the way I vew things or the way healthcare has become??

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I have been a nurse for 10 years now...I don't know if its bc I am getting older or just the way healthcare has become. I am actually scared to get a job doing something I love. I have always knew I wanted to be a nurse I have achieved my dream but now I am scared to death to work. People want to look for any reason turn a nurse into the board. I had a bad experience at a place I was just hired and fired from in three weeks. I took a pre employment drug screen, then bc of a discrepancy in a pill count for a norco 5 which I had wasted and even had the crushed pill in the cup with applesauce to show the other nurse I had to take another drug screen, they in turn told me this one was positive for THC. I immediately went to my physicians office and paid to have a drug screen myself and of course it was negative bc I don't smoke marijuana, also it was negative for the norco, I was still terminated. Of course a multitude of reasons were made up but I am really thankful now bc as I read these posts on here I see that people are being accused of doing things wrong when the truth of it is that nurses are overworked and under paid. I was thinking how is it that one RN or one LPN is responsible for every little thing that happens with 27-30 patients? We are human we are going to make mistakes no matter how hard we try not to. That is not why I became a nurse, I became a nurse to help people not to be scared to death to make a wrong move or a wrong statement. Healthcare is a business any more not a calling.... It has become how many patients can one person take on for the least amount of money. I am saddened by this. Nursing was a respected profession. Now we have to constantly look over our shoulder or wonder does so and so like me etc... I know I am just rambling but I don't like being scared to do something I love... Does anyone think I am being just paranoid?? Thanks for listening to me rant and rave I don't really have anyone to talk to about this..

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Sorry. Your fears are now the facts. Things have taken a very sad road since the 1980's, when nurses were almost glorified.

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.

I don't know that nursing was ever a "calling," nor should it have been. I don't subscribe to that line of thinking. However, I do agree that healthcare has become very business oriented and agree that that is not a positive direction in most respects. No, I don't think it is going to get much better under the current structure.

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Specializes in ICU.

Some medications can cause a false-positive drug screen. For instance, Protonix can cause a drug test to show positive for marijuana. Certain other meds, including some OTC ones, will do this also, as will certain medical conditions. I wonder what particular test this lab used, and whether you showed them your prescriptions, if any. I would be furious if I was falsely accused of illicit drug use.

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Specializes in Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele.

I think the job market is so saturated with nurses at this point, RNs are very disposable. So many people out there clambering for work :grumpy: if they don't like you, you can easily be replaced. Scary - I try to never let my guard down in regard to work. I'm thankful every day for the job that I have.

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. I would be furious if I was falsely accused of illicit drug use.

And, just TRY to get that false report off of your record. By the time you receive it, it's in maybe 10 databases?

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Specializes in ICU.

We were complaining 10 years ago about how bad it's gotten and it won't turn around anytime soon.

Love it or leave it.

Me? :D

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I take Protonix

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How do u clear ur name if its in 10 databases

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How do u get false positive out of databases?

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Specializes in Oncology, Med-Surg.

They didn't pursue it with the BON, so it shouldn't be in any databases. If they reported it to the BON, that's when things would get sticky. You were so smart to go to your own doc and have another one done.

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How do u get false positive out of databases?

It's impossible. There are so many data bases, you'd never get through them if you COULD.

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