placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

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Today, i was placed on unpaid administrative leave. I have been a nurse for 31 yrs and have never had such a thing happen to me. I have been a hospice nure for the past 1 1/2 yrs. During my last calll weekend also known as the weekend from hell- i ****** off a family, so today I'm facing unemployment. the worst part about this is my daughter is getting married Sat. Sort of hard to smile and act like everything is wonderful. I have already applied on line for a staff nure postion at a hospital and hope that I will get hired. I can't imagine going back to work for my present employer. It seem as if the rules change every day and the staff is never given the benefit of the doubt. I have always been a well repsected nurse in my community and well liked by my co workers and Drs. I can't stop crying. :(

Specializes in Med/Surg.
I am happy to announce that I have a new job. I have accepted a position in a hospital doing 12 hrs days on a surgical step down unit. the nurse manager that interviewed me seemed very eager to have me as a staff member. I am looking forward to the new challenge. Thanks for all the support and kind words during this difficult period in my nsg career. :)

:ancong!: I'm glad everything worked out well for you :nurse:

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Yay! good job

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

Good for you!! Obviously, the person at the Hospital who hired you knows a GREAT Nurse when she sees one. :nuke::nuke:

I also wanted to say that it made me sad to read what you had to experience. Personally, I feel the 'customer service' part of Nursing has gone waaaay too far. I am reading and hearing abut more and more Nurses being placed on paid leave, reported to the BON, fired, etc....because of stoopid complaints like the, 'famwee was unhappy and has their feewings hurt". Boo hoo.

It seems to be a knee-jerk reaction from management to just get rid of the Nurse.

Again, congrats on your new job! Keep us updated on how things are going.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Congratulations on your new job and daughter's nuptials and best wishes to all of you.

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Specializes in Trauma/Burn ICU, Neuro ICU.

I am so glad to hear this. Thanks for letting us know. Hope you LOVE your new job.

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Specializes in progressive care telemetry.

:w00t::ancong!:

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congrats, and keep us posted on how the job goes. happy mother's day! :flwrhrts:

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

Congratulations!!! Best wishes on your new job.

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Specializes in long term care Alzheimers Patients.

:yeah: I am so happy for You Congradulations. Good luck with your new posistion

Debi

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

Thanks for the update! Good luck, I'm certain you'll do fine.

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Tell you what they did to me... I got three days suspension. A patient in the ER lodged a complaint. Stated I violated a HIPPA regulation. I tried to explain that the young lady (and I use that term loosely here), used to date my son, hated me, was a frequent flyer in the ER, and STILL management went with her story... It ain't fair, but management is not on the nurses' side... I'm sorry for what happened to you. I'm sorry for all us who try so hard, and get so little...

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