hulahulagirl

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1. Drug Testing At Hospitals

   hulahulagirl replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   unfortunately marijuana is still not treated the same as other scheduled drugs because of the federal prohibition. the CA supreme court ruled employees could still be fired for using, even with a Rx....

2. Drug Testing At Hospitals

   hulahulagirl replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   my point is that until drug tests are used to test for all kinds of impairment (which is basically impossible due to the rate of certain drugs being metabolized faster than others) it's not fair....

3. Drug Testing At Hospitals

   hulahulagirl replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   it's an invasion of privacy at the first step. if someone is smart and dedicated enough to get into med/nursing school they probably aren't using drugs at a level that would harm anyone else. if they...

4. Drug Testing At Hospitals

   hulahulagirl replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   Because the tests only detect certain drugs (and certain drugs have a longer halflife) and a positive result doesn't necessarily mean you are an addict. Snort coke in the bathroom of a bar a month...

5. PMHNP job outlook

   hulahulagirl replied to Btrfly21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I've applied for this program (PMHNP) with the idea that I will make my own job in a rural area when I graduate. But PMHNPs aren't very well known as a profession so many people don't realize what...

6. OHSU--accelerated BSN-MSN/PMHNP program

   hulahulagirl posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Has anyone else on here applied to OHSU's accelerated BSN-MSN program? In all of my prereq classes I haven't heard of anyone else going for the PMHNP degree, so it's so hard to tell what my chances...

7. So who is still waiting on a letter?

   hulahulagirl replied to GottaGetIn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Waiting to hear from OSHU's accelerated BSN-MSN/PMHNP program. The tension is killing