{"id":51065,"date":"2016-04-15T09:50:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T09:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/?p=51065"},"modified":"2022-12-01T13:53:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:53:37","slug":"nursing-school-and-drug-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/blogs\/nursing-school-and-drug-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing School And Drug Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Drug testing<\/strong><\/a> is used throughout many different industries today. And while most people generally expect to have to pass a drug test in order to secure employment, it can surprise many to learn that drug tests are often used for a wide range of other situations as well \u2013 including getting into nursing school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right \u2013 just applying to enter nursing school could meant that you have to pass a drug urine test or even a hair analysis test.<\/strong> More and more schools are including this as a requirement for entry, making it even more important that you are able to pass one of these screenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let\u2019s look at just why a drug urine test<\/strong><\/a> may be needed to enter medical school. Think about the obvious here \u2013 those entering nursing schools will go on to provide direct care to patients in a wide range of situations. Even while you\u2019re attending school, part of your training will be hands-on care of real patients. If you\u2019re using drugs, your ability to perform tasks may be impaired and as a result, you could put the patient at direct risk of suffering because of your actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That in turn leads not only to a risk to the patient, but also to the medical facility and the nursing school that you are a part of. They could all bear legal responsibility for your actions, and as such protecting themselves with a drug test is commonly used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no question that the stigma associated with things like marijuana<\/strong> use is diminishing, but it\u2019s still illegal and still has an impact on your performance. If you\u2019ve used drugs in the past, you may need to take a drug urine test<\/a><\/strong> on your own in order to determine whether or not you can pass a test before you apply to nursing school. It\u2019s one step of preparation that is often overlooked, but that could have a major impact on your future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drug testing is used throughout many different industries today. And while most people generally expect to have to pass a drug test in order to secure employment, it can surprise many to learn that drug tests are often used for a wide range of other situations as well \u2013 including getting into nursing school. That\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":52382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"50935,50870,51391,50862,51352,51390","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}