PCT

[lopezFDTANYaAjj]

Hello everyone. I’m a tech at hospital in Texas. I went into the hospital and found out I was getting floated to a horrible unit. Where we have more patients than normal. I clocked in and that’s when they told me I was getting floated. Well I clocked out and told my director I was quitting and called the nursing supervisor I was resigning from my position. Is that called patient abandonment? Even if I didn’t get report from any patient?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

You must have accepted an assignment for it to be patient abandonment. However, it IS job abandonment, will most likely make you ineligible for rehire at that facility and parent organization, and will not be viewed favorably by future employers when they check with this employer and learn you are ineligible for rehire. Contrary to popular belief, former employers may legally share any information as long as it is factual. 

[lopezFDTANYaAjj]

1 hour ago, Rose_Queen said:

You must have accepted an assignment for it to be patient abandonment. However, it IS job abandonment, will most likely make you ineligible for rehire at that facility and parent organization, and will not be viewed favorably by future employers when they check with this employer and learn you are ineligible for rehire. Contrary to popular belief, former employers may legally share any information as long as it is factual. 

Thank you. 
at work at another hospital so I have two jobs which I’m grateful for. The only thing is what I be able to do nursing school clinicals or even if I’m not allowed to work there?

[Pednurse21, BSN]

I don’t know for sure but I don’t see why they would stop you from doing your clinicals there. The clinicals are a contract between the school and the hospital. The hospital tells the school how many spots they have and on what units and the school tells the hospital what names will be filling those spots. I can’t imagine it will affect your clinicals.