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So sorry to hear that your plans got "rerouted" but seeing that most people replied as being sensitive to your situation, I think in the education of everyone I would like to be objective to educate all as to reasons of decisions. When I was a nurse and union rep I remember representing a nurse who was written up for excessive absences. She had legitimate reasons and doctor's notes. The administration responded "No one doubts her situation or legitimacy, but the bottom line is she's not here, not working when assigned." When I was a nursing faculty, I would go to bat for students with the nursing administrator with their doctor's notes, excuses, whatever. (and there were many from car accidents, to no sitter, to lady partsl bleeding on the way to clinical). Most reasons are to tug at heartstrings. Our director firmly said to us "Everyone has a story...whether true or not, and how can we pick and choose who gets to bend the rules. The two absences are there for these reasons." The third lesson I learned was when teaching college. We didn't have a dept. wide attendance policy. Our college seemed to have more family members in intensive care units, grandma's dying, boyfriends in motorcycle accidents. I finally asked if I could have an attendance policy on my syllabus. I told the students that my classes and fieldwork are highly interactive. If you are not here, you are not participating. I felt 3 absences should be sufficient.(course meets 1x per week) I also warned that Doctor's notes don't "excuse" an absence. Absence is an absence for any reason. Amazingly, no more excuses and attendance improved drastically. I hope this clears up some misunderstandings on the part of students. I hope this student either returns to repeat a semester which seems most logical unless there are other issues not reported, which may be why she is seeking another program after 3 semesters. She doesn't say if they were 3 completed successfully, or if this was her first time around. Most students who have repeated a clinical course, or have previously been dropped only have one opportunity to return. Please all keep in mind for your student and professional careers....If an instructor or supervisor sends you home, it doesn't excuse absence. You are sent home because you are not fit to be there that day to carry out your duties! Don't blame them, although I appreciate your attempt to show you were concerned about your attendance, it also makes you look unprofessional to be ill working with those imuno compromised patients. A better option would have been to report to your school nursing chair or administrator. I hope I have been helpful, even if it is a bit of reality shock for some. It's the reality of how management works in many industries. Good Luck.

I'm glad to hear that your company contacts people who apply. The two biggest flaws with internet application process ...specifically INDEED, is that it gives the EMPLOYERS the opportunity to ignore applicants . Colleagues of mine (all RN's with experience) were recently commenting on how the internet allows for rudeness on the part of employers. If an employee takes the time to apply, submit all the paperwork and not even get a thanks/no thanks response, that is poor human resource management. In the past, at least a letter would come from the employer. The other flaw is that many of the jobs don't list exactly what they are looking for. Typically major medical centers will list paragraph after paragraph of philosophies, outcomes, and things that are a "given" in nursing but never say exactly what the job entails, work rules, and requirements. Really a waste of time. Most nurses have better success contacting companies directly. with that said, You need advertising to get your company "out there" so nurses know about it. BTW, Craiglist, although it has its place is really not the forum to search for professional nurses.