Is there a JOB i can get after being reported to GROUP ONE in TX..black listed :(

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2012

What bothers me is that this was an extremely minor issue for it to be reported to GroupOne.

It most places this would rate barely a nod......which makes me wonder how vindicative the management is at the facility.

Is there any way for you to check EXACTLY how the report to GroupOne reads? Because it sounds like they may have "inflated" the offense, because few hospitals would consider that issue problematic.

As far as GroupOne being illegal, or it being illegal to blacklist a nurse. It happens all the time, and GroupOne has gotten away with it for at least a decade. They are considered part of credit reporting and people have difficulty finding them. They are most often used in Texas, especially in the DFW area and also in forprofit facilities, like Columbia/HCA.

allnurses Guide · Mar 8, 2012

I believe anyone reported to Group One is entitled to see their record, just like any credit reporting agency, and is allowed to inform them if something is incorrect and to have it removed. That is where the process gets lengthy and tricky. I have a friend who was falsely accused of something on Group One. It took legal action to get this removed and for him to get back to work.

MissPiggy · Mar 20, 2012

There are numerous other threads about Group One on this site, including a link to their member hospitals - I don't know how current this list is, but at least you will know which places to avoid. We ALL need to avoid applying to them if we are to get any results, as these places cannot run without nurses.

robert2010 · Mar 21, 2012

I was blacklisted by group one in the DFW area. I indeed did mess up..I gave meds to a patient without scanning thier arm band. I just plain forgot to do it. We had a no tolerance policy for that and I did it. I had had the patient for 3 nights in a row, and it with everything going on, i brought the meds in and just forgot to scan the meds. I didnt realize i had even done it until later the charge nurse noticed that my meds "had not been given" and when she asked me I said "yes i gave them at 2100"..she stated that they were still showing up on the mar as unscanned. I said, "oh my gosh i forgot to scan them" . She said no biggy just manually enter them as given. So i did. A week later I was called in the office and terminated for breaking policy. I was guilty i had no defense other than human error (brain fart).
I felt so despondent. I cried for 2 weeks because I loved that job. But i had been putting in applications and got 3 phone interviews that went very well. 2 i never heard back from and one i went in for the face to face and thought it went very well. She did ask me why i left my other job and i was honest with her. She said "things like that are teaching tools, you learn from your mistakes and humans make them" she acted like it was something they could look over. A week later i got a call from HR and they said due to GROUP ONE i wasnt eligible for hire at the hospital. I didnt even know what group one was. I've been a nurse for 10 yrs and have always recieved good reviews, liked by peers etc, no real attendance issues, and have only held 2 jobs in 10 yrs....good work history. I had NEVER been written up for any reason, ever.
So here I am, a year later, still unemployed. I have applied for probably 100 jobs and been turned down by them all. Home health, pretty much every hospital in DFW area, Doctors offices etc. I did interview with a doctors office and ALMOST got the job but the nurse that was leaving changed her mind, i do not think he used group one, but most do, or are affiliated with a hospital group that does.
My question is this, what can i do??? where can i go??? I am raising a grandbaby, my son is 17 and wants to go to college, and i have a 10 yr old son. i have spent all my retirement trying to hold on to my home, my daughter abandoned her baby and is living a life i wish she wasnt but I couldnt send my granddaughter away. My husband is a paramedic working 50 hours a week and maybe brings home 3,000 per month after insurance and taxes. But with our mortgage, his car payment, and bills...we are short every month. for a family of 5, its not enough. We can not sell our home, we have tried, its worth less then we owe due to the economy. We have also maxed out our credit cards. We even thought about leasing our home out and renting an apartment, but would only save about 400 per month and then we'd have god knows what happening in our home ruining our carpet and hardwoods..the risk wasnt worth it. We dont have cell phones, or cable. We do what we can but its impossible.
Basically I almost feel suicidal. I feel so worthless. My life is ruined. My son can not go to college on his own, and he has dreams i cant fullfill. I was making 70,000 per year and now NOTHING. We had money saved, and felt comfortable to be able to send him to college after Jr college was complete.
Is there ANYWHERE i can get a decent paying job??? What or who DOESN'T utilize group one??? Any place? If i send one more application i'm going to scream, not that i dont scream and cry every day. I spent so long in school, graduated with a 3.6 with honors and all for NOTHING. I guess my only hope now is Walmart. I'm so depressed (already on antidepressents that we can't afford)
Also...how long does this stay on my record??? does it fall of in 7 yrs? I can't really wait that long, i have to get my son into school, and believe it or not, he doesnt qualify for financial aid because we still make too much money...especially if i get any kind of job at all...which even if its walmart i have to get one and fast.
Please for the love of GOD SOMEONE HELP ME :( :(

try dialysis, Davita

Bepop · Mar 21, 2012

OMG ! I can't believe the things that are going on in nursing . This group has taken on the role of the Board of Nursing? You are blacklisted for one incident of not scanning medications? You did not harm anyone. People have some very unrealistic views of nurses/nursing. Are nursing jobs so scarce they are forcing the older nurses out? More nurses are falsely accused of drug diversion and given severe punishments for putting the wrong number on a pain scale. What are these people trying to prove? Your situation is mind blowing. Anyone reading this that have loved ones , please do not let them grow up to be nurses. This is madness!

Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN · Mar 21, 2012

OP, you could look into school nursing, but many districts require a BSN. Some of the smaller ones hire ADNs, so check their websites or call and check. Depending on how many college credits you have, you might be able to sub as a school nurse or even a teacher.

I seriously cannot believe they did this to you over such a simple mistake that did not even result in harm. Completely ridiculous.

rhbrickhouse · Apr 1, 2012

I work for Dell Services (a subsidiary of Dell Computers) and we are an IT services company. Basically, we are hired by companies (hospitals included) to handle their IT needs. We work with the big vendors, Cerner, McKesson, etc. and are always looking for experienced nurses to help be subject matter experts for those clinical applications. You do not need any IT experience, you just have had to work in a hospital setting as an RN (ADN/BSN does not matter) but they are sometimes specific as to which specialty you might have worked in. The pay is around (or higher than) what you were making as a nurse and the location is in Plano although a lot of the jobs that require RN experience can work from home instead of coming into the office. It is HIGH DEMAND and there just aren't enough nurses willing to move into IT. Just a thought!

I'm not a recruiter or HR but thought this might give you some perspective on what options you had available.

caliotter3 · Apr 1, 2012

Your problem is that the negative information is being passed on to prospective employers who inquire, whether or not they use Group One. You have to luck out somehow. No friends or relatives, preferably in another region where you could move by yourself, hang out at their place, until you could afford a room, and send earnings home to your husband? If no friends or family, start hitting up the employment agencies, for any kind of job, not just nursing. Temp agencies is where I found work when I was being blacklisted. You have to get some income from somewhere, so a temp agency is not a bad place to start. Best wishes.

theantichick · Apr 3, 2012

rhbrickhouse... would you mind dropping me a PM with more information on this?

I'm a data warehouse analyst and am tired of what I'm doing (I work for a company that processes and administers insurance claims - mainly work comp) and am wanting to move into nursing, but am realizing that there may not be a nursing job for me when I graduate in December with my ASN. In addition, my job may not be all that stable (we got bought out by a company out of Atlanta) and I'm having a health crisis right now that may result in my needing to remain in a desk job, so I'm starting to look at a lot of options.

One thing I'm considering is after I finish my ASN (because I'm NOT going to drop out this close to being done) is going onto the Medical Informatics route, but that's a lot of school and I need something in the meantime to pay the bills.

Thanks in advance!

Babyluva · May 16, 2012

To the OP: I feel you, I'm in the same soup. Forgot to scan fluids on time(the first time, no harm caused) then bam!! I was asked to resign. After only a year of nursing. I'm also looking for jobs. It was an honest mistake you did, and should been given a, second chance. All is not lost. You'll get something better.

Rhbrickhouse: what is company's name, please? Can't pm yet, I'm new to this site

ToughingItOut · May 17, 2012

I am so sorry this is happening to you. Don't you just love the autonomy and respect we have as nursing PROFESSIONALS?! I personally feel cheated out of my nursing judgement on a daily basis. Plus, I'm pretty sure reading someone's name was something you learned how to do in the first grade...Geez. Again, I am so sorry you are going through this. Best of luck.

Zweiells · May 17, 2012

Denton area, as that is where i am close too.
I have another friend who got a job at a prison, but there have never been another opening...they take nurses with police records that is why its hard to get on there, lots of applications.

In case you are still looking...Denton County has a job opening at the County Jail for an RN. It doesn't pay as well as a hospital job, but it's a job and I doubt they utilize Group One.

Good luck with your search!