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That sounds entirely reasonable JB. Now that I have come off my rant and am now in my right mind, I'll send off an e-mail to her tonite when I go to work & see what she says. I'll let y'all know what happens & thanks much for the advice. Definitely appreciated!

Thanks for your response... Yeah I considered that (again), but as I am 50 yrs old with no other means of support, I kind of need a full-time job while in nursing school. I already was working the casual (PRN) position as a tech at the same time as a Unit Secretary part-time position at another place when this job was presented. I told the director that I was a student first thing, so if she had misgivings- that was the time to say she didn't want to hire a student. So now I'm back in this most difficult job market only 3 months after starting this position. She waited until my 90 days were up so I definitely cannot go back to my previous employer & I would have to quit school to work there until something else comes along. I know something WILL work out because this situation was so utterly wrong and unnecessary. Thanks again for the well wishes...

Hi. New member here! I left a position as a Unit Clerk at a hospital because of an offer from another hospital to be a crosstrained Unit Secretary/PCT that would allow flexible scheduling for nursing school in the fall. I asked for the one day off from Aug til Dec. The Nursing Director said that was OK she was fine with it as my skills were beneficial for the unit. Now she sends out a scathing e-mail to the unit saying that she is sorry people have school concerns or may have other work concerns but she is only concerned with staffing THIS floor (caps hers) and people may not be able to get a specific day off. Now I am stuck because school starts on Aug 29 and I have now been on this job 3 months. I did not take this position to be a career tech, but they would have the benefit of my service for about 2 years as a tech. Now, I do not want to quit nursing school because this lady decided to rescind her promise (lie) but now I have to see if I can get my old job back and negotiate for the flexibility I need. BTW one person is retiring from this position at age 71 as a PCT. I don't (can't) be that person. I am 50 now. I have only one shot at a nursing career and cannot let one Nursing Director block me. What do you guys think of this? Thanks for letting me vent...