Tiredbraveheart,
I am originally from the St. Louis area. Small town hospitals are the worst and the clickiest, (not sure that's a word, but you get the idea).
I hated being employed by BJC.
You can have a status of 'rehire', but never get re-hired even if you wanted to. I'm not really sure how the reference check works out. But being blacklisted pretty much sucks. But, I would much prefer to be blacklisted than to get treated like a piece of sh**.

Good luck in all of your future endeavors! Personally, I'm taking a legal nurse consulting course. I'm all prepared for the exam which I will take in October.
Then, I plan to open my own business. I'm getting the paper together to form an LLC. I'm only waiting to get my credentials, and I'm on my way.

:hatparty: Best of luck to those of you who have a restless spirit, backbone, are willing to take care of yourself.
a21chdchic