Ohio Nurses

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Yep. That's exactly it.

Driving drunk is illegal, and unforgivable in any sense. If your job is to care for sick/injured people it should be highest priority not to create more damn patients...or kill someone because you can't wait til you get home.

Pot is illegal. Don't give a shit if it's safe/harmless/whatever. It isn't legal. Regular drug testing is part of your job? Don't do the damn drugs. If you can't do that, you don't deserve to be responsible for any patient care. Ever.

Unfortunately, a lot of nurses are not drug tested reg... they get drug tested at the beginning of employment and if they are injured at work... that is it...

Drug addicts are people too... not saying I support what they do (they did chose to take that first hit) but not all are their fault. I have seen many patients (from all walks of life...) get addicted to pain medication not because they abused the medication but they needed it for a period of time and became addicted... some people can take the medication for weeks without becoming addicted... others are not so lucky.