WildIvy

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 said hello to her. After that the same silent treat...

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 question.

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 nursing school with no experience. This is age disc...

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 need to talk to more people." I have been a nurse f...

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 very unpleasant. She told me she may terminate me...

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 result I took a position in a different city and just a...