Juankiters08

Thanks everyone for all the comments. I suppose my thought process is a little unethical for a nurse...but I was just frantic and a little scared. I didn't mean to break any rules on the forum, that wasn't my initial intention. I decided not to go to the interview, I declined two more interviews I received calls for. I'm thinking the best thing for me to do now is going back to school to receive my RN. I talked to a few administrators from a couple of prospective employers, and both places were worried about the huge gap in my employment as a nurse. They were very off putting, and they made me feel as if I had no business looking for a nursing job...I know I can still perform well, I just need the chance to do so, but I guess that's life, you live and you learn. Can't believe how much trouble this has caused.

Uneasy as it makes you feel, it's something I contemplated. Life is full of situations fueled by moral decisions. But as stated in my last post, I'm going to detox it out the right way, with time. What makes me uneasy is having to reiterate myself to nurses that should pay attention to detail, since it's what we do for a living. Everything about what you chose to pick out of my response has already been retracted with a morally correct answer. Please read everything before making a comment of such judgmental proportions. Sheesh I understand we are supposed to be ethical, but this is also a community where ideas and thoughts are shed. This kind of talk is taboo for sure, but that doesn't mean it won't be talked about. I came here to seek advice from NY fellow nurses and appreciate the responses, it has helped shape my future course of action. I don't have concrete information on here that would let an employer find out who I am, if I did I wouldn't even have talked about it. The only thing you know is that is says I'm from Dayton, which I no longer reside in lol Thanks for your concern though.

I'm going to do this the right way. I've been able to come to an agreement with a family member, and he's going to let me stay with him until I can get on my feet. I've been a little unstable as far as living goes for a few months, so that job was imperative to my survival. I'm going to contact my potential employer tomorrow for the interview I have next week to possibly postpone, but I don't really know what to say or if they'll go for it. This is definitely a life lesson to remember, I've never been in trouble, but this is as close as I want to come to it. I'll do some volunteer work in the meantime, stay away from that life destroying drug and focus on bettering myself :) I can do this! I'm a nurse and need to present myself as the health advocate I chose to be. @lovinglife2015 I agree, I do need to detox. I'm done with the drug. When I chose to come back into this field, I chose to quit the drug entirely. It was fun, but it's not conducive to my growth as a nurse, and not fair to future patients, they deserve me at my best. I'm going to take this time and volunteer at my moms independent living facility. I held a few workshops their in the past in regard to breast cancer awareness, diabetes and other important clinical data, and they always want to know if I'll be back.

Thank you all for the advice. Yes the human resource manager was very helpful, going so far as saying you should have come to me about it before hand. I don't know what she could have done, but I wish there were more people like her in those positions, and I'm glad she didn't shun me for such a stupid mistake. @aja878 She pretty much told me her experience with drug testing, named off some cleansers, but I was so embarrassed I kind if just wanted to get the heck out of dodge. I wish I could wait longer, but I really need employment asap. Immoral judgment and action aren't my thing, and I shouldn't even bring that to discussion, but the situation is dire...have you heard of nurses passing with synthetic or someone else's urine?

Sigh, well I have an interview next week with a rehab and behavioral facility...I'm afraid to take another test. Why would my home test give me a false reading? I don't want to be dishonest, but I don't want to be penalized for something I no longer partake in...my cousin has used a condom with urine to pass a test...

Wow. So these stipulations are something future employers see? Is there a time length for when they contact you if you've been reported?

Is that something I'm informed of? Or do I find out by applying somewhere else when it shows up on my "secret file" is there a secret file?

I started nursing in 2010. In 2011 I took a break to explore other career options (I was still 20 at the time). I recently decided that nursing is what I want to continue doing, so I started brushing up on skills, called my old school to get some skill practice, case studies, the whole 9 yards to where I felt comfortable again. I was offered a position with a home health agency. Now during my time off, I became a heavy marijuana smoker :/ upon applying for different positions, I quit smoking which wasn't that hard, and have been smoke free for about a month. I took a home test, came up negative, so I thought I was in the clear. During orientation, they hit us with the drug screen (which I expected). The human resource manager pulls me out of orientation, takes me to her office to deliver the news of my failed drug test... I was kind of shocked, but at the same time I took complete responsibility for it, no matter how embarrassing it was. She even gave me pointers about cleansing systems, home drug test :/ etc. So my questions now are, since I was not yet employed, are they going to report this to the state? And why did the home test give me a false reading? I feel so defeated, ashamed, and mostly disappointed in myself. Any comments are welcome, I can't feel anymore terrible than I already do, I'm just worried about what might happen. Is this on some secret record I don't know about? I'm kind of freaking out.

Thanks for all the replies, and @elkpark, so the proof they need is the actual website? Which part should I give them? The page that has my license number on it and says active?

Charting is the siingle most important thing you should do that you forgot to do........like someone said, if it wasn't charted, it didn't happen....I usually carry a notebook around and take note of the important things that happen if I'm a little swamped with other things, then when I do get time to chart, I look back at my notes and go from there. Carrying a little notebook always helps me, but that whole 24 hour grace period thing is kind of siily.

Can I use the state board of nursing website to provide proof of my lpn license? I'm applying for a job and it requires me to provide proof of my license, but it is not readily available because my certificate was accidentally packed up with my brothers things when he moved out to college. Can I just go to the Ohio board of nursing website and get my proof of license from there? Or does it have to be the actual certificate?