Ohio Nurses

[esbee]

Go cry to your dealer. The parents of a kid who died because the junkie nurse fucked up and gave 3 times the rx got a life sentence. The junkie nurse should get her license yanked for life

I'm not only referring to junkies!!!

By your definition, participants in the Alternative program are "...nurses that get a DUI or tested positive for drugs or alcohol at work."

In other words, medical professionals who either a) had impaired judgement by getting behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated or b) were impaired while caring for the most vulnerable.

Further, the Alternative Program for Chemically Dependent Nurses defines chemical dependence as

(1) The chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages to the extent that the user no longer can control the use of alcohol; or the user’s health, safety, or welfare or that of others is endangered; or

(2) The use of a drug of abuse, to the extent that the user becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug; or the user’s health, safety, or welfare or that of others is endangered.

If that's not a junkie, what is?

There is other meaningful work that can be done with a nursing degree that doesn't subject the patient population to the dangers of an impaired nurse.