Has anyone encountered this? According to my director and verified by HR, it is hospital policy to not write letters of reference due to liability. It is nice to find this out after 18 months of employment. 0 Likes
Boog179 Specializes in Med/Surge ICU. 10 Posts Jan 10, 2014 I have never heard of a hospital having this policy. I'm no attorney but I'm curious if there has ever even been a court case in which an individual or institution was held liable due to writing a letter of recommendation for someone who was later found guilty of some infraction. 0 Likes
MrChicagoRN, RN Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care. Has 30 years experience. 2,589 Posts Jan 10, 2014 No hospital I've ever worked at has ever generated a letter of recommendation at the corporate level, but has never prohibited a manager from doing so 0 Likes
bebbercorn Specializes in Family practice, emergency. Has 10 years experience. 455 Posts Jan 10, 2014 Can your reference write you a letter outside of work, or does it need to be on a letterhead? 0 Likes
psu_213, BSN, RN Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant. Has 13 years experience. 3,878 Posts Jan 10, 2014 As far as I know, there is nothing that prevents managers, supervisors, etc. at my hospital from writing a letter of rec. for a school (I'm a bit confused as to what the liability issue is here--kinda sad that I am even thinking about it). There is a hospital policy against managers from writing letters of rec. to jobs outside the system. You can make an argument about who the policy is meant to protect. 0 Likes
Skip219, BSN, RN Specializes in ICU, SICU, Burns, ED, Cath lab, and EMS. Has 25 years experience. 139 Posts Jan 11, 2014 I received my letters from nurse managers and physicians who I worked with frequently. I believe this policy come from corporate level and stems from employers recommending questionable employees for other hospitals. 0 Likes
Screen name 151 Posts Jan 12, 2014 I would jump ship. Doesn't sound right. How can anyone progress within, or out of, the hospital if they aren't "allowed" to write references? Imagine how restrictive they are on their CRNA's. I bet they want to use AA's as well... You shouldn't stand for it. Go get experience and references elsewhere. 0 Likes
icu2crna 88 Posts Jan 14, 2014 I never asked my hospital for letter of recommendation but will need one eventually. My problem is I have a contract for 2 yrs and if I ask them before the contract expires they may not even give me one. Did anyone had similar experience? 0 Likes
CPhT2RNstudent 210 Posts Jan 14, 2014 You must have done an ICU internship. It depends on how much time you have left on your contract and your relationship with your manager. 0 Likes
mn_nurse Specializes in Medical ICU. Has 1 years experience. 63 Posts Jan 14, 2014 Sounds like my old employer. The program I am in now have had several students from this hospital and they were OK with references from coworkers and charge nurses. 0 Likes
Ruby Vee, BSN Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching. Has 40 years experience. 67 Articles; 14,008 Posts Jan 14, 2014 Our hospital has a policy that there will be no letter of recommendation unless the employee has worked a minimum of two years once they have completed orientation. I think it's a great policy! 0 Likes
