Sober 6 years and looking to work in the hospital

Published Apr 1, 2016

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Looking for any feedback or experiences from someone who has been here.

I was fired from a hospital in 2009 for diversion. I denied it until I was blue in the face and the board dropped the case. i was only working there a few hours on the weekends and going to CRNA school during the week. Over the next year my addiction reached its climax and I was using as much as I could get, as often as I could get it. Luckily I had two wonderful friends in the Crna program with me who saw what I was doing and forced me to seek help or they would turn me in. I went to a treatment center for a year after that. When I left treatment I called the alternative drug recovery program (kare) for nurses in KY and was accepted. Fast forwarding... It is exactly 5 years later and I am completing the KARE program this week, and am graduating as an acute care aprn next month. My concern is that the nephrology group I want to work with is mainly in the hospital that fired me. Are there any chances of getting my credentials there if I am completely honest and up front with them? I really really want this job. My sobriety date is January 11, 2010, and I am working the program.