Group One background checks in Texas

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I have been put into group one, which is a reporting agency that allows other healthcare facilitys to see why I was terminated. I was not given a chance to resign before termination. My question is, can I request to have it changed? Is this a type of discrimination? all this is making me want to get out of healthcare all together, seems like i will allways have a disadvantage being a guy and all.

Group One goes way back. I sent for my record and it referred to an incident (left with 1 week notice due to childcare emergency) in the 80's.

There's many threads here on Group One if you run a search. I have joked here before: bankruptcy is forgiven after 7 yrs but Group One is forever. The gift that keeps on giving. The DFW Hospital Association controls DFW nurses with a very heavy hand and a very long memory of ANY supposed wrongdoing that a manager or HR wants to submit, many for vindictive purposes .:(

Well they are supposedly sending me some paperwork to fill out so I'll see...if this is true about the heavy hand I don't think I'll accept the position. I don't want to work under a microscope. Thanks for your response.

Depends on the hospital. Some consider Group One sufficient. I don't know how far back that goes. If you are new to nursing you had an FBI background check to get your license. Some hospitals accept that over Group One. Some ask for credit checks. Just ask human resources before you apply.

Depends on the hospital. Some consider Group One sufficient. I don't know how far back that goes. If you are new to nursing you had an FBI background check to get your license. Some hospitals accept that over Group One. Some ask for credit checks. Just ask human resources before you apply.

OK.....Learn something new everyday. I'm not new to nursing but didn't know an FBI check was done on my liecense.

I can understand the drug check.....criminal check.....employment history....and I can understand an FBI check. Anything more then that is just creepy.

OK.....Learn something new everyday. I'm not new to nursing but didn't know an FBI check was done on my liecense.

I can understand the drug check.....criminal check.....employment history....and I can understand an FBI check. Anything more then that is just creepy.

Group One can and is destroying peoples careers. I called them last week to get the low-down. Whatever is on your record will never leave. You do have the right to dispute what is reported, but you are not given notice that you have been reported. You usually find out when you've been offered a job and they do a "consumer report". If you dispute your report and the hospital agrees that your side is correct, they will fix it. If they stand by what they reported, the comments stay, but they will attach your comments to it. You can get a copy of your report for $9 or $10 if you have not been denied employment. If you have been, it is free if requested within a certain number of days, the guy thought 60. I went to work for a hospital in Ft. Worth and since it had been several years since I had worked in a hospital, they agreed to mentor me for up to 12 weeks to reorient me to the setting. The first day on the floor I was told that there was going to be a shortage of nurses the next day and would have to take a full load. These were total care, all diabetics. Plus I had not worked in a hospital that used computerized charting. I told the nurse manager that I was not ready for a full load and would not do it. She told me that if I did not return the next day she would report me to Group One and I would never work in a hospital again. Well, I didn't even know what Group One was, and really didn't even care. I felt that I did what was in the best interest of the hospital, patients, and my license. A couple years later I had applied for a job with Cook Children's Home Health. I had several years of previous pedi private duty experience. After trying to screw me on the pay, they finally made me a great offer - $24/hr for LVN - but after they pulled the Group One, they didn't care why I quit on the second day. It is their policy that if you have ever been reported, they will not hire you. TWU has a 13 mo BSN program if you have a bachelors degree in anything. I had planned to go through their program after I graduate in the fall (Spanish/History degree), but they too use Group One for the nursing programs. Amazes me that there's such a nursing shortage, and they so eagerly destroy nursing careers over nothing. I have never been fired from a job and get very good recommendations; but I can't work in a hospital! That's all changing too though, because Staffing Agencies, Home Health Agencies, Nursing Homes and Universities are now using Group One. I have just applied to CareNow and have an interview with them next week. In their online aplication, they too must have consent to perform a "consumer report" - so we'll see - they are not listed as one of the Group One members. I could understand if you had done something illegal, dangerous or completely inappropiate, but from what I've gathered from some of the other threads, nurses are being reported just because a nurse manager doesn't like them. So, Group One is definitely something to fear if plan on staying in nursing. That's why I'm getting out. I have a husband who is in remission with stage IV non-hodgkin's lymphoma and needs a liver transplant because of the chemo, so I just wanted the knowledge so that I am able to better take care of him. But now, even that has become a challenge!

Do hospitals use Group One for all allied health employees? or just nurses?

Do hospitals use Group One for all allied health employees? or just nurses?

I believe that it us for all types of employees. They even use it for the people who apply to be a volunteer at a hospital. Group One also has non-medical co's as well. Their web site is http://www.gp1.com if you want to look at the members list.

Thanks

I have been considering moving to Texas. However, after reading this thread I am not sure I want to get involved with employers who utilize these questionable practices. I would think that this would be illegal and if someone ever pulled this stunt on me, I would sue them in court for defamation of character.

I have been considering moving to Texas. However, after reading this thread I am not sure I want to get involved with employers who utilize these questionable practices. I would think that this would be illegal and if someone ever pulled this stunt on me, I would sue them in court for defamation of character.

Somehow they operate under the Fair Credit Act. If you are an RN, I don't see how you wouldn't find a job here. There are hundreds of positions open in the hospitals. I was telling my husband about all this and he said "You solved it!!! Group One's why there's a nursing shortage; they're putting all them out of work!! (Along with vendictive managers who abuse their power!!)

Somehow they operate under the Fair Credit Act. If you are an RN, I don't see how you wouldn't find a job here. There are hundreds of positions open in the hospitals. I was telling my husband about all this and he said "You solved it!!! Group One's why there's a nursing shortage; they're putting all them out of work!! (Along with vendictive managers who abuse their power!!)

Yes, I could easily find a job. However being a part of a system I believe to be unfair is another. I am a very outspoken person, if I find something to be wrong I speak up. I don't know how long I would last in an environment such as this without eventually becoming black balled myself.

Specializes in Critical Care.

As has been said here: being a good nurse is not necessarily the same thing as being a good employee.

~faith,

Timothy.

Most employers do background checks in one way or another to make sure that prospective healthcare employees have the backgrounds that they advertise. I would not worry too much about this unless you have something to hide.

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