Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

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  1. Would you hire a nurse who has sued a facility in the past?

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      Yes.
    • 74
      No.
    • 40
      Depends on how qualified and desirable the nurse is.

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I was discriminated against when I applied for a job. In other words, a job offer at a hospital was rescinded due to their discrimination against me. I sued them and won. Now my name is all over Google if you search it. A few years later, similar thing happened. I got a job at a well known hospital, worked at the place, and the manager discriminated me. Since she couldn't make it obvious that the discrimination as the reason for terminating me, she micromanaged me and came up with a bunch of things that a new orientee might get wrong or make mistakes on to get me fired. Now, my lawyers are about to sue that hospital also.

I have been looking for a new job for the last 6 months since the fancy hospital manager let me go. My question is, is my career doomed because my name is tarnished all over the internet as a "litigious nurse," or does it really matter? Do HR people and nurse managers reconsider offering a job to a good candidate because she once sued another facility? What they did to me was wrong. And I want justice. But do people that sue facilities end up having a hard time getting a job elsewhere because of it? It seems like double punishment to me. :yes:

Perhaps you should try to find a job where the patient population is of your religion and the facility observes the Sabbath. Staff who do not observe Sabbath work those hours and those that do observe are placed on other shifts to accomodate that. Then you wouldn't have to go around sueing every place of employment because you feel entitled to be accomodated!

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. The fact that you WON your first lawsuit on the basis of "discrimination" is a sad commentary on our judicial system. The entire world does not have to "accommodate" my or your religious practices. Being asked to work Saturdays is NOT "oppressive". When the Puritans fled "religious persecution" it was so they could practice their religion without being harassed. Asking you to fulfill the requirements of EMPLOYMENT that are expected of all other employees in that position is not persecution, oppression, or discrimination. If you are so set on observing the Sabbath, you need to be self-employed. Then you can do as you please. But as long as you are receiving pay for work, YOU are the one who needs to conform to the requirements of the position - the employer does NOT have to make exceptions for YOU. You seem to be an unreasonable, selfish, litigious person and that is not the type of person I want caring for my patients.

Let me get this right. The OP knowingly applied for a position in a facility that requires 24/7 staffing, and then sues them because she cannot/will not meet the work requirements of the facility?

I'm just...slack jawed over this.

Arrogance.

The "well I'd work if I were in Israel, but this is America!" justification the OP offered up is a choice example of the entitlement syndrome in our country.

If I know I can not meet an employer's work requirements, why would I apply, and then sue when turned down? Unbelievable.

Specializes in Public Health, L&D, NICU.

I had a DON tell me, point blank, that I was being turned down for a promotion due to my health. I didn't sue, I didn't even go to the EEOC. I didn't want to poop where I eat, and around here there are few nursing opportunities that are not in some way related to this employer. I'm an observant Christian, and I hate working on Christmas and Easter. Especially Easter, since this is not a celebration I can reschedule to fit my needs. I put my time in working the holidays for years, and missing church every other week. I finally found a job that will allow me to attend to my religious duties, NOT because I think I deserve it over others, but because our office is closed these days. If I ever need to go back to my old employer, it's possible because I didn't sue or file complaint (even though I had every right to do so) and I still got what I want. Win-win for everyone.

I think it's really digesting that you won a lawsuit over refusing to work. So much for helping the sick I guess. I have to wonder if the earlier poster is right and this is a troll thread. You can't really think that not being able to make your own special choice schedule is discrimination can you? You could have and should have chosen a different career if that was so much a problem for you. If I were a hiring manager and knew this I wouldn't hire you for any position every anywhere because of your dishonesty.

Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

A $40,000 payout for never having worked a day in the facility? Yep, that's leave a bad taste in a potential HR managers mouth....

Specializes in Neurovascular, Ortho, Community Health.
Not to be nitpicky, but I don't think the OP ever said they were Jewish. Jews, Muslims, and some Christians celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday.

As a Muslim I can say that we do not observe the Sabbath. Our day of religious worship is Friday, and we are allowed to work. I appreciate your point though.

It's what they call in legal jargon as "reasonable acommodation."
No, it is not "reasonable accommodation". Reasonable accommodation is a part of the ADA that applies to people with disabilities and allows for changes in the work environment to meet their needs. It has nothing to do with religion.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Well i didn't read all the comments but i can tell you,the same thing happened to me,three or four times,but i didn't sue.I always tell them i need Sunday off to go to church,and 99% of the times they will say ''No Problems" you can have Sunday and Monday off,three months later,and my new schedule will have all the Sunday ''ON". So i usually quit after 3 months.I am surprised you even won ,they usually just lie to you and agree to all your requests than they change their minds.

I'm shocked that you keep getting new jobs if you quit every job after three months.

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
I completely agree with "I love my cat." A lot of people have a "slave to my employer/government" mentality regardless of their background. "Oh, if I complain, I will loose my job." "If I complain, no one will hire me again." Complain=punishment. So they keep their mouths shut and just look for another job. How do you think revolutions happened? Massive number of people complained, and things got fixed. If a facility is doing something wrong, the employees should be encouraged to speak up and fix the problem. Unions are there for that also. The management should be supportive of it so that the facility could become the best that it can be. The fact that a nurse had the guts to risk it all says that he/she will stand up for what he/she believes. It also shows that if you hire him/her, he/she will stand up for the patients' rights and point out things if someone is harming a patient. You want someone like that for your facility if you want a great facility.

I'm all for unions. The best nursing positions I've ever had were in union hospitals; the union bargaining team secured a contract for us that was fair to everyone. What you're asking for isn't fair - - to anyone except yourself. I wouldn't hire you. The fact that you have the "guts" to ask for what you want -- and then sue for "discrimination" when you don't get it -- does not mean that you will stand up for patients' rights or "point out things if someone is harming a patient." All it means is that you think of yourself first. That makes it unlikely that you'd go out of your way to stand up for a patient or to contribute to a great facility.

I don't want someone like you in my facility or my unit. We need more people who believe in fairness to all of the staff and fewer who just want what they want whenever they want it.

I would not hire you.

It seems a little antagonistic to apply for a job with a fairly clear-cut schedule, then demand that the employer accomodate your requirement to never work one of the most popularly requested days off (which requires every other nurse in your unit to be inconvenienced at some point in order to cover for you), and then sue them when they refuse. Not once...but twice. It's a novel idea to work every sunday for a Christian who would work every Saturday for you. But it's also unrealistic.

In my opinion, you need to be looking at different positions with schedules better suited to your requirements. Sorry that it's hard to find, but you can't expect a profession like healthcare to bend and change to accomodate your demands. It isn't retail. It's needs driven. Not your needs, either. Look elsewhere.

A $40,000 payout for never having worked a day in the facility? Yep, that's leave a bad taste in a potential HR managers mouth....

All the new grads that can't find a job...

40,000 paid to someone who never worked.

There's your job. Gone.

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