I partipate in VDAP and had not been tested since early March due to COVID-19. Selected for testing today- Hair- at a cost of 176.00 plus collection fee. Just a "heads up" for other VDAP nurses since it is a significant amount of money in one hit. I expect Alabama nurses in monitoring or VDAP will be tested aggressively this month. 1 Likes
rn1965, ADN Specializes in Med/Surg, Women's Health, LTC. Has 25 years experience. May 26, 2020 Wowza, that is some serious money to put out. Especially now, when families may have one or both people not working/reduced hours.Hang in there! 0 Likes
DistressedRN May 30, 2020 I’d kill for a hair collection to be that cheap! In Tnpap it’s $250 plus the site fee. 😡 0 Likes
J.Adderton, BSN, MSN Specializes in Clinical Leadership, Staff Development, Education. Has 28 years experience. Jun 1, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 6:03 AM, DistressedRN said:I’d kill for a hair collection to be that cheap! In Tnpap it’s $250 plus the site fee. 😡The pricing inconsistency is crazy. I hope you are not hair tested frequently... so expensive. 0 Likes
sunxfire, BSN, RN Specializes in Oncology/Psychiatric RN, BSN--in school for DNP. Jun 3, 2020 NJ here--$325 for hair test -_- ...they didn't decrease testing during the COVID surge--in fact, they increased it to 3 tests per month ranging between 75-125 dollars per test =( Can't wait to be finished in July! 0 Likes
Tracy653 Has 21 years experience. Jun 5, 2020 WOW! I am in Arkansas. Five children. My husband and I both work. I am considering surrendering my license after 20 yrs due to cost. We r unable to pay fees and have a home. I think this is a way of pushing several of us out of program without them looking bad. I have failed one drug test in 20 yrs of nursing and now gonna b starting over. Almost enough to push someone to drugs I’m thinking 0 Likes
