Getting into the hospital after a stipulation

Persephone Paige, ADN · Jan 29, 2019

I don't know what you're options are with regard to hospitals, but here in Fl. the companies that own the hospitals have a great deal of say. Advent health, a Christian company is the most unforgiving (isn't that an oxymoron?). HCA is IPN friendly, and the Hospitals geared to serve the poor (where I work). It sounds like you aren't even in monitoring, so perhaps it wont be as difficult as you think. Good luck!

RNCO82 · Jan 29, 2019

I finished my monitoring in 2012, thank goodness! I just recieved a position at our local Children’s hospital that I have been working to get since November. 1 week before orientation I got a call from HR saying they were resending my offer because I had a past stipulation. I thought enough time had past and the last 7 years of job history one being in hospice where of course I have TONS of narcs would be enough to show I had learned my lesson and was successfully recovered but unfortunately not. We have a TON of HCA hospitals in my city so I will start looking there. Thanks for your feedback. Hopefully a i can get some feedback from some local RNs in Colorado so I can get a little hope back. I am definitely pretty discouraged now.

Persephone Paige, ADN · Jan 30, 2019

6 hours ago, RNCO82 said:
I finished my monitoring in 2012, thank goodness! I just recieved a position at our local Children’s hospital that I have been working to get since November. 1 week before orientation I got a call from HR saying they were resending my offer because I had a past stipulation. I thought enough time had past and the last 7 years of job history one being in hospice where of course I have TONS of narcs would be enough to show I had learned my lesson and was successfully recovered but unfortunately not. We have a TON of HCA hospitals in my city so I will start looking there. Thanks for your feedback. Hopefully a i can get some feedback from some local RNs in Colorado so I can get a little hope back. I am definitely pretty discouraged now.

I have very limited experience outside Florida. Even then, some hospitals do not seem to be bothered at all. Our big hospitals, with big reputations are IPN friendly. What they are not tolerant of is inexperience. If you have experience, it goes a long way towards mitigating the inconvenience of a monitoring contract. I have no doubt you will find work. It just may involve a commute, as mine does. I have confidence though, that once I have recent relevant experience, my horizons will broaden. Good luck!

RNCO82 · Jan 31, 2019

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I luckily do have experience 13 1/2 years ED and PICU, along with hospice, home health and research. I’m just going to keep trying, luckily I found a job that didn’t care about my old baggage even if it isn’t exactly what I want to do. I’ve been through worse with recovery, and then the board, some more time interviewing and confessing my sins won’t get me down.