Failed Orientation

[Sapa22]

Hi all, I was hired as a new grad in an ED about 5 months ago. I was recently removed from the ED for being unsuccessful in my orientation (which I do not agree with and also believe my inadequate orientation played a part).

I am still an "active" employee at the hospital, as they transferred me to work on a different unit this week.

I hate the new unit I'm on, I miss everything about the ED. This unit is really making me miserable and making me feel like I hate nursing now. That being said, I would like to apply to other EDs and feel as though my ER stint will hinder my chances of being hired (I actually applied to another ER job, and told them my previous ER job wasn't a fit for me, and I still ended up not getting the job).

This job is hiring again and whenever I apply, I get the "didn't get the job" email within a few hours (this ER hired tons of brand new nurses too, so I don't think experience is the reason).

Should I leave this job off my resume? And if I choose to leave it off, will the jobs I apply to be able to figure out that I am not a new grad with zero RN experience?

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

I would not leave this job off your resume because it's your only experience, but I would try to find out why you weren't hired at the new hospital you wanted to go to. There's a reason you were rejected within a few hours. Your current employer may have given you a bad review. Get in touch with HR at both places and ask what information was shared. They may not have to tell you but it doesn't hurt to ask.
At your current place of employment ask to review your file with HR.  Were you disciplined? Were you written up? Find out what they are saying about you.  If they did give a bad review, you may be able to stop them from doing that again. But you need to know what's going on first.

[Calicokitty8]

Literally going through this right now. Except I wasn't even given a chance to be successful. My lack of progress was due to nurses not wanting to teach me. I was thrown around from preceptors and everyone had their own way of doing things so I would get yelled at for doing something wrong that was right to someone else. I'm now working on the inpatient unit and I don't enjoy it at all. But I don't have a choice it's that or a quit and I don't have anywhere else to go. 

[winniewoman9060ret]

Don't leave your job in the ED off your resume or application. It's your only experience. Work on your present unit. Gain some experience. As nurses we are always learning. You can pick up some new tips, time management, working with others.

if you go into work with a chip on your shoulder, no one will want to work with you. You were comfortable with your co workers and yes you're starting over, but try to look on the bright side. You will be more successful at the next ED job, you've learned a lot but there's always more to learn. Especially personalities are tough to learn but you can do it.

[beachynurse, ASN, BSN]

angelrn1 said:

for example I was applying for perm job in ca for a hospital I had travelled nurse in. I actually forgot to add a hospital that I had worked in for few weeks which was a sister hospital to the perm job... hr told me it was fraud and explained I just forgot to add it to my resume and I was  still terminated. I was in my first week of orientation had put monies down on apt etc lost a lot of monies. The manager of that er and me both cried. and I regretfully went home jobless.

I think that is awful. People make mistakes... 

And when you are doing your resume, all experts that I have read about, and those that revamped my resume, tell you to leave off your resume anything that does not pertain to the job you are applying for in order to make the information relevant to the position, and easier for the hiring managers to review it quickly. So I can't understand that being considered fraud...