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II'm pretty sure rnibclc is incorrect. I have seen numerous post were people with legit script s were fine. It seems it depends on the employer, besides I the oxy is prn as is the valium neither of which I take everyday(I haven't taken the valium in weeks bc it makes me drowsy). My question was I guess more about what I should disclose and if Imodium and tca's w/o cause a false positive. Heather, my school didn't require a drug test. Even if they had, I wasn't taking anything but the Imodium when I started. I am also under the care of pain management and several other specialists so I know I can certainly get notes and can produce labels for anything that might come up. Though the Imodium is otc, so I might ask my Dr for a letter.

Hello! I am a new nurse who happens to suffer from several chronic pain conditions. I am able to work to my full capacity but I do get help from prescribed medications. I recently was offered a position at a clinic but the offer is pending a drug test. I have never been drug tested before (despite working several direct patient roles over the decade) so Im a little nervous to what this entails. Currently my meds that I am concerned about are: nortriptyline 25-50mg QHS, Baclofen 10mg BID, oxycodone 5mg Q12H/PRN (I don't take nearly that amount, I split them), Imodium 1-2mg QID/PRN, Valium 5mg QHS/PRN (this is taken by alternate route and I only take half the dose and haven't taken it in a long time). So anyways, I know that since I legitimate scripts my medications shouldn't be too much of an issue, or would they? Anyone have any expierence with taking long term meds that may show up on a drug screen. My other concern is that I have seen varying info on weather Imodium shows up as a opioid on a drug screen. I take a large amount of this almost daily to help with a chronic GI issues, stopping it before a drug test is not an option. Has anyone here had an issue with it triggering a false positive? Also, I read that TCA's can trigger a false positive for amphetamines. I take this med for pain and GI issues so stopping it not an option either. Anyone know about this? If I trigger positives on my test does anyone know if they can test if further to rule out false positives? I know I have scripts for all of these meds and even the Imodium use is well documented so getting doctors notes won't be an issue, but I am worried about my new employer being notified about all of my medications (little TMI, and kinda embarrassing) and really would like to keep my medical history to myself. Sorry if this post seems a little silly, I am a little nervous about my first job an a RN and the drug test so I would appreciate a little advice (please no judgment).

HI genny, I'm not sure if you read the other comments but if you do you can see that I commented on rcc...I recently finished this program. What kind of info would you like ? I was a student in the morning program before switching to evening .

There were people in my class that were scoring in the high 50's low 60's and still passed, so it is possible. Just keep reading over the rationales even for the ones you get right. Also, even though I didn't do a lot of content review if there was an area that I kept getting the questions wrong with I definitely went over it. For example, I kept getting child development questions wrong, so I went over that until I wasn't getting them wrong. Granted I didn't get any questions on g&d but I still glad I went over the areas I was consistently weak on. Good Luck!

I didn't think it was exactly the same. I felt my test was just extremely hard, but the priorties abd delagation question I thought was similar. Plus it is set up in a similar fashion as the online Kaplan. All abd all even though I didnt Luke the decision tree, I thought Kaplan to be the most useful prep our of all the ones I used

I personally did not use the the decision tree really at all, I found that I never full grapsed the concept of it. I answered all of the questions, and read the rationals, I also bought thier Q&A book along with the online program my school made us do. I think it was most helpful that the questions where similar in set up to the actual test. I also used other books (saunders, LaCharity and Lippenscott alternate level questions) and read the rationals to those questions. I did very little content review, mostly went over rationals and did lots of questions (close to 4,000). I passed with 75 questions. Everyone is differnt though and you need to do what works for you.

I actually had a very similar issue with MA BON. I took my boards in the 2nd and passed. I finally spent a lot of time calling this Monday. When I finally spoke to someone with the BON they told me in fact my license should have posted and the issue was with PCS not clearing me in the computer sysytem. I called PCS, and the issue was taken care of later that day. Not sure why you got a totally differnt answer from someone at the BON. But I am glad you finally got it fixed.

I finally got in touch with the BON, and I am glad I did. Apparently PCS never notified the BON that I had passed my exam...It has now been fixed and my license has been posted! :-)

Hello, I took my boards on May 2nd and received my quick results that I passed on May 4th. I wondering if anyone can give me any insight to how long it took the BON in MA to update your license on their website? I read over their website a little bit and it says it will be updated in approximately 3 business days...it has now been 6 business days. I have tried contacting the BON, but of course, I keep getting an automated message system rather than a live person. Has anyone else has this issue? I know I am probably being impatient but everyone else I have spoken to had their license number listed a lot sooner than 6 business days. I would like to start applying for jobs but don't want to do so until my license can be verified as being valid.

Yes the 48 hours is a long wait (my results were ready at about 258pm, lol) but I am beyond greatful my wait isn't as long as the one in CA or like the penicil and paper days...Im not sure I would have been able to handle that sort of wait. Congrats to everyone who has recently passed!

The PVT works! I PASSED! 75 questions, 1st try so beyond excited

Jennifer_app. I agree, content is super important for the SATA's I got 20 in the 75 questions I had, was slammed with meds, 4 EKG strips, a picture question a bunch of the look at the labs and figure out what you would do type questions, priorty, teaching, delagation and some other stuff. Agree with you, by far the hardest exam I have ever taken. But hopefully the difficulty will mean we were doing well and passed!!!

Ok, good to know! I was not aware that they are open 7 days a week. Hopefully my results will be in soon then.

Oh, I super impatient as well. I NEED TO KNOW! lol. I did get the "good pop up" but I need to see actual results, especially since I thought my exam was crazy hard and really feel as though I didnt do well (It shut off at 75, so I either passed or failed miserably). I will keep checking!

That's good to know, thanks! I realize it hasn't been exactly 48 hrs and figured I would have to wait until after 2pm...The reason I said 48 buisness hours is because I recieved an email with quick result instructions and it said 48 buisness hours, not regular hours. But I will check before I head off to work...Or maybe I will wait until after work, since if I failed I would rather not be at work having that sort of info on my mind.