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If it's a right to work state you can be let go for any or no reason as long as it doesn't violate civil rights laws. If there was a union or a contract involved, there would be wiggle room.
Edited to add: if however, all the NP's who were certified throught the hospital program happened to be older it's possible the right lawyer might be able to make a case for age discrimination, but those are extremely hard to prove.
shelbabyrn
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We have nine practitioners who work in our unit. 3 of them have their Master's. The others were certified by a Hospital sponsored program. Our new Unit Director has said that he will give those NNPs who are not Master's prepared a certain time period to return to school or they will be "let go". If a Master's degree was not a requirement on their job application, can he legally force them to go back to school?