Group One Blacklisting in Texas

U.S.A. Texas

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Hello to everyone! I was recently placed on the legalized loophole blacklist entitled "GROUP ONE." An HCA facility has retaliated against me for being a whistleblower. I have a lawsuit against them and it's been going on for a little over a year. Anyway, i would like to know if anyone would like to join me in putting a stop to this type of employer abuse. Many careers have been ruined over this group one entity. If your boss submits your name and negative comments regarding your termination, no hospital in DFW will hire you unless they are desperate. In the event that you do get hired you will be treated like crap and will be under constant surveillance. Isn't there a nursing shortage? Let's do the math...nursing shortage percentage? total amount (%) of nurses on the blacklist and blackballed? hmm...curious? me too. I will be fighting this by myself or with all of the nurses out there who have been a victim of this type of retaliation. All the nurses in Texas should fight against this regardless if you are on this list or not. Things could change for you tomorrow. These hospitals are bullies and sometimes it takes just one person to get the ball rolling...I guess I have hired myself for the job. This abuse is so ridiculous and makes me embarrassed to be a nurse in Texas. If you are a bad nurse...dangerous...incompetent that would be a legitimate reason to have issues finding employment or having this information on your group one report. The State Board will handle your situation. In my case, because i refused to resign my director was forced to terminate me. He gave me the option to resign and NOT be placed on group one/blacklisted. He also stated that if he had to terminate me then he would have to submit the reasons for my termination on a group one report/therfore being blacklisted. This is career suicide and you can say bye bye to working at any hospital here in DFW. The point is that this service is used maliciously by employers and has spiraled out of control. Please share your experience with group one or employer threats regarding group one.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
See I just don't understand how one hospital can have so much power. It isn't like the BON revoked your license. Don't we all make mistakes? I do have a question for you, did they give you the option to resign, or do you feel it was more of a shove under the bus situation?

Welcome to nursing........ without a binding contract/Union representation....you are an employee at will....their will. Especially in a saturated job market.....you don't play by their rules.....there will be another to take your place.

You play ball their way...it's their ball. I have seen some petty black balling to I hate the way she talks and she chews gum funny.

Sad isn't it?

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Specializes in women/children, pacu, or.

Usually it just boils down to "misconduct"- the word used by the state unemployment agency. That means getting unemply benefits very difficult. And for those uppity nurses out there, you may be the next nurse accused of misconduct.

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Specializes in women/children, pacu, or.

It's a nurse thing to find blame on another nurse.

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I would like to speak to anyone who has been blacklisted or turned into the BON by an HCA hospital. I'm finding out that they are very keen on turning in a nurse to the BON if they don't like them and can't find a legit way to fire them. Please let me know if you have had problems. Especially from ....

Medical Center of lewisville

Medical Center of McKinney

Thank You.......

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I want to try and get this stopped. Email me if you would like to talk. HCA's are a horrible place to work, and then they ruin nurses lives!!!!

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contact me at [email protected]. I would like to know the status and your plan to get the 'blacklist' stopped. I'm armed and ready to help

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I have been put on this blacklist, there are other nurses that are on this list as well!! What can be done about this???

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How may I find out if I am on the list???

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I'm pretty sure the 'Im funny' is aware of existence of ANA. You don't have to be so mean, especially you know she is desperate enough to ask for HELP from Nurses. Don't ever forget You are a nurse too.

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I'm in another state but does the legality of this have anything to do with Texas being a Republic with some significant loopholes in labor laws?

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Specializes in Psychiatric.

As a former nurse, I can assure you. that the ANA is NOT your friend - they claim they are there to "ensure the safety of the public" - in other words, to cause trouble for the nurses.  The only recourse you'd have is either the NNU or hiring an attorney.  I have maintained my license but would not be caught dead working as a nurse again because of all the childishness.  If I can function as a backup against the group one system - I would be glad to help.

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UPDATE 11 YEARS LATER

Hello Everyone! It is now 2023 and I don't think that I've logged in for at least the past 11 years. 

I changed my username from Imfunnyfool777 to EstherMichael tonight. 

I sued HCA in 2011 for wrongful termination, retaliation via false statements on my group one report. After 2.5 to 3 years, they eventually settled $$$ out of court and were ordered to remove the bold faced lie labeled as "misconduct" from my report.  Once I was taken off their BS "blacklist",  I never had any further issues. The attorney that represented me worked on contingency fee. I am truly shocked to learn that these evildoers are still at it with HCA STILL being the main offenders. It's disgusting.

So how's it going for everyone nowadays :D

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