Re: overheard a CNA badly verbally abusing an elderly patient
Okay,,, as a lot of you have read I was fired for turning in a CNA for abusing a patient, they kept her, and fired me. Two years ago at the same facility {I was not working there then} a CNA took a patient in the shower room , stripped him down nude, took pictures of him from his cell phone camera, and circulated then around the internet, he was not fired either,, then someone got word of it from the outside, called The State and he was then fired. Well, it has been 2 weeks I was fired,, I have went to several job interviews, and have not been able to get hired anywhere. I do not put down {ofcourse that I was fired nor do I use then for a reference} Now my problem is,, they are all telling me I would not be a good candiadate for a Nurse at their facility because I had stayed home to raise my daughters, and have not worked a while. But I read all these job postings {and I am not saying anything against new graduates} but I read where all these places want to hire, and will train new grads, now as a Nurse for 20 years, when I graduated I didn't know Squat, book smart was it,, we didn't get that much clinical training to walk onto a floor and take right over,, so why are places willing to hire a new grad, but not a Nurse that just wanted to stay home to raise her daughters, and now wants to get back into Nursing? Is anyone else finding it hard to get a job because they took a break for a while? I don't see where this is fair at all,, I was fired for seeing abuse to a patient, {along with another CNA that witnessed it, got fired}, now every job interview I go to, I am being told I was out of Nursing too long,,and wouldn't be able to do the job because of that,,, I don't now what to do,,I am traveling over 50 to 60 miles to find a job so I know the facility isn't black balling me, but I feel chastised because I stayed at home, and raised my girls, I don't understand, does anyone have any answers for me? I need to support my family, my 2 girls are still at home,, just older now, and I am a single parent, Why are they saying there is a shortage of Nurses? I have kept up with everything, meds change everyday,{so you can not even go by that} and to reactivate my license I had to take 3 online exams that are required every 4 years. I didn't forget anything, and I am in shock, I went to Nursing school, and had worked a s Nurse for a very long time before I had my girls, so what is up with this. I am so depressed. Thanks cyndi
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