advice I can get to get me back on track!

Thanks for the info, earthmama! That's exactly what I was worried about if I chose the inpatient eval!

allnurses Guide · May 21, 2015

By trap i guess I just mean the expensive hoop after hoop to jump through.. It just feels never ending! I just want to go back to work as soon as possible! I used someone else's urine on a random ua bc I had smoked pot a couple weeks before the test. Seems like my ipn evaluator isn't concerned about that at all though- even my 3 month hair test was negative cause it was such a little amount. The one month alcohol test had high levels and that's why they want me to do the IOP or the week inpatient eval. Before my eval I had a few last girls nights out before the 5 years of no drinking- bad decision! just looking for all the advice I can get to get me back on track!
Thanks for the info, earthmama! That's exactly what I was worried about if I chose the inpatient eval!

First and foremost you have to humbly admit that you have a problem. Normal (people with drug and alcohol problems) don't use other people's urine for drug test. They also when their career and livlihood is on the line take a girl's night out to go drinking knowing if they get caught up in a DUI they will for sure be up **** creek without a paddle. That your ETG levels scored so high is an indication of problem drinking. You were not trapped you got caught. Smoking pot is illegal in all but two states and it's still against the nurse practice act. Accept what has happened humbly and get through you process in California you can usually work after 18 months if you stay clean, but you have stipulations.

Good luck

Hppy

1sttime · May 29, 2015

First rule of recovery club is that each person has to come to the realization themselves that they have a problem with mood altering substances.

I certainly didn't care enough about myself, nor was I in my right mind when I was stealing drugs from the hospital and administering them to myself: no problem. Even when I was caught I thought I didn't have much of a problem.... through months of IOP and subsequent counseling I realized the depth and breadth of my low.

The great thing OP is that this is a new beginning- even though I jumped through the hoops to save my license I like myself enough to have made a career and life change.