Sandsponge

Ohio BON is really slow. I got a letter 2 years ago and I just got a another notice for opportunity/action pending by certified mail. I'm not going to respond and could care less. Nursing isn't for me and the pay isn't that great. I'm making double my nursing salary driving a brown truck for the past 2 years. I have been two years clean but I'm not going to do a program for 5 years and worry about applying shampoo or lotion with alcohol in it. A little overboard in my opinion. If I was a NP then maybe I would do more to save my license.

Update: Well there is no update. No word from the BON. Gee, how long does this take. You would think if I was an impaired nurse they would take action right away. I quit my nursing job and currently working in a non-nursing job. I didn't like my nursing job but that's a different story. I might go back to nursing but this is still hanging over my head. By the way I have been clean all this time and don't plan ever using again. So it's been more than seven months. I haven't said a word and I haven't heard any thing from the Ohio BON. Does anybody have a clue how long it may take?

I haven't heard anything from the BON since I posted. I had until to the 1st of July to respond to the accusations but I didn't. I contacted a few attorneys but I can't afford +$7,000 to retain them. Here's more to the story: I only had this job for 3 weeks and had one pre-employment and two random drug screens. This is my first nursing job since I graduated May 2013. I thought it was kind of suspicious when other employees been there for 5 years and never had a random. I was stupid and tried some weed during a party I went to at my cousins house. I never touched any kind of illicit drug before this. I didn't even like it. I thought I was safe since they just did a random a few days earlier. Two days later I was asked to do another so called random at work again and ****** dirty. So now I'm trying to figure out the best course of action. Don't say anything or be honest and explain the situation. Should I just voluntarily surrender my license and try to get it back at a latter date and work at a non-nursing job. I'm currently working in ICU in another state and I would assume I would lose this job if they find out. Yes, I passed the test with flying colors and I haven't used since or even touched alcohol. My original licensed state is Ohio and I don't know if you can do the alternative program in another state. Seems like if I go into a treatment program I will lose my job and won't have a chance for future employment once they find out I was in rehab. I doubt I could get a job in dialysis since I have less than one year of experience. Should I work at a non-nursing job until I finish the alternative program if I'm able to take it in another state? If the only nursing job I can obtain is in LTC, I rather give up my license and work in another field.

The board of nursing just sent me a letter that they discovered I had a positive drug screen from my previous employer. This was not for a diversion, this is for illicit drug use. I now have another good nursing job in another state and I did not tell this employer about my positive drug screen. I have been with this employer for 3 months. I was hoping my previous employer would not report this instance to the BON, but I just found out today by means of a letter from my previous state BON. What should I do? What is going to happen. I'm scared that I'm now going to lose out on this great job, lose my license, or even go to jail. I already signed a one year lease for an apartment in my new state and I'm the only bread winner for my family. Will the new state find out?