benlop

I am a new grad and about to start my first job. I have 3 kids and my fiance just moved here from Ohio and is starting a new job as well. I am wanting to continue on with my education because I have a ADN but I ultimately want to be a CRNA or an NP. So how early is too early to go back to school after starting a new job? Or any advice from personal experience with this type of thing?? I would have went straight through to have my BSN but the school I went to didn't have the 4 year program at the time. Thanks in advance for any feedback :)

Well now I feel totally blonde!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EchoRNC711 I misread the whole post thinking that BostonTerriorLover wrote it. Guess I am still not completely back to normal from my wisdom teeth being taken out yesterday :/ But I totally agree what you said about BostonTerriorLover. It's always nice to hear others saying nice things to each other. Even though it might seem little or a small thing to some it can mean the world to the other person which can help keep a smile on someones face :)

BostonTerriorLover, I am not sure who you were posting that to. I was just wanting to make sure the person you were trying to say this to knows that it is for them :) it's always a great thing for someone to say nice things to you it keeps your spirits up!

I know when I was in school there were about 5 of us at a time as well, but this was at a hospital in the HR department where I could hear about this other person. But yes I do agree about it being different for every person I have had family members take a med the day before and take the drug screen the next day and it was negative. I know for me personally it would have been positive because my body doesn't get rid of medications so easily.

Ok I want to say congratulations on all that has overcome their addiction, that takes a really strong person to do that! I have had family members who have struggled for years and still are and all I can do is be there for them and try to get them help. It's stories like this that give me hope and inspire me. I know everyone has issues, just because we are nurses doesn't mean we don't have the same things in common as our patients sometimes. I want to also say thank you so much for sharing your stories as well. I know it's hard for some people to open up and share with others about their life and struggles. But it is a blessing when others can share their own personal stories to help others. But I do want to say to wish_me_luck I am not trying to be nosey or figure out what will happen to that other person. I stated this the way I did because no names of anyone needs to be disclosed, that is their personal business and like I said in a following post they could be prescribed this medication and everything will be fine for them. I wanted to know the process of what the BON would do because while I was in school we were just told that you couldn't take meds that weren't prescribed to you and not get in trouble. We were never told what the trouble was or how things worked. When I heard this it made me wonder what really does happen if someone gets reported, or if I would ever get reported. I wasn't bashing anyone, I wasn't putting anyone down or belittling them. I just wanted to know for my own personal knowledge what does BON do when a nurse is reported. You have taken my initial post wrong and I tried to clear that up with my response to the first person who posted back. I personally have dealt with issues throughout my life as well and was able to overcome them. So by no means was I trying to find out what happened to that certain person (like I said before I don't know all of the details about that situation so it was never my intention to try to snoop in their lives) I wanted to know what the BON would do to a nurse who was reported, that was it. So again you took my post wrong, which now reading back I can totally understand why you did. But my intentions were to just learn the steps that a nurse would have to go through after something like this and hopefully be able to keep their license. TracyE78 I do agree it is a HIPPA violation and if it was me in that other nurses shoes I would be highly upset just do to the fact that others were able to hear about my situation. I want to say I am truly sorry if I offended anyone with my post. That wasn't my intentions and I should have went about asking in another way. But I do want to say thank you again for all the feedback that everyone has given.

Thank you :)

Yes this does thank you :) does anyone know what the BON would do to the nurse if it is reported to them?

I just heard it because the doors were open. And I am not saying this other person isn't prescribed the med or that they were doing something wrong. It just made me wonder what would happen to a nurse who was using a med not prescribed to them and it was reported. I wasn't trying to bash anyone this is just something we were never taught and after hearing this it made me wonder what all would happen. Please don't take my post the wrong way.

As I was interviewing for my first job another person was in the next room taking their drug screen. It came back positive for amphetamines. I know they send it off again to another lab to be tested, but this had me wonder what happens if it comes back positive and they have to report this nurse to the board? I am a new grad and have never really thought about this or have had to find out. This is just for me to learn the process and learn what happens if I ever come across this in my career again, not that I personally would have to worry because I hate taking meds lol. Thanks for any help :)