How to find a job after being fired?

EDnursetobe · Oct 1, 2011

maybe leave that job off your application if possible? or try another area in nursing? I guess it also depends on why you got fired.

my only other advice would be to apply apply apply. at some point, someone will give you a chance. You just have to hang in there.

it seems like with nursing if you make any kind of mistake, you'll get fired. I mean I know we care for people, but we're human too.

good luck!

beast master RN · Oct 1, 2011

what did you get fired for?

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Oct 1, 2011

Yeah....maybe the two threads could be combined???

If you can't or don't want to discuss the basic issue of your termination, it's hard to be helpful :)

ilove · Oct 1, 2011

I was terminated for being rude and for other stuff that I innocently say I did not do. Yes but I've been researching and found out that a simple background check will reveal past/ previous employers. Anyone know if this is true? ALso, anyone know reference checking services that dont ask for SSN?

ilove · Oct 1, 2011

Nursing is tough.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Oct 1, 2011

I was terminated for being rude and for other stuff that I innocently say I did not do. Yes but I've been researching and found out that a simple background check will reveal past/ previous employers. Anyone know if this is true? ALso, anyone know reference checking services that dont ask for SSN?

Being rude is no reason to not get hired somewhere else :) It happens- people get stressed and "blow".....at least it was verbal, and you didn't go postal, or something like that.... I'd just talk to the new place, and tell them- and that you're not like that- it beats being really stressed about something that doesn't sound like that big of a deal. If you didn't do what they say, that's hard to prove- but still not something THEY can prove either from how it sounds.....

ilove · Oct 1, 2011

Well I was accused of two things. being Rude! and something else which is just bad

RNGrammie · Oct 1, 2011

You probably need a SSN for applications and such. You have to fill out an I9 form whenever hired. Do you not have one??

Sun_danc3rRN · Oct 2, 2011

Well I was accused of two things. being Rude! and something else which is just bad

So there is a bit more to it than you feel like sharing...I have never heard of a service that gives references that is legit. I had a nursing instructor, who was also the director of our program, tell us that in our field nurses are fired every day. Some firings for real reasons and some for not so real reasons, some because it was just a bad fit. He said that most facilities that are hiring will listen to what you say and make a judgment based on that,how badly they need a nurse at the moment, and what experience you can bring to the table. There are only certain things that a former facility is legally allowed to tell someone doing reference checks. This is basically did you call out a lot, how long did you work there, and would you re-hire them. Now if this was an offense that was reported to your local BON this could be another issue entirely.

Sparrowhawk · Oct 2, 2011

why do you want your SSN hidden is my question. Be too secretive with employers/ back ground checks and no one will hire you...you can come off as shifty.

linearthinker, DNP, RN · Oct 2, 2011

Trying to cover it up is going to cause you a lot more consternation than the actual incident or dismissal. Be forthright and demonstrate you have grown from the experience. When (not if) they uncover your attempt to obfuscate your employment history you can kiss any potential offers goodbye. So in other words, honesty is the best policy.