WildIvy

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1. Silent Treatment

   WildIvy posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I was just hired at a SNF as the RN unit manager. First day on the unit and the director of nursing who hired me and who is my direct report will not look at me or speak. She did this twice and I...

2. fired during orientation...to list or not to list?

   WildIvy replied to Semper_Gumby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I was terminated during orientation. I leave it off my resume. I do include it on the application. When asked why I was terminated I honestly answer the

3. Trouble getting a job in a "Good Ole Boy Town"

   WildIvy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Hi Nurse Beth, I smelled a rat because I have experience in nursing and was being told I needed "recent" experience. All the while these hospitals have been hiring much younger nurses right out of...

4. Trouble getting a job in a "Good Ole Boy Town"

   WildIvy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   My discussions with this nurse manager were not professional growth oriented. It was more like bullying. She wanted to see me suffer by saying things like "I don't think I'm keeping you around, I...

5. Trouble getting a job in a "Good Ole Boy Town"

   WildIvy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Hi Nurse Beth, Update. I relocated and got my fresh start. I was hired on a med neuro unit in a community 70 miles south. The trouble continued. The nurse manager called me into her office and was...

6. Rejecting a job counter-offer

   WildIvy replied to Ashleyhunleyrn's topic in Nursing Career

   It happened to me. I turned down a job offer and applied for a position that I was better qualified for. The HR director called my home and told me, "never apply to [my] hospital again." As a...