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Hi all! I am a newly licensed nurse and am on a board order to complete TPAPN as part of an eligiblity issue. (I got into trouble when I was still a teenager, but was legally an adult.) 8 years later I'm still paying for that mistake. Yesterday I took my first drug test and wondered when will my results be posted? I was expecting them today but so far nothing is showing. I need reassurance! Even though I'm clean I still want the results! I hate that I just started the program and I'm already so nervous. I worked hard to get here and don't like feeling threatened!!!!

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It takes a few days, depending on which option, sometimes up to a week.

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Thank you for your reply.. I read on the Quest website that if the results are negative you will know in 24 hrs and longer if it's positive. I was worried thinking I was going to have to start proving my innocence!! I don't think that is meant for TPAPN participants anyways though so I'm trying to stay positive. I used hand sanitizer once at the beginning of the week before I realized what I was doing and have been sick about it ever since! I'm too new to the program! Everything scares me! It's a lot to get used to.

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I know your pain, as any before us do...I used wrong hand soap for 2 weeks before I realized my MAs were filling bottles with soap that had alcohol in it. That was 2 yrs ago. I called my casemanager who said, be sure you always check. LOL! I did read the bottles. My cheap boss was saving money by putting dollar store soap in the same soap bottles they use at Quest. I got that fixed right away! I have 3 yrs left on TPAPN. I have had a couple of dilute urines, one of which they reported as "Non-Negative". I was freaking out. So, to me, non-negative meant positive. I started questioning myself if I had walked in my sleep and used! It was a Thursday, on a holiday weekend, and finally on Sunday they reported it as negative dilute. I got a nasty gram from my case manager saying if it happened again they might turn off my electricity! lol Kidding of course. She said it may be considered positive if it happened again. I couldn't give enough urine that time, and so had to drink water, and my urine was dilute. So, needless to say, I go there with a full bladder for sure! The only thing I worry about now is dilute urine. I know I am clean. I am not using products with alcohol. I actually quit looking at the results. I know that may seem odd. I have life to live and am not going to be a slave to checking for test results on top of having to check in daily for drug screen! Living life, and it is good!

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I'm so glad to talk to someone else in this situation. I know many nurses from my area, but no one who has been on TPAPN. I feel like I'm walking in the dark. This program has many rules and no guidance for the newcomers. I suspect that the soap at my work has alcohol in it although I'm not positive.. I just stopped using it anyway just in case.. hopefully not too late. Even if it did I'm not sure how many days it would stay in your system. The enviromental alcohol exposure definately scares me the most.

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I am with affinity and try don't report test results. If you dirty your cases maher calls, otherwise you walking blind. It really is awful! Never knowing and always on ok a and needles

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Specializes in PDN; Burn; Phone triage.
I am with affinity and try don't report test results. If you dirty your cases maher calls, otherwise you walking blind. It really is awful! Never knowing and always on ok a and needles

My program uses Affinity and they report results! It can be hard to find on the website...

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I have looked and looked. Figured they didn't report. Can you tell me where to go?

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I have looked and looked. Figured they didn't report. Can you tell me where to go?

For me anyway -- click on the bar thingy in the upper left corner. Then go to compliance, then history, then in the drop down bar where it says check-in you should be able to select tests.

I dont know if programs can turn off certain options? But thats how I get to my results.

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Thank you so much, I will try that!

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Hi harlant, just wondering...do you have restrictions in that you cant pass narcs, no working midnights, etc. or is your only requirement the drug tests? Im curious, as I too made a stupid mistake when I was young and Im afraid its now going to effect my eligibility.

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Affinity does not report test results in Nevada. I wish they would but I guess that would just be another thing to stress about.

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