Tim Parr

Redid due to all the typos. Don't see how to edit. So, I worked for this company full time for 2 years then went PRN while I worked full time elsewhere. I returned to the first company when they offered me a weekend warrior bonus (work 2 twelves, get a bonus 8 hours) along with benefits for also working a 3rd twelve. After doing this for a month, I ask why I don't have health insurance yet and get told "Someone from corporate will call you". A whole month goes by (I loved working there, its the only reason I stayed) without a call. I ask again, get told the same line. Two days later, they ask me to work the wing with a newly admitted Covid patient. I refused the assignment because I don't have health insurance. They sent me home with an insubordination write up. They see nothing wrong with assigning a nurse to work with infectious diseases after withholding health insurance. Two days later, I found a job that pays a little more and resigned effective immediately.

So, I worked for this company full time for 2 years then when PRN while I worked full time elsewhere. I returned to the first company when they offered me a weekend warrior bonus (work 2 twelves, get a bonus 8 hours) along with benefits for also working a 3 twelve. After doing this for a month, I ask why I don't have health insurance yet and get told "Someone from corporate will call you". A whole month goes by (I loved working there, its the only reason I stayed) without a call. I ask again, get told the same line. Two days later, they ask me to work the wing with a newly admitted patient with Covid. I refused the assignment because I don't have health insurance. They sent me home with an insubordination. They see nothing wrong with assigning a nurse to work with infectious diseases after withholding health insurance. Two days later, I found a job that pays a little more and resigned effective immediately.

No, I didn't do the two years of schooling. I balked as soon as they said "will try and place you into the two hospitals they use". That's a total b.s. answer. Being eligible to sit for NCLEX is not separate from receiving a license (at least in Ohio). They will approve the license, but they will try and keep the sanctions in place. Lawyers have been able to fight that. The problem is finding the program.

Well, Excelsior seemed like an answer. They are all online. They used to run their own clinicals but no longer. Now they use hospitals. They said they would accept me into their school and the the instructors would "work to get me placed in clinicals". That's a crock. It's certainly not a "our hospitals will accept you". I'm shocked they would take my money and let me study for 2 years just to get turned down for clinicals. I still can't find anyway to proceed.

Great response. I did try Distance Learning Systems, but they have partners where you must complete clinicals and all refuse anyone with encumbrances. I'm not sure "find your own clinicals" is available anywhere. I'm checking on an out of state online program to see if I can make that work. Clinicals will again be the hard part. Do they have partners, will they let me in, will I have to live there the entire program? I will post back if I find anything

Is such a thing possible? In Ohio, if you have ANY disciplinary action on your license, the hospitals will refuse you for as long as it shows. You are eligible to sit for RN or even NP exams but that's hard to do with no schools that can accept you.

Take a course in studying and test taking strategies before you try again

Long Term Care will accept you. My license in encumbered and most facilities say yes anyway. My problem is I can't get into an RN program. All the hospitals will refuse to let you take clinicals without a clean license. I would have to find a school that just uses LTC for clinicals or try another state. Anyone got an answer for that?