I resigned my first poopy nursing job but I have a question?

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So I resigned from a med surg unit within my 120 evaluation period to see if I would be a good fit for the unit.

Things were not working out sociably and team work wise too. There were some real smart *** nurses their with 6-10 years of tenure.

They would give me bullying looks. I just don't know what is up with this kind of attitude. I felt this same thing in nursing school. Really snakey and vicuous classmates. I just don't understand what one gets from being like this. I don't think I will ever understand. It is not like we are making bank with this job. We are more likely to get back injures and all sooner than a mechanical engineer or something.

So to my main question since I resigned within the trial period, am I for rehire or based on my performance and if the manager liked me or not they can put "Not for rehire" or can they not do that because I was within my 3 month trial period?

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

This is not answerable in an internet forum -- see your employee handbook or refer to your organization's policies.

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I'm not aware of any rules/regs that stop employers from flagging former employees as ineligible for rehire, for whatever reasons they choose, at any point in the employment process. But you may want to check with your former employer HR department about what your status (with them) is going to be.

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Inquire at the HR office if you can't find this info in your handbook. If possible, get the answer in writing for future reference as I have been told by individuals in the 'hire/fire' capacity that such information is sometimes changed after the employee departs.

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Yes HR was what I was thinking too. Thanks to all for pointing me to it.

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Specializes in Oncology.

I'm sorry, but bullying looks? I urge you not to call bullying lightly. People with 6-10 years of experience are going to have vastly more knowledge than you, and it behooves you to recognize that. I am not sure how one can bully only with looks. Aim to have excellent collegial relationships with your coworkers, but don't plan on people there being your friends.

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Inquire at the HR office if you can't find this info in your handbook. If possible, get the answer in writing for future reference as I have been told by individuals in the 'hire/fire' capacity that such information is sometimes changed after the employee departs.

(And is that not the employer's prerogative? If you get a statement in writing that you're being considered eligible for rehire, and they later tell someone that you're not eligible for rehire, do you have some kind of recourse? Do they get in trouble somehow for that? I'm not trying to be argumentative; just curious.)

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So true. They will never be true friends. They are constantly trying to get each other fired. It was a bad environment. Very cutthroat and totally unprofessional.

It wasn't just bullying looks, but also not saying hi or if I need help to help me. Orientation was 6 weeks. The biggest problem was it being a joint unit all patients basically could not walk. they pooped in bed and I spent more time doing CNA work than RN work and if RN work is not done then you will for sure be in the managers office and if silly patient demands are not done samething. Ice water, can you scratch my butt hole, can you give me pain meds or no I want 5mg and not 10mg. I mean the demands were through the roof and I was running around like a chicken all totally insane and losing it. Then after doing everything patients still complain. Just plain evil. And the managers of course always believe the patients. Then I had this super crappy charge nurse too at night shift. Turning patients was hell too on this unit. SO basically I was left to fail all alone.

So before they could find something to hurt my license I resigned. I read many jobs can be found, but you won't find another RN license. BON is super difficult to deal with to get the license back.

I am sure I am not the first to quit my first RN job. Overall the career is really limited and its too much work, too little money blah blah blah. If ya want a heart attack before age 50 continue to be a nurse.

But very good point that just be fake smiling and use the help, but they will never be your friends; work politics, you!

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Specializes in NICU.

1. Is this entire discussion thread a joke? This is the professional world. You aren't in elementary school anymore. some people will be mean, and it's not fair. If you want to get ahead, suck it up!

2. Welcome to nursing. What were you expecting?

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Specializes in Pedi.

Perhaps you didn't get on well with the staff because you referred to the job as a "poop cleaning and urine collection RN job"? (Taken from your past thread.) If you exhibited the kind of attitude on the floor as you did on that thread, I can see why the staff might have had a problem with you.

They absolutely CAN mark you as ineligible for rehire for any reason of their choosing, save for a few that are prohibited by law.

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(And is that not the employer's prerogative? If you get a statement in writing that you're being considered eligible for rehire, and they later tell someone that you're not eligible for rehire, do you have some kind of recourse? Do they get in trouble somehow for that? I'm not trying to be argumentative; just curious.)

If it can be proven that a person is blacklisted because of this misrepresentation, then the ex-employee might have grounds for an employment lawsuit.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

amen, VintagePN

MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY:nurse:

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