Going to Be Taking a Nic Blood Test in a Couple Weeks for Work

[Whitechapel]

I am applying for full-time status for the hospital I work for which involves a nic test. I vaped 6mg nic regularly for almost the entire year up to this point. On 7/27, I fully switched to 0mg and have not had any nic since. Will I be OK to pass my test? I am looking to take it toward the end of this month.

 

[listopencil]

I found this:

While there are tests to measure nicotine in the human body, it’s hard to detect in the blood after one to three days, or the urine after four days. That’s why most employers and insurance companies no longer concern themselves with how long nicotine stays in your body.


Instead, they test for a substance called cotinine, which is a metabolite of nicotine. Nicotine is turned into cotinine (metabolized) by the liver, and remains detectable in the body for up to three weeks — though usually for about one week.

I found it here:

How long does nicotine stay in your system? - Vaping360

I can't vouch for it. I'd suggest that you do some googling.

 

[Eskie]

End of August from 7/27? Yes, you'll pass just fine for nicotine testing (which is cotinine as pointed out by @listopencil ).

 

[Gratch]

Why on earth do you have to go through that for a job?

 

[Whitechapel]

Why on earth do you have to go through that for a job?

It's a hospital. And I work on an administrative campus. So, in short, it makes no sense to you and me... but it does since they want to maintain an image I guess. Outside of that I have no idea.

I have had other jobs I've interviewed recently too where they asked if I smoked and could pass a nic test.

 

[Deryan3]

My curiosity is up as well, why nicotine? (if i may ask)

 

[Whitechapel]

My curiosity is up as well, why nicotine? (if i may ask)

Hospital. They also drug test and do randoms.

 

[Deryan3]

So after employment would there be a neg effect if you were to test positive for nicotine?

ETA: i would understand for health insurance cost etc... but would testing positive for nicotine while employed involve a discipline action?

 

[Whitechapel]

So after employment would there be a neg effect if you were to test positive for nicotine?

I'd lose my job if I tested positive.

 

[listopencil]

My curiosity is up as well, why nicotine? (if i may ask)

My guess is that smokers have become so vilified as the dregs of polite society that invasive policies like the one described have become not only acceptable but commonplace in some circles, and have been applied to vapers as well because decades of progressive social engineering combined with mass dissemination of misinformation has left the general population incapable of rational thought on the matter. But that's just me.

 

[3mg Meniere]

I'd lose my job if I tested positive.

Stay on the 0 nic and you will do fine. I suppose if you lived with smokers you would also lose your job?

 

[Whitechapel]

My guess is that smokers have become so vilified as the dregs of polite society that invasive policies like the one described have become not only acceptable but commonplace in some circles, and have been applied to vapers as well because decades of progressive social engineering combined with mass dissemination of misinformation has left the general population incapable of rational thought on the matter. But that's just me.

This. Plus I don't think people want to pay for smokers (breaks, health insurance, etc.)... when I am already designated two breaks and all my other time is watched.

 

[Whitechapel]

Stay on the 0 nic and you will do fine. I suppose if you lived with smokers you would also lose your job?

Yeah, I plan on staying with 0mg. I am also looking for other jobs too. I am only applying for full-time status for benefits while I look.

 

[3mg Meniere]

This. Plus I don't think people want to pay for smokers (breaks, health insurance, etc.)... when I am already designated two breaks and all my other time is watched.

So can't they test for some other chemical in burning cigarettes that we don't inhale?

 

[Whitechapel]

So can't they test for some other chemical in burning cigarettes that we don't inhale?

I don't know what to tell you. That is just the way it is. I don't make the rules, I just pass them to get paychecks.

 

[Robino1]

The health profession has been doing this for years.

My son and daughter-in-law are nurses. It still is incomprehensible how they can get away with it. Smoking and nicotine use is still legal but they can deny employment for doing something legal in your own time.

 

[listopencil]

I don't know what to tell you. That is just the way it is. I don't make the rules, I just pass them to get paychecks.

So can we call you Nurse Chapel?

 

[Whitechapel]

So can we call you Nurse Chapel?

I work in IT. And personally, I cannot stand nurses. Haha.

 

[listopencil]

I work in IT. And personally, I cannot stand nurses. Haha.

Awwww. Too bad. I happen to love nurses for the most part. Both my grandmother and my older daughter were/are RN's. Holy crap could they kill you with the nagging if they wanted to. Perfect profession for both of them.

 

[DaveP]

I remember when doctors and nurses could be seen in the smoking area at the hospital on breaks.

Vaping should be set apart from smoking. Vaping has been subjected to an insane amout of medical and scientific scrutiny over the 7 years I've vaped. The only bad thing about it is that it LOOKS like smoking. That's also the GOOD thing about it. It's the safe alternative that mimics smoking. That, and you probably won't get sick or die from vaping.