Nursing Students General Students
Published Dec 22, 2009
Urine, Blood, or Hair? I'm just curious, as I've had a hair test done before and they cut 2 chunks out!! Not sure how that would look now considering my hair is so short!!
atsem
13 Posts
Not in Australia, only in the US, what happens if you were caught ? Anyone would like to share ?
CrunchyMama, ASN, RN
1,068 Posts
Wow! Mine didn't do anything.
fluttergrrl13
1 Post
I just did my 10 panel urine test this morning for my program.
schreiba
7 Posts
I think we had urine and a little cheek thingy-not so much a swab, but a bitter stick that we had to hold in our cheek for several minutes. Funny how all of that seems like a blur now! Oh, and they did a background check too. I know at the hospital where I used to work, if you had a valid Rx for something that showed up it was handled case by case.
CBsMommy
825 Posts
atsem - I believe that if it was a positive test, we would be out of the program and school on our behinds...quickly.
I have had to pee in a cup 4, count them 4, times! I've also had to do three background checks that consisted of sending my fingerprints to the FBI. I have nothing to hide either, but it gets a little expensive to pay for!
FitFirmFem
3 Posts
I attend Miami- Dade Medical we had to submit a current urine test with our package. I had mine's done at my Dr's office.
Savvy20RN, BSN, RN
104 Posts
Urine test. It was one of the things on a long list of requirements to complete before the semester started.
shrimpchips, LPN
659 Posts
surprisingly, my school did not do a drug test; however, our student handbook says that they can do random drug testing, I guess. I've only ever had drug tests for my job - I work as a nurse tech in a hospital.
blueyes27
31 Posts
Mine did a 10 panel urine drug test
merrywhiterose
286 Posts
Mine does a urine sample at the beginning, then random ones whenever they please.
CalebMommy: that's truly excessive! The school is abusing its power.
guiltysins
887 Posts
I'm not in the program yet but my school also requires drug screening and a background check. I'm kind of hoping it's just a pee test. And I believe that it has to be repeated every semester so I will probably have 4 as well.