let go from orientation

[rnursingrn]

if you were let go from orientation (for time management issues and not being the right fit) for around 3 months in an acute care unit/dpt as a new grad nurse, are the job prospects significantly down ? i wouldnt be considered a new grad nurse but i wouldnt have the minimum 1 yr experience for certain jobs either..

how do you know if you are in the system as re-hirable? if the manager says to re-apply maybe in a year or more after some more experience if still interested, is this a good sign?

i am leaving it on the resume bc it will show up on background checks w/ SSN :\ and it was a good experience, otherwise there would be an employment gap, which probably looks worse

does anyone have experience with COBRA for continued insurance coverage?

and does anyone have tips for how to tackle a new job interview when the question comes up about the old job?

[kp2016]

The easiest way to find out if you are eligible for re hire or not would be to call HR and ask. As for looking for a new job, I would suggest you should leave this off your resume. Back ground checks generally check if you have a criminal history and sometimes run a credit check and not much more. Unless you are applying for a federal job you are not required to disclose everywhere you have ever worked.

When they ask you what you have been doing for the last three months, family commitments is always a good answer. Good luck.

[LovingLife123]

It won't show up on a background check. Those are criminal checks. Nor will it show up on a credit check.

COBRA is very expensive but can be worth it if you have good coverage and medical issues. You pay the full price of the insurance. Otherwise, I would get ACA coverage for a few months.

[chare]

If you leave it off of your resume, but include it on your appilcation, this might be acceptable; but you need to be prepared to explain this; and with something more substantial than stating that it wasn"t a good fit without further explaining why it wasn't a good fit, and what you learned from it, and are taking forward.

Leaving it off the application, if asked to list all previous employment, is a bad idea. While you might get away with this, if you are found to have lied on your application, it will likely result in your immediate termination.

Best wishes as you continue yoir search for another position.

[TriciaJ, RN]

I'm sorry your first position didn't pan out, but it's not the end of the world. I still think schools are leaving new nurses poorly equipped for the real world.

By all means, talk to HR at your now-former place of employment. Ask if you would be eligible for rehire in the future and what it entail to be on COBRA. Also compare your COBRA rate to what ACA would cost you, and differences in coverage.

Did your manager or preceptor give you any specific feedback about what they needed from you and didn't get? That information would be helpful for formulating your next plan. I think I would put that job on a resume, because I would be worried it might come back to bite me if I left it off. Figure out what you've learned from that experience, then be prepared to tell that to prospective employers.

Perhaps you need to apply at a different type of hospital, or LTC to get a different experience and to be able to acquire some transferable skills. I don't think it's all that unusual for new grads to lose their first jobs, so I would expect some employers would be prepared to give you a chance.

Good luck and hang in there.