To All the Nursing Managers

[goober_monger86]

Hey guys, got a little scenario to run by you guys, so here goes:

I was hired on to a relatively fun nursing unit earlier this year. During my initial interview my interviewer (hiring manager) made the following statement, "I don't normally like hiring new grads from your school because I've had bad experiences in the past but I'm gonna offer you the job". Almost 3 months go by for orientation until a week before my final day of orientation was scheduled I was called into a meeting with the manager. The manager brought up a lot of things I don't remember happening, made accusations that I corrected but didn't seem to care and then brought up things I was never told about by any of my preceptors (I had probably 8 or so by the end of it all) which I believe was used to justify the decision (she said I had two patients (out of all 3 months) that requested I not be their nurse and she followed up that statement by saying I was great with my patients...make any sense?) in telling me to resign or attempt to finish out my last week of orientation where I'd "most likely be terminated" so I asked what all was needed for my resignation and I provided them. I called another potential employer within the same system and she told me that my previous employer had me down as having been terminated and the reason being that I just stopped showing up to work and never contacted them with my decision (which is a lie). So my questions to you guys are 1)what are your thoughts on this situation and 2)is it acceptable for an interviewer to make such a statement about an applicant's school? I also spoke to a friend of mine who intereviewed for the same position before me and he told me in his interview, the manager asked him a question then back tracked and said legally that question couldn't be asked. Sound off!

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

i hope everything works out for u goob... i hope u can get this fixed

btw, i start work there next month

interesting to say the least....as i wish you the very best in your future new job...aloha~

[goober_monger86]

Which one you gonna be at? And what kinda nursing?

[Fumanchuesday]

Which one you gonna be at? And what kinda nursing?

ICU at North... im a new grad, but i have 2 yrs prior work for WK

[goober_monger86]

Oh cool. I was at North, hah. Which ICU?

[malestunurse]

Do you belong to a nurses union? I would definitely be getting in touch with them, it sounds like you need some advocacy.