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Sep 22, 2007, 10:09 PM
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Sep 22, 2007, 10:34 PM
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Sep 22, 2007 at 10:35 PM by sharpshooter
 Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks
That is just the thanks we get from corporate America, I actually have found a way out, will be leaving my nursing job in about a month. I am now doing something fun, and am securing my financial future.
There are other options out there!!   | | No. 4 |
Sep 22, 2007, 11:06 PM
Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks
I can't believe my typo in the title, I was trying to hurry, the family wanted me to watch a video with them. That's "FIRED". I get a little to sloppy with my typing.
Anyways, I'm sick of hearing these types of stories. One nurse at my hospital disappeared, wouldn't let anyone call her. I just found out that she quit nursing and went to trucking school. She's been a nurse for forever and a day, she just got fed up.
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Sep 22, 2007, 11:06 PM
Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks
Do you think something like that only happens in the nursing profession? I will bet that if your friend was a teacher, secretary or any other profession and had the same things happen she'd still end up losing her job.
Sorry to hear about your friend though....sounds like she's had more than her share to deal with.
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Sep 22, 2007, 11:16 PM
Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks
It would be amazing if we were viewed by administration as the valuable contributors to healthcare that we are. After all, healthcare facilities cannot possibly run without the blood, sweat, and tears of the nurse. We are the backbone of healthcare.
However, stories like the abovementioned one only serve to reaffirm my solid belief that management views nurses merely as warm bodies who fill shifts.
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Sep 22, 2007, 11:23 PM
Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks
That stinks! Like she hasn't been through enough, and still managed to keep doing her job. She was under a lot of pressure to start with.
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Sep 23, 2007, 04:02 AM
Re: Rired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Nursing sucks Originally Posted by jlsRN  I hate nursing. I just found out that a lady I know in town was fired from her longtime job at one of our nursing homes. She and I got out of nursing school around the same time, she's in her early 60s now. She was a resident care coordinator for a long time, and I heard great things about her through the grapevine. She has gone through a couple of bouts with breast cancer, and of course needed time off for that. Then, last April her adult son was killed in an industrial accident. She was naturally devastated and needed a LOA. She now had only one living child out of 3.
I found out today that she was fired after this last LOA because she had missed too much work. I hate nursing. We are expected to give our last ounce of blood, and who takes care of us? No one.
I hear ya.
I worked with a nurse years ago (she was on our "sister" unit) who had some chronic health issues; yeah, she had missed work on occasion, but was always there to volunteer to cover shifts, worked her ass off, was great with patients and staff and a wonderful resource. The hospital fired her after she'd gone through a rough stretch, calling out one too many times. She was absolutely devastated; not only personally, but professionally. One of her co-workers went to visit her later that week, and found her dead.
I totally agree with you. There's a special corner of hell for these people.
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