[Hopefull2009]

You aren't going to have a choice but to list the job b/c explaining why you have a gap that long is going to send up a red flag.

Many employers are also using employment history search engines such as www.theworknumber.com which will pull up your employment history (for participating employers), dates, and position. So it's getting easier and easier to get 'busted'.

Please don't take this the wrong way...but you really, really need to take your job more seriously. That is sort of what I got from your post.

The time change...it's all over the news each time it comes around...I am so paranoid about getting up late that I not only set the alarm on my clock but my cell phone too...b/c one may not work but both aren't going to be on the blink. Why? Because I can't afford to miss.

With the report issue...once you were written up (b/c that is a huge action within itself), it should have been your #1 priority. Do you get in trouble for writing a report if the patient isn't discharged? Of course you don't....that is why it should have been done...and that is how your DON is looking at it.

Also, never, ever be rude to the person that has the power to fire you. That is always career suicide.

[dalvnjjh]

hey hopefull2009,
Thanks for your comments I really appreciate it. I'm not trying to argue, but, I take my job seriously. Even though I wrote alot down I didn't write it all out or else it would have been too long for our readers. As mentioned I worked over a year and I did make more money than the rest of the nurses and there are some that have been there over 12yrs. Its a small 52 bed LTC so you can imagine what goes on in a place that small. I'm not trying to brag, just clarifying, when I got hired I started at 25 dollars/hr. The DON that hired me no longer works there. The left a month or two after hiring me. I do admit it was my fault for being late and I should have been much more careful giving that they were trying to get rid of me. I feel very confident with my assessments and looking back at the incident, there is nothing that I would have changed. Even if I were to do something the family would have still complained. The sad thing is "everyone" knew how that new residents family was. I love and miss my residents and feel very bad that I no longer take care of them.
I have never been written up by any employer. I got along with my co-workers and my past jobs I left on good terms, they even were sad to see me go.
As for reporting, I feel I chart fairly well. It took them over a year to get something on me. Also, when they sent me home they didnt give me a chance to chart, after counting med they said I had to leave. I wasnt given the opportunity to chart what happened and my assessment, let alone an incident report. And trust me when I worked cna's were always reporting skin tears, etc. and I had to write many of incident reports. I hated writing incident reports, but, I had to cover my...I know I have a case against them but I want to move on and put that in the past. There paper trails are horrible and they didnt present me with facts from their so-called " investigation".
Finally, I was cool-headed, wasnt loud or rude. I asked the ADON " so what happens when a future employer calls you"? What will you tell them? She said " I just give dates of employment". Will she? I dont know.

[dalvnjjh]

During this employment I did have a perdiem job and still do. Also, my present perdiem job boss was a DON and she said I have a case. She did tell me that I shouldnt have charted the dulcolax on the MD fax sheet and I agree. She loves my work and doesnt treat me different because of this.
Thanks everyone!!!

[FAMU_RN]

I will be honest and upfront. You had absoulutely too many different incidents at this faciltiy!!! I feel you should ask yourself WHY and self evaluate. You appear to me to not accept responsiblity and put the blame on someone else. In regards to the D/c situation, what happend to chart checks?! You should have checked the chart, that was your responsiblity not the other nurse! You are 2 hours late for work!!! And used the excuse of time change. You are an adult that is your responsiblity. You seem to be more concered about yourself and not the patients. You stated, "You had not ate lunch." What about the residents care, to me that is priority. I can go on and on... If I were the other empolyer and you came to my facility with all of this on the interview. Honestly, I would not hire you. You more than likey will not get a good reference from that facility. I mean take into consideration of what ALL took place. If you decided to put them down, I would not get into all what took place. Potential employers do not want to hear such things. I highly suggest you do some self-evaluation, work on your role as a responsible health care provider, and work on your communication skills.

[caliotter3]

I think you worked at that place too long to successfully leave them off job applications and get away with it. You are just going to have to figure out how to address this in a more positive tone during future interviews. Perhaps you can arrange more work at your per diem job. I would certainly ask. It won't hurt. It was very wise of you to have that per diem job on the side. Now you might even try to get another per diem position to make up for your job loss. Good luck.

[dalvnjjh]

thank you caliotter!!

[NurseCherlove]

Originally Posted by FAMU_RN

I will be honest and upfront. You had absoulutely too many different incidents at this faciltiy!!! I feel you should ask yourself WHY and self evaluate. You appear to me to not accept responsiblity and put the blame on someone else. In regards to the D/c situation, what happend to chart checks?! You should have checked the chart, that was your responsiblity not the other nurse! You are 2 hours late for work!!! And used the excuse of time change. You are an adult that is your responsiblity. You seem to be more concered about yourself and not the patients. You stated, "You had not ate lunch." What about the residents care, to me that is priority. I can go on and on... If I were the other empolyer and you came to my facility with all of this on the interview. Honestly, I would not hire you. You more than likey will not get a good reference from that facility. I mean take into consideration of what ALL took place. If you decided to put them down, I would not get into all what took place. Potential employers do not want to hear such things. I highly suggest you do some self-evaluation, work on your role as a responsible health care provider, and work on your communication skills.

While a lot of what you are saying is true, I just had to speak up for the OP Re: the comment that he is more concerned with himself over the residents. I didn't get that at all. In fact, he said that he treats the residents like his relatives (or something like that).

He did not deserve that comment just for saying he did not get a lunch. I'm sorry, but lunch is a HUGE deal to me. I would even go so far as to call it a disability with me. No, I'm not diabetic - I just cannot take the pain of acute hunger pains.

I can remember many a day when problems just kept coming up and I kept getting hit with stressor after stressor, keeping me from lunch, and I would just become darn near crazy. Shaky, sick feeling, can't concentrate or have good judgement, etc. etc. And yes, it actually gets to where it's all I can think about. No offense to the patients, but I'm only human. I shouldn't have to be tortured at work.

Again, this is MY stuff - perhaps the OP can tolerate going without lunch better than I can. But every working person deserves to have a lunch break - ESPECIALLY nurses, if for nothing more than to take a break from all the continual stress.

[caliotter3]

Originally Posted by NurseCherlove

While a lot of what you are saying is true, I just had to speak up for the OP Re: the comment that he is more concerned with himself over the residents. I didn't get that at all. In fact, he said that he treats the residents like his relatives (or something like that).

He did not deserve that comment just for saying he did not get a lunch. I'm sorry, but lunch is a HUGE deal to me. I would even go so far as to call it a disability with me. No, I'm not diabetic - I just cannot take the pain of acute hunger pains.

I can remember many a day when problems just kept coming up and I kept getting hit with stressor after stressor, keeping me from lunch, and I would just become darn near crazy. Shaky, sick feeling, can't concentrate or have good judgement, etc. etc. And yes, it actually gets to where it's all I can think about. No offense to the patients, but I'm only human. I shouldn't have to be tortured at work.

Again, this is MY stuff - perhaps the OP can tolerate going without lunch better than I can. But every working person deserves to have a lunch break - ESPECIALLY nurses, if for nothing more than to take a break from all the continual stress.

I agree with you. Low blood sugar and hunger pangs have always hindered my job performance. I was so dense about it, that it took me years to figure out that even just a quick snack helped. Even the shortest of breaks, away from the immediate work area, also eases the troubled mind. Amazing how much better one feels after ten minutes and a sandwich.