sicunurse38

Yeah if you go to labcorp.com then click on "I am a health care provider", you can search for tests. Just put in the test number. I didn't think I was going to like my job at first. I've always been interested in psychology...got 45 extra psych hours in college in addition to nursing psych. However, where I work, it's acute care psych which means the patients are going through a crisis and many are so psychotic all you can do is stabilization with meds and maintain safety. I like helping patients with therapeutic communication and group therapy which is often difficult in the short length of stay if they come in crazy. My first week I mainly had "crazy" patients so didn't think I'd enjoy it. However, since then, I've had many more patients what I call "halfway normal" or more functional where therapies other than just meds can help. I really feel like I'm helping more of them now so yes I enjoy my job. I especially get a rewarding feeling when I talk with a patient about drug addiction and recovery. This also helps me stay clean..."cuz we can only keep what we have by giving it away" (NA basic text page 9). :heartbeat

Where do you live? I live in Spring, Texas. It took me about 4 months after I was given permission to search for a job to get hired as a nurse. Every interview I went on they seemed eager to hire me until they heard tpapn. Couple places were willing but said their icu too small and not enough nurses for accommodations. Was willing to work med-surg or anywhere for that matter. However, after they couldn't put me in icu or ccu, they told me they would see if another area would be possible and get back to me. I never heard from them again. I've only worked in SICU and rapid response team as a nurse but again I was willing to take any job as a nurse so I applied at an acute care psych facility and I was hired on the spot. I think most psych facilities especially ones with addiction recovery programs are more understanding and willing to hire a nurse in recovery. Have you applied to any psych facilities?

I have a question regarding the urine drug screen panels for tpapn. Currently tpapn uses labcorp and there are 7 possible panels. If you are selected to test, you are instructed which panel to check on the chain of custody forms. I looked on labcorp's website and was able to see exactly which drugs are tested for on each panel with the exception of 788938 test 7. Does anyone know what drugs test 7 tests for?