Group One.......what can I say?

U.S.A. Texas

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Specializes in Med/surg, Geriatrics, Home Health, LTC.

I cannot believe that"Group One" still exists when there is such a nursing shortage. Even moreso that idiot companies will even still give that company business. Its ridiculous to punish someone for something that they did 5+years ago, especially when they may not even be a nurse yet.

To me I feel that ultimately our patients will suffer from some of these companies stupidity, by turning good nurses down for jobs just because they quit a job without notice, etc. That makes me want to pack up and run fast from the DFW area. It has to be illegal. and the DFW area seem to be the only ones to go along with this foolishness, so far.

You cannot say that Group One is a good indicator of a potential employee, especially since it seems to be the employees not caught by Group One who have done terrible things on the job, but yet those are the ones that are given jobs. :angryfire

Soon the DFW will have no nurses if this continues. I cant see staying at a job that I feel is unsafe out of fear of Group One, that is just ridiculous!

Im sorry just needed to vent. Please share your stories.

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Specializes in US Army.

What is Group One??? Who are they and what do they do??? Please educate me.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

The DFW area has an excessive glut of nursing programs, so there's going to be a continuous flow of new grads to replace whomever has a black mark on a GroupOne file.

El Centro, TCC, TVCC, Brookhaven, Collin County, Weatherford, Hill College, NCTC, TWU, TCU, Southwestern Adventist, Navarro, and other nursing programs are churning floods of new nurses into the DFW area every few months. Don't be fooled, because there is no nursing shortage. In fact, there's a surplus of nurses in the area.

GroupOne gets away with their tactics because no one has challenged them. Nurses in this area seem content with having a job and not rocking the boat. As long as no one stands up to them, the tactics will continue.

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The DFW area has an excessive glut of nursing programs, so there's going to be a continuous flow of new grads to replace whomever has a black mark on a GroupOne file.

El Centro, TCC, TVCC, Brookhaven, Collin County, Weatherford, Hill College, NCTC, TWU, TCU, Southwestern Adventist, Navarro, and other nursing programs are churning floods of new nurses into the DFW area every few months. Don't be fooled, because there is no nursing shortage. In fact, there's a surplus of nurses in the area.

GroupOne gets away with their tactics because no one has challenged them. Nurses in this area seem content with having a job and not rocking the boat. As long as no one stands up to them, the tactics will continue.

:yeahthat: As long as the nurses in the area who have jobs or who have never been burned by GroupOne are content with the status quo, there will never be a change.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Geriatrics, Home Health, LTC.

And that really sucks! A change needs to be as evidenced by the numerous Group One post on All Nurses. Even still I can't believe there is NO nursing shortage whereas several facilities are always running on low staff, esp the ones who affiliate with Grp 1. Just speaking from talking to HR myself.

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Specializes in Med/Tele, Home Health, Case Management.

If you are currently unemployed and looking for a job, you can get a FREE copy of your report from Group One. Otherwise, you must pay for the report and can request one annually.

The address is: Group One Serivces

250 Decker Drive

Irving, TX 75062

Basically, it lists all of your previous addresses, your education, previous employers, job titles, date hired, date end job, reason, wage at termination, eligible for rehire status.

According to Group One, "Unless noted in the 'Reason for Separation', Texas Health hospitals do not report rehire status on any previous employee."

It also tells who in the last 2 years has received/requested your information.

Hope this helps!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Woundcare, Stepdown.

What ever happened with your case? I am facing the same problem and I need some help.

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