Hey guys. I'll make it short.
I passed NCLEX 3/5. Stopped smoking marijuana for good 3/17 so I can have a long nursing career and be responsible.
It's been over a month since my last use and I received a job offer at local nursing home. I self tested myself and I'm still coming up + for THC metabolites. My drug test/physical is in a few days.
I don't want to try and cheat the drug test, I don't want to start my career that way.
Should I
1. Talk to the director of nursing at the facility and tell her my situation. See if she will let me come back in a few weeks and do the test then.
--Would she be able to report me to the board of nursing for this question?
2. Tell them I received a better job offer and start applying for other jobs (by the time I get one I should be clean.)
Thanks in advance for advice.
P.S. For all you people about to hate on me. I did not smoke during clinical, only during my summers off. And yes I guess it taking me a while to get clean because I smoked very heavily when I graduated because I knew I had to say goodbye to it because of my chosen career. Also, I'm a little overweight...which I guess is why I'm still not good after a month.
(IL resident)