Nurse_Breonna21

Sounds almost exactly the same as me. I was fired for questioning their practices but on paper they cited another extremely petty issue. I have seen other nurses go without even a scolding after multiple infractions that actually involved residents or potential harm (mine did not and had nothing to do with my nursing skills!). I have tried many approaches to explaining to potential employers from full disclosure to minimal mentioning I was fired. None worked! They all are not interested after hearing this or speaking to my employer. I worked there 10 months so I have to list them on my resume. Ugh I wish I knew what to do.

Been there done that. As a brand new nurse I guess I was intimidated by Dr's and made excuses in my mind to not call them. Working 2nd or 3rd shift I was always scared to call the on-call doc and "wake them up". Luckily I never had any serious issues I failed to call on but I did realize there were issues that could have been addressed way sooner had I not been to scared to call. Now I follow my gut feeling and call (sometimes multiple times!). I realized these docs work with 100000s of nurses and while they may not be happy with you they will most likely not remember you or see you in person.

As others have said LTC & SNF are the only option for new RN grads without "connections" around here. 6 months is about how long they stay before getting a hospital job. My advice is to go in and apply at these facilities. Most don't advertise online or even have online job applications and if they do they don't look at them due to the number of walk-ins. It shows interest and effort into working there. Good luck!

Could someone do an inventory of the med carts? There is obviously an issue with meds being re-ordered or your pharmacy. At facilities Ive been to someone does a audit of the med carts periodically. I have personally had to go through the MAR and check against whats actually in the cart get rid of DC'd meds and re-order stuff and call pharmacy.... I just got sick of it and I worked nights on low census haha. If everyone gets in the habit of doing this it will drastically improve your workday. We got it all turned around in a month. Would also like to say 28pt med pass is common in LTC it sucks waaay more for day shift 9am pass then anything. Try working nights if you want to get away from a massive med pass. It gets easier once you learn the pass and you get your cart in order! hang in there!

I'm like you. I like to hear/see every patients name and that they are OK. I do agree that just saying and seeing the name may jog memory of something that happened during the shift. I like to cover all bases I guess also it's just what I'm used to. If I am new to a facility or unit I for sure want to hear about every single resident. I like to make my own papers which the other nurses started using as well where I typed up a spreadsheet of resident name room # spaces to write each vital of FS and any notes about them. Helps me organize when I go to chart and put in vitals and my aids can write down any vitals/BM/intake output. I make several copies and leave it at the nurses station so I have one everyday.

wow....I have had many many issues with the narcs being off..mostly due to documentation errors or signing the wrong page etc. Even if you trust your co workers they wouldn't steal or falsify errors to happen. We are all human! If they get mad I would just explain this to them. Personally I would not trust anyone with narc count even if it was my best friend! You are covering yourself as well as them and they should be thankfull for this!

Going into a facility and applying in person! I have gotten responses from 90% of the places I have gone into. Dress up look professional, put effort into your resume, put your resume on actual resume paper, address you cover letter to a specific person if possible, send a thank you card if you get a interview. Research the facility you are applying to. Have questions for the interviewer as well. Reheorifice potential interview questions beforehand. emphasize the work experience you have had. Good luck

My previous job did not care at all about my vaccinations just gave me a 2 step TB. They offered Heb B shots if we wanted them but did not care about my vaccination records or want to know what I had in the past (I have had all my immunizations). Just saying there are employers that do not care. TB tests though unless there is a medical reason I don't see you getting out of unless you can get a CXR instead maybe.

Hi y'all I am in desperate need of advice. I have never had to deal with anything like this before... About a month ago I was fired from my first nursing job. I rather not go into exact details in case there's someone I might know reading this. Basically I was given to any patients that I felt unsafe with (about 30+ more than I was told when I took the job and should have had! This was on a skilled floor not AL) we were always short-handed which I know is common in nursing. I did not feel this was a good situation and I expressed it to my unit manager who was new to the facility and me. She gave me the attitude that well you have 12 hrs how is that possibly not enough time and felt I should be able to handle this. They refused to hire FT employees and instead relied on PRN individuals and when asked they said it "wasnt in the budget" even though there were about 5 open spots on my shift. I had worked about 6 mo before this and never had a problem with anything and had a average # of pts I was responsible for (also a diff unit manager). So they knew I was unhappy and so were the other nurses though I dont know if they expressed this concern as I did. Also I was eligible for insurance benefits which I think had a slight factor. Fast forward a bit and I was called in one day and the DON let me know I was being dismissed. Reasons given were due to ONE incident of progress notes not being made on time (and of course we were short that night). I thought it was a weak excuse but chalked it up to nursing being tough. I was and am still devastated and just want to put this behind me and get a new job! I have had 4 interviews with different establishments who were very interested in me until they call my previous employer. 1 where they didn't even ask me any other questions after I said I had been fired... I had 2 places basically act like I was hired and it was a done deal they just needed to verify my employment and check references. Suddenly they are no longer interested and "exploring other options". I don't know what my old work can say about me? I am up front and honest about being terminated and have tried different approaches to explaining to interviewers.... So here are my ?'s What can my previous employer say about me? How much detail can they go into? I have nothing to hide but I'm sure it can sound bad if worded in different ways! How much detail should I give prospective new jobs? I didn't hurt anyone and I don't feel it reflects on my nursing skills. I have learned from this experience and say that when I explain it all. How long do I have to keep this on my resume? I would rather just not even list this as a previous employer but I have heard that is a bad idea. Sorry this is so long! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!