I was fired from my first CNA job after four months, I feel cheated...

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It was four months I was working as a cna in a facility on 3rd shift, on the Aug 26th,'14. One of my resident pull up her call light and asked to see the nurse, not knowing she wanted to report me on what i did not do, The next day i received a call from DON asking if i could come down immediately that she need to talk to me with administrator, I went down as soon as could,. The administrator was asking me some questions about what happen yesterday, I replied everything went perfect, she asked me how many of my residents were awake when I was taking care of them, i couldn't remember immediately i have to pulse for a while because i had almost 25 residents that I took care of, i mentioned a few, she continue and ask who was the resident I asked her personal information like social security no, I said myself no i never ask such question and I will never ask. She continue and said one of the resident ( not to mention name) said I asked her her SSN at 11.30pm I replied that was capital no. To cut the whole story short I was suspended for that night for pending verification, DON said she going to call me the next day. I received her call the next day asking me to come down and see the administrator that she will not be there due some reasons, I believe she doesn't want to see me going because am one of her best cna she said earlier, I went in there the administrator said " if such thing like this happen its termination" I said so you believe what the resident said was true, She said she do believe her resident even if they lied" she said employee must be terminated if she (the complainant) is not comfortable or any other resident for any employee to work, so I was been terminated because she is not comfortable for me to work in that facility. I said " i have heard and see people who suffered for what they did not do, it now my turn to suffer for what I did not do" she said I mean the administrator "sighed and said I am sorry if you feel like that. Can you just imagine they don't believe their employees but they do believe their residents. My question now is that will I be able to get another CNA job with that bad record? Am sorry for my long story it because I feel so bad and I need to explain everything, thanks everyone for your suggestion may be I will happy if I hear some advice, crying...

It seems like they were out to get you. Was there any other incident that you have been spoken to about? Never know what's under their sleeve, the DON and the administrator. Some of these DON's are some bad seeds.

I've been a CNA at a LTC facility for 1.5 years, and I've seen CNAs placed on suspension pending results of investigations by dementia residents that clearly don't have a firm grip on reality, some where fired. CNAs a very easy targets and dispensable, regardless of reputation, work ethic, or number of years worked. I myself was accused by a confused dementia resident of taking his ring - he never had a ring, and the charge nurses assigned another CNA to care for him (they knew he didn't have a ring). Another resident with altered reality accused me of hitting him - thankfully the charge nurse was in the room too and asked him why he would lie. It could happen to any of us. We really have to cover our butts.

No verbal or written warnings, no one talked to me, no one asked me any question. I lost 140 vacation hours (19.5 days worth) that I was saving for the summer time.

I talked to my charge nurse and she admitted that the resident asked for my name and she gave it to the resident. My charge nurse, although a lovable woman, doesn't fight for her CNAs. I don't think I want to be S CNA anymore. I'm very disappointed.

To Fortsucc and sunshine, don't let them make you quit your goal of becoming a nurse. Yeah, it's very unfortunate that you were unfairly fired, but that doesn't mean the end of nursing. Even if you can't use administration for reference, you can use the charge nurses and coworkers you worked with for references. Possible future employers will probably give more weight to 5 references from supervisors (charge nurses) and coworkers than from administration who have no direct knowledge of your work ethic. Be strong, and encouraged. There will be other situation and circumstances that will make you wonder if it's worth it - that's life. When those situation and circumstances happen, know that you are strong, and encourage yourself. If you choose, you can and you will overcome anything that life throws at you to try to stop you.

To MORETONEL

Thank you for taking time to encourage me (and others who might be going through unfair situation). Your post reminded me that I'm strong and I can overcome any obstacles that stand on my way to my goal. I am a victor and never a victim.

Also, I received a phone call from the Chamberlain College of Nursing and I learned that my application to the college was not accepted because the college wants their applicants to have a 3.0 GPA. Mine is 2.85. I passed the HESI exam with the 88.33% but GPA was too low.

I'm going to take a deep breath in, roll up my sleeves and fight harder for my goal. Getting fired was like someone hit my head with a hammer. I felt like it's all over. But today is a new day. New beginning. I will not focus on the past. I will not worry. Worry chokes our personalities and our thoughts. And I am not going to let worry to pull me away from my destiny.

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