Group One background checks in Texas

U.S.A. 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.

I have posted in many threads saying that being a nurse in TX totally sux.

This Group One thing is just one reason why!

I have quit several jobs in TX due to terrible working conditions and being given unsafe assignments. At one job, I got an on-the-job injury requiring tx at an ER. The company never paid for the tx, even though I filled out an incident report and called my supervisor from the ER. Texas employers do not have to have Workman's Comp. So, you are pretty much on your own if you are injured at work.

I had to pay the ER bill myself to avoid having it ruin my credit. I spoke to a lawyer, and he said I had an "open and shut case." But he also said it would cost me at least $2000. in legal fees to get this company to pay my $350. ER bill.

Plus, there is a surplus of nurses in the rural areas of TX, whch is where I live. Jobs pay badly, nurses are treated badly, and the overall situation for nurses in TX sux, big time.

I have to live in TX because of my hubbie's job, but I hate this state. I am a traveler and won't work in TX anymore.

When I lived in Dallas, I worked with nurses who traveled 100+ miles because their hometown hospitals paid so poorly. I'm talking RN's at $16/hr and LVN's at $11/hr!!

Now I don't think that Group One is state wide.

Since I've moved to the Houston area, I've never met anyone who has even heard of it. My current employer doesn't use it.

In fact I've never heard of anyone outside of DFW having any run-ins with Group One.

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When I lived in Dallas, I worked with nurses who traveled 100+ miles because their hometown hospitals paid so poorly. I'm talking RN's at $16/hr and LVN's at $11/hr!!

Now I don't think that Group One is state wide.

Since I've moved to the Houston area, I've never met anyone who has even heard of it. My current employer doesn't use it.

In fact I've never heard of anyone outside of DFW having any run-ins with Group One.

Where I currently live in TX, LVNs start at $10.-$11. an hr, RNs at $17.00-$20.00. Doesn't matter if you're a BSN or a diploma RN, or how much expereince you have.

Such low wages in 2005!

I recently started a thread about how only one hospital in my area has only one job opening. I have been interviewed twice (for 2 hrs each time) and told how great they think I am, only to never be offered a position.

I feel like it must be because I've been "Group One'd" or because at each the end of each interview, I was asked to write down the salary I'd be expecting, and I actually requested a living wage.

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Simple question:

How far back does Group One go for a criminal background check?

(just the criminal background check, not the employment check or credit check or reference check - just the criminal background check)

I was wondering the same thing. I was told that they go back just 10 years. I called them a few months ago. They told me that it was up to the hospital doing the background check as to how far they wanted to go back. But the lady I talked to (who also asked her supervisor), said that most hospitals go back 10 years.

There was this girl in one of my classes who was telling someone else that Parkland Hospital goes back till high school on their background check.

Does anyone know?

Thanks

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I was wondering the same thing. I was told that they go back just 10 years. I called them a few months ago. They told me that it was up to the hospital doing the background check as to how far they wanted to go back. But the lady I talked to (who also asked her supervisor), said that most hospitals go back 10 years.

There was this girl in one of my classes who was telling someone else that Parkland Hospital goes back till high school on their background check.

Does anyone know?

Thanks

Technically, they are not supposed to keep information older than 7 Years. Of course, they play around the rules. They point the finger at the hospital and the hospital points the finger at Group One.

REMEMBER, they are a CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY!

Treat them just as you would a debt collector!

The advice these days is to get your report from the big three credit agencies every year. If you live in DFW you should go one step further and get a Group One report every time you are thinking about switching healthcare jobs. I found error on top off error on top off error in my report!

It took me months of research and help from folks schooled in credit reporting laws to get Group One to remove harmful info from my "file".

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Specializes in ICU/ER/CARDIAC CATH LAB.

You can still live and work in Texas - just stay out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

madore57

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When I lived in Dallas, I worked with nurses who traveled 100+ miles because their hometown hospitals paid so poorly. I'm talking RN's at $16/hr and LVN's at $11/hr!!Now I don't think that Group One is state wide.Since I've moved to the Houston area, I've never met anyone who has even heard of it. My current employer doesn't use it.

In fact I've never heard of anyone outside of DFW having any run-ins with Group One.

RNs make $16 to $20./hr, and LVNs $10/-$11./hr in my part of TX.

Group One is expanding to other states!

I just looked at their site and they are in Louisiana now. Also, there was a special section for Texas employers to inquire about Louisiana nurses who are working in TX because they lost their jobs due to Katrina.

I can't believe Group One is going after nurses hurt by the hurricane.

You can still live and work in Texas - just stay out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

madore57

Group One is going state wide, and expanding into other states. I just read it on their site

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Group One is expanding to other states.

I can't believe Group One is going after nurses hurt by the hurricane.

Group One is going state wide, and expanding into other states. I just read it on their site

I'm sure it's only a matter of time.

Oh yeah, I can believe that Group One would think nothing of going after post Katrina nurses.

If you're still alive after the storm it must be because you abandoned your patients.

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I spoke with the man in charge of background checks with Group One. He told me that the background check for felonies goes backwards into the deepest, darkest depths of time and space. So, if you have one, they will find it (unless it was a juvenile record). Misdeameanors go back 7 years.

He also said that violent crimes, crimes against persons, drug related crimes, crimes involving firearms, and crimes indicitive of moral turpitude were all immediate disqualifiers for the hospitals hiring decisions. But, he also said that a D.O. from the Texas BNE will go a long way (in the positive direction) in the hospitals decision to hire you or not for other offenses.

Group One does not make credit checks. That is done separately by the hospital. They only check employment and criminal background and they only report it to the hospital - the hospital decides to hire you (or not) based on the report. But, Group One is owned by the hospitals in DFW so they can streamline screening everyone in or out all at once.

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He gave you correct info.

Group One does not do credit checks, but they are a de facto CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY.

Because they gather and distribute information on persons, the government calls them this.

They are governed by US credit reporting laws and must comply with the provisions of the FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (FRCA). In any piece of correpondence you may get from them, they will say this.

If you are having trouble with Group One the FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT is you best friend.

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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.

i have been an rn/bsn for 26 years. of that 26 years was a "nursing leader" for the first 11 years. i am an exemplary citizen, a member of sigma theta tau, cum laude graduate, mother of 2 college educated offspring.

however, in the state of texas, i was arrested and convicted for the crime of not wearing a seatbelt. now i am having an impossible time getting my "record" cleared and as a traveler i am classified as a criminal. all i can say to anyone out there is stay out of texas. the bne in texas is focused on negative disciplinary action. all one has to do is read their newsletter. the concentration is on revoking licences, punishment, and negativity. unfortunately, my "criminal" history will follow me around. that's texas.

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i have been an rn/bsn for 26 years. of that 26 years was a "nursing leader" for the first 11 years. i am an exemplary citizen, a member of sigma theta tau, cum laude graduate, mother of 2 college educated offspring.

however, in the state of texas, i was arrested and convicted for the crime of not wearing a seatbelt. now i am having an impossible time getting my "record" cleared and as a traveler i am classified as a criminal. all i can say to anyone out there is stay out of texas. the bne in texas is focused on negative disciplinary action. all one has to do is read their newsletter. the concentration is on revoking licences, punishment, and negativity. unfortunately, my "criminal" history will follow me around. that's texas.

wow. i am truely sorry for you. you know? me and hubby have seriously considered moving to texas, but we had reservations about the state in general, and the nursing situation, with group one, and all. and generally, people tell us that "its tough down there"....but we never grasped it, until i did just now reading your post....and we are law abiding citizens...(like yourself)........... after reading your post, i am absolutely, positively, never going to consider texas again. couldnt you move to another state? i know you would have to be honest about the "conviction" (its so rediculous i cant stand to type it.....) , but you could explain, and surely nobody would think of not hiring you for such pettiness? thank you for your post.....and honestly it makes me angry, that this has happened to you. it kind of makes me wonder what kind of state texas is trying to (or allready has) become.......sounds like its a country all its own, huh?:confused: :madface:

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.
wow. i am truely sorry for you. you know? me and hubby have seriously considered moving to texas, but we had reservations about the state in general, and the nursing situation, with group one, and all. and generally, people tell us that "its tough down there"....but we never grasped it, until i did just now reading your post....and we are law abiding citizens...(like yourself)........... after reading your post, i am absolutely, positively, never going to consider texas again. couldnt you move to another state? i know you would have to be honest about the "conviction" (its so rediculous i cant stand to type it.....) , but you could explain, and surely nobody would think of not hiring you for such pettiness? thank you for your post.....and honestly it makes me angry, that this has happened to you. it kind of makes me wonder what kind of state texas is trying to (or allready has) become.......sounds like its a country all its own, huh?:confused: :madface:

:yelclap::yelclap: :w00t: i cannot emphasize enough the very very very wise decision you have made :yeah: . only wish i had known about the "culture:devil:" that lurks here before i moved. we're trying now to get outta here-not that easy a task :banghead:. that's all i"ll publically post because i don't want to deal with the false pride infestation. :argue: :sofahider :angryfire

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