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I guess I would not be so upset had I not gone to the manager BEFORE surgery and had her tell me not to worry. I have a Great dislike for liars and I feel that is what happened to me...I appreciate everyone response and HR said that they did not have to hold the position as has been mentioned. I just feel like I have been kicked while I am down... I am looking for the silver lining...I was looking for a job when I found this one...I will find another one again... Does anyone know if I can collect unemployment during this time??? Maybe that is what I should do... Thanks again for listening...

I have just been terminated/fired/thrown to the curb. Last summer I had to have surgery (lap Chole and arthoscopic knee) that ate up all my FMLA..So this Thanksgiving when I ended up with a huge hernia and I could not in good consciousness say it happened at work, I had it looked at and determined it could wait.. By January after wearing an abdominal binder so I could work, I was in pain, having some problems, and returned to the surgeon, who said it should be taken care of soon, before I ended up with an obstruction... Surgery was scheduled for Feb 21st. I went to HR and they said that I would go out on Medical Leave, but in order to go out on FMLA I would have to wait until the end of Aug. I then went to my clinical Leader who said "don't worry, you will have your job, I will not be posting it, we can get by for 6 weeks. TodayI received a letter from HR that stated I do not and will not have my old position when I come back, and further more I will not have any benefits after March 31st. They are posting my positon and I will have 6 months in which to secure another job inside the hospital, to keep my seniority. I am soooo mad I cannot spit straight. What should I do??? My clinical leader is and has been known to talk out of both sides of her mouth in the past..Do I have any recourse??? This is only a 160 bed hospital and have lost our orthopedic surgeons and 22 other doctors in the last 2 years..We are nurse heavy, but seem to have holes in the schedule when it comes out... I am sorry this is long, but I needed to vent and I want to know is there ANYTHING I can do??

Not even close!!!!The hospital where I work sent out a notice that the nurses would be getting a raise to bring our pay up to the rest of the hospitals in the area...Most of our nurses do NOT have their BSN...Well the time came and went the RN's got a substanial raise and the LPN's did not get a dime!!!! :angryfire Excuse me but I thought that the N in LPN stood for nurse...So I am VERY truthful when I say I am the LOW PAY NURSE!!!!:

Does anyone work at a facility that punishes you if you call in sick? Our hospital gives you an occurrence if you call in... 3 occurrences in a year will drop your eval/raise, plus you get a written reprimand. Then if you quit you do not get your sick leave you loose that time... WHY do they give us sick time if they are going to punish us when we use it..I understand if you call in on a weekend, you have to make it up, but this is crazy.