credit check hospitals

Angelahealer09 · Aug 17, 2009

very cool! what year did you graduate? i think one of the worst parts was driving through the parking lot! i am sooo happy to be done. i do applaud you for being able to work, but during the med surge classes i really wanted to have full concentration and be able to pass. could i of done it working??? maybe, but i'm glad i didnt risk it. i did have one friend who was working while in 221 222 and now has to repeat this year by the time i got past those classes i really started applying for jobs, but unfortunately no one was really hireing, and then i found out during ob i was pregnant, and that was extremely hard for me; thank god i got through it! i probably wont looking for jobs until after i have the baby which is hopefully very soon.

angie, new rn, and baby zora rose- future rn

RN1982 · Aug 17, 2009

I graduated in 2005. The only thing I regret was not doing the two day a week option where you could go to clinicals the same day as lecture. I think that would have been much easier, less days to travel to school. It was a good program though.

ydidntidothisb4kids? · Aug 17, 2009

I will never get a job lol.....that being said the current economy is killing my credit. We were a one income family and dh got laid off. We have NO credit card debt but are struggling to pay bills because of him lossing his job, now I am going to be punished for that? I mean I am trying to better my family and now I have to worry about them checking my credit. How would my credit tell what kind of nurse I was or if I had the qualifcations for the job?

Editorial Team / Admin · Aug 17, 2009

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caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Aug 18, 2009

some people can work others can't; i feel i had a much easier time not working through nursing school. i went to hfcc and it's a pretty tough program. if you could work im happy for you. i did what was best for me and i finished and passed nclex and didn't fail once.

i don't think credit should have any say on how i will be as a nurse.
angie, rn

some of us had no choice and had to work - there was no other option. and i also never failed the nclex.

you do not have to "think that credit should have any say" on how good an employee you will be. it is not up to you, as you are not hiring "you". it is the employer that makes the decision, and they do the hiring and firing so they can use any legal criteria that they wish. and unfortunately many of them have found that employees that have better credit ratings work out better than those that do not.

i can also tell you, having worked in hr - people with credit problems tended to have poorer track records and cause more hr headaches.

i know great nurses with poor credit ratings and some with excellent credit ratings that are mediocre.....it does not matter - the employer makes the rules has to how the screen you. and i have only seen a few cases of poor credit keeping a nurse from a job....generally over the top bankruptcy, repeated bounced checks, child support issues. i know plenty with minor/moderate credt issues still be able to get jobs.