Lost my job again!!!

[lecavalier4]

i just lost my job again because of my bad back! i was forced to resign (again). i'm so tired of this. it is hard enough for a nurse with back problems to find a job. i apply and apply and apply for positions which i wouldn't have to lift, etc, but i either have not enough experience (case management) or too much experience (says the hr people, but i wouldn't apply if i didn't want it) for the jobs. no offense to any brand new grads out there, but new grads can get jobs easily with no experience except nursing school. i have been a nurse for 7 years and everyone wants a bachelor's degree or certifications (i'm a diploma nurse), which i would be glad to go back to school, but i am forced to resign from jobs so i need money to get those degrees and certifications!!

sorry to be complaining so much and i am very sorry if i offended anyone, that was not my intention.

anyone else in the same type of situation or was in this type of situation? any advice? i turned the facility in for discrimination against my disability.

:bluecry1: :bluecry1: :( :(

[MassED, BSN, RN]

Excuse me, but I have had 3 major back surgeries, I do not do things out of work that I cannot do at work. I have a weight restriction and I abide by my weight restriction in all aspects of my life. I am offended that you would even insinuate that that could be a reason I lose my jobs. I also decided to resign because I do not want a termination on my employment record. It is nurses like you that make it hard for us nurses who have disabilities, you treat us as though we are worthless and that we are liars. I am very hurt by your post and angered by it.

Lecavalier4, I know it may be hard to view the post as some advice and criticism, but try to be introspective. As nurses, we all deal with those that milk otherwise not life-threatening injuries that impact all of us as a team. We are forced to pick up their slack and oftentimes to pick up their shifts when there are call outs.

Babylady posted her experience, which we all know EXACTLY what she's talking about and makes good points about resigning takes away your rights for seeking unemployment. Why wouldnt' you ask for reasonable accomodations prior to getting to the point of resigning? It would seem that you would have been willing to continue to work within your restrictions. Am I wrong? Babylady was only trying to provide some information so that you could do some self-reflection. On this board, it's not important to be PC, but to be truthful and sometimes we, as humans, do not want to see what is right in front of us. That is not to discount your back injuries and back pain, but there are many of us in pain that push through it within reason and ask for help for other things that are outside of our comfort. People should really try to leave anger off of posts on the internet. Babylady was not attacking you.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCLAIMER WHEN A POST IS VERY OLD AND OUTDATED, ALLNURSES, REALLY!

[MassED, BSN, RN]

Posts should go to inactive, perhaps, if no one has posted from the original thread in 6 months or so. It's difficult to tell if it's active at all in a productive way.

[BlackieRN]

Brazuca- has your facility never heard of LIFTS. SARA, LIKO, HOYER,etc. No one should be carrying a pt from a bed to a chair!!

[DSkelton711]

I was on disability for 2 years, but I did get some better and I needed the money so I am back at work. Each day I have to nearly crawl out the door. Some days I am in tears. My employer does not see this. i try to hide it plus they are usually gone most of the day. I am scared I am becoming disabled again. Many things I do in my job, I was not told that I would have to do. I think that I would be fired for calling in, because in my bosses eyes "I don't see anything wrong with you." She does not get it because she is not a nurse and has never been in my condition. I wish you the best, and I can understand how someone could be fired, but quits instead.

[afjgnp]

I have MS (dx in 1998) went back to school for more education...Have an MS as a gerontological Nurse Pratictioner with a minor in nursing education.That that this was better. Shortly after I started teaching, started loosing weight and having constant GI problems. Ended up being crohns disease. Can treat the crohns because if you do (with a disease modifier) you make the MS worse. After being tired of being sick and tired thought I would go on SSD(again). I am married and my husband has DDD through the spine. Found out from SSD, and medicaid, we make too much with both of us on SSD to get medicaid and medicare won;t pay all of our medical expenses. I went back to the college and explained that I couldn't go back to SSD and could they please take me back. They wouldn't. They said I needed to rest and get better. I told them I needed to work. they said sorry. I now work in a clinic, that I hate, trying to lift, hoping I don't have a "brown accident" down both my legs and can't get to the BR. Had to get a physical, when they see what I have( MS, CD, thyroid cancer with hypoparathyoidism, they will get rid of me too. (I'm not fast enough, I don't lift enough, etc) Sorry to complain, but I don't know what to do either......