How to Get a Job Again as an RN Following Battle With Drug Addiction?

Question by rowanwsmommy: How to get a job again as an RN following battle with drug addiction?
I am a BSN RN in Washington State. I have been clean and sober for a year and I have an active license here in Washington but I haven’t worker in 4 years. I am also on methadone maintenance. I’m really confused about what my options are for work and how to get back to doing what I love so much. Is one allowed to work as an RN while on methadone? I have never diverted or anything like that. Has anyone else got any experience with this issue?

Best answer:

Answer by KIZIAH
You might consider working at a drug rehab center. They hire nurses who have been there in hopes that they will understand and share compassion with a person having a drug or alcohol problem. I don’t know about the methadone maintenance part. It sure can’t hurt to talk to someone. Maybe the agency where you get your methadone could assist you in this.

Give your answer to this question below!

Phoenix House on FOX 5 – Washington DC – FOX 5, a Washington, D.C. news station, investigated the problem of teen prescription drug abuse. Ally described her own struggles with addiction and her own…

Grounding the Frequent Fliers

Filed under: drug addiction help washington

On this particular Sunday night in a suburban Washington, D.C., hospital, a patient is in the ED, smiling but with a bloodied face. A nurse … Some of these rebounders are challenged by alcohol or drug abuse issues or they need mental healthcare …
Read more on HealthLeaders Media

FDA to review diabetes pill risks

Filed under: drug addiction help washington

John Freidah/Special to the Caller-Times Diabetes patient Robert Medeiros, who was once homeless and battling a drug addiction, has since graduated from Rhode Island Hospital's Diabetes Self Management Program, been clean for two years, and is managing …
Read more on Corpus Christi Caller Times