So I am getting ready for bsn nursing school to start in the summer. One of the things that was required was a drug test. I took it without any hesitation, since I do not take any drugs. However, I did messed up before the drug test. Because of all the stress of moving, getting ready for nursing school, and personal life things my mother suggested I take one her lorazepam pill to help me calm down. I took it without hesitation because it a pretty universally used drug.
The part that I messed up at is that I took it before the drug test and it showed up. I obviously have no documentation saying that I have a prescription. So now I am kicking myself in the head and I don't know what to do.
What are the consequences for this? Will I be prevented to start? Are there any legal problems I should worry about? Can I retake it to show I am not an addict or have a problem with drugs? I am thinking of e-mailing my programs director to explain my situation and tell him "I am an idiot, I am not an addict, and I am very sorry. Please don't kick me out". Thoughts?
This has gotten a lot more attention than I thought it would get. I will be meeting with the directors this week to discuss what my options are. I'll make an update if anyone is still interested.
Please update us after the meeting and let us know how things turned out.
This has gotten a lot more attention than I thought it would get. I will be meeting with the directors this week to discuss what my options are. I'll make an update if anyone is still interested.
I don't think most of the people posting here grasp the gravity of this persons situation. If you were a licensed nurse your goose would be cooked. Since you are a a student accepted into a nursing program you will not gain admission. Please rescind your application as soon as possible. You might have a chance with another school of nursing. I totally empathize with your situation, but I would do you no service if I did not tell you the truth. With a failed drug screen your chances of admission to any SON are zero. Rescind your application and reapply to another school. You've learned a very difficult lesson.
I don't think most of the people posting here grasp the gravity of this persons situation. If you were a licensed nurse your goose would be cooked. Since you are a a student accepted into a nursing program you will not gain admission. Please rescind your application as soon as possible. You might have a chance with another school of nursing. I totally empathize with your situation, but I would do you no service if I did not tell you the truth. With a failed drug screen your chances of admission to any SON are zero. Rescind your application and reapply to another school. You've learned a very difficult lesson.
I think we do realize the gravity of the situation, but are hopeful that this lesson isn't going to be a life-altering one in the form of denied admission based on this error. She isn't a licensed nurse, isn't even a nursing student, which obviously is the whole point of so many here being supportive of her in this massively ugly situation.
She said she's meeting with the school administration. Thankfully they are the ones to decide her fate, rather than us, or you.
For all the people saying, "How would lay people know it's illegal to share controlled substances?" every time I've filled a controlled script, it had an orange sticker right on it informing me so.
Poor thing! I would call and ask for an appointment to speak to the dean of your nursing school. Explain in person, if you can, your mistake and your ignorance of what you were given. Ask for a retest. You may still not be admitted, but if you don't ask, you definitely won't get! And by the way, I've been a nurse for many years and my husband and i share our bursitis meds alll the time. good luck
Poor thing! I would call and ask for an appointment to speak to the dean of your nursing school. Explain in person, if you can, your mistake and your ignorance of what you were given. Ask for a retest. You may still not be admitted, but if you don't ask, you definitely won't get! And by the way, I've been a nurse for many years and my husband and i share our bursitis meds alll the time. good luck
She just recently posted that she has a meeting scheduled this week to discuss it with administration.
I really hope it works out for you. Being honest and upfront and admitting/owning your mistake (however it happened) shows a lot about your character and level of integrity. Running away, ignoring it, withdrawing from the program, trying to hide it, etc. would have been a mistake, that is not how one should deal with problems in life or in nursing. I don't believe that it means you are not "nursing material", a lot of nurses make mistakes -- in fact, ALL of us have made mistakes (work or life), we are not perfect! It's how you deal with those mistakes that matters.
This may sound a little harsh, but you are NOT nursing material. You took a controlled substance without a prescription. And to top this off, your mother gave it to you.
What an awful and judgmental thing to say. They came here for advice and not to be told they aren't nursing material because they took a very very very widely used medication to help calm them down or help with sleep. It's not the best idea but Jesus, you need a serious attitude adjustment. Go vent your anger to someone else, this is a safe place.
What an awful and judgmental thing to say. They came here for advice and not to be told they aren't nursing material because they took a very very very widely used medication to help calm them down or help with sleep. It's not the best idea but Jesus, you need a serious attitude adjustment. Go vent your anger to someone else, this is a safe place.
I do agree with you, but would caution against saying that this is a Safe Place. It's an open, public forum and there's definitely a lot of nutjobs out there, and in here! Let's be careful out there!
OlivetheRN, ADN, BSN, RN
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Please update us after the meeting and let us know how things turned out.