PrettyPillz

I hate to tell you, you will have a HELL of a time finding work in the major hospitals ie, Colombia, Tenet, Presbyterian, Baylor, Parkland, JPS and many universities use this ungodly system which was to be a good service-to report rouge nurses. Such people with a criminal record, impersonators ect...But if you have a nurse manager with an ax to grind, many use this as a form of retaliation for a nurse they don't like. It's abuses run rampant. You don't work that overtime, come in on days off ,have a different opinion or look like the girlfreind of some nurse managers husband-you will be DNR'd and place on Group One. And they don't tell you they did it or discuss it with you. You just go for a job interview or apply at a college that uses it and THAT is when you find out. This comany hides itself as a "credit reporting agency". It is illegal because no one is supposed to report negative information about your previous employment that could stop you from working somewhere else. I could see if it were "serious". You also should thank GOD that you are an RN, it would be WAY worse for you if you were an LVN. There are numerous LVNs on Group One. Just to make it clear for you, I worked at a hospital where they had a staffing book open, and of the DNR's almost 30 were LVN's and 2 were RNs. I can't prove it, but I believe it was used within the last 10 years to get rid of LVNs in this area because most hospitals started moving towards all RN staff. You may want to order a copy of the report, review it and try to get it cleared up. It can stay on your record many years. Also review other posts on this site to learn more about this disgusting entity!

As an LVN here in North Texas with almost 20 years experience, it is VERY hard for you to get a hospital job here. And what sucks is, most of my experience is in the hospital. But even with my experience, they will hire a new RN grad with no experience over me simply because he/she is an RN. It started getting tough here for LVNs over 10 years ago. I'll never forget a few years ago, a doctor at the hospital I worked in at the time, came to the nurses station and wanted to give orders for a patient he just visited and asked the charge nurse " get the nurse or LVN to come take my orders". Ane I also have experienced the dumping syndrome too. The RNs would give the worst patients to the LVNs in the hospital. And of course as an LVN I was taught to give IV's and IV meds, but although I've been doing it for years, and am certified, now the state of Texas as an LVN thinks I'm suddenly too dumb to give them. But when they are short of help in the hospital, I'm not so dumb anymore. Hospital's won't hire you as an LVN , yet you can work in the hospital through the agency-go figure. And since North Texas wants all RNs, why don't the hospitals assist the LVNs they had with going back to school? I noticed that the LVNs that were struggling to go back were met with opposition. They won't work with your school schedule, fight you with tuition reimbersment and so forth. And also, THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE IN TEXAS!! Don't believe the hype!! How many bogus job fairs are these hospitals gonna give? I have seen the most outstanding nurses attend these events only to be sold a bunch of nursing books and no call back for a job. Your best bet is to go on to become an RN. Give Texas what they want, or go work in home health, hospice,nursing homes or doctors office. (hint) these are jobs most RN's don't want. :angryfire

Sucks!! My company did nothing nor said nothing!! Even after it was politely hinted at.:angryfire

She should take you to the RITZ after the hell you endured!!

......May this mean old man ROT in nursing HELL!! LMAO!!!!!

1. Do I know who you are? Who cares! 2. You don't understand why you feel so bad? If you'd loose 450 million pounds and quit smoking, and tell your familiy to quit bringing you Taco Bell up here to eat instead of eating what your doctor ordered MIGHT help you out! 3. (In Texas) Where am I from? Same place as you! 4. You pay my salary? Well actually I'm paying for your 1 million dollar MEDICARE stay. Says so on my paystub. 5. NO! your 25 family members can't have anymore pillows, blankets, guest trays, ice cream, yogurt, ice, soap, mouthwash,ect.....Go to Walgreens cheapies!! I'm busy!!

1. Docs who don't return urgent phone calls about their patients. 2. Lazy CNAs that won't do jack squat! 3. The family members that take notes or threaten to sue. Or say, "my son is a lawyer, I'm a doctor"....blah, blah to try to scare or intimidate you when you are busting your @ss 4. Obese family members that eat the patient's food from them 5. Visitors that bring a bunch of small kids to the floor and they are out of control. 6. Visitors that bring small infants to the floor when patients are full of infections such as Cdiff..then when you caution them for the baby's safety,they get mad about it. 7. (In Texas) visitors with no shoes or shirt on. 8.(In Texas) Patients who dip snuff 9. Doc's who call you to the desk to ask a dumb question like what were the patient allergy and the chart is right in front of them, on top of that the stupid charge nurse is sitting right there beside the doc yacking on the phone not assisting. 10. Doc's and family members WHO HAVE THE NERVE to come into the breakroom to find you for some stupid crap while you are trying to eat!!:angryfire

A family of "frequent flyers" consisting of a daughter, mother , father and cousin, all over 300 lbs+ with various suitcases asking to be checked in for not feeling well and needing to "get away for a while". All had stable v/s, no unusual labs, no c/o pain. And were actually admitted to the floor! When the report was called to the floor, I was to recieve the 34 yr. old daughter as my patient. I was confused. I asked the ER nurse " What the hell is the diagnosis?" He says "Morbid Obesity with a touch of Medicaid" I couldn't stop laughing. Unbelievable. The doc actually admitted these nuts!!

I worked in a local nursing home several years ago,and there were two confused ladies in a semi-private room. The lady by the window, we'll call her Mrs.L, had an old fashioned looking black and white photo of an old woman with a shawl on. She would turn on her side all the time and chatter to it. I asked her who it was, she said it was her mother. One day I went into the room to medicate the roommate and the partition curtain was drawn between them. There was just enough of a gap in the curtain to see that Mrs.L had a visitor with a red shawl on . She was talking like she always does. I came back down to the nurses sation and asked one of my coworkers who the visitor was. She said she hadn't seen anyone go in there. So I went back into the room to meet the visitor and no one was there. I asked Mrs. L who she was visiting with and she said, "my mother came in. " I said it could not have been her. I then looked at the picture again at the woman in the picture and asked her what she wears, Mrs. L says " her red shawl today." Scared the hell out of me!! I got out of there. The other nurse said she had seen "mom" before too.:uhoh21:

Your sister-in-law should just give her 2 weeks notice and leave in a professional manner. The management already knows that they suck. You could be labeled a trouble maker. In my experience, I've never seen saying something against the facility on the way out to be helpful. Those policy changes will have to come from the top down.

Yes, the Pantego area is nice and very affordable. Stay away from anything near HWY 360. Too much crime. Just imagine when a Texas Rangers game will be in progress with a Dallas Cowboys game at the same time. Traffic will be hell on earth!

I'm an East Texas girl myself.I loved the very true depiction of Tyler(LMAO)!!! The jobs are not very plentyful for nurses when I left. Most of the them had been ther for years. You has to almost wait for one of them to retire or go to Jesus to get a job!

There is something up with Lake Pointe. I worked agency out there a few years ago. And they were "always" short of nurses. Maybe they are trying to compete. And they are definately not nurse freindly.

As horrifying as that video was, lets stop and think. How many times have we as nurses worked in unsafe conditions grossly understaffed, and a patient suffered because they didn't get care they deserved because you were physically unable to. Then think about it possibly being a patient assigned to you that dies. The hospital blames you, and your face is smacked on the front page news as a "Killer Nurse" that doesn't care about her patients. This video is a reflection of what is going on in America's healthcare system. There are numerous "Mrs. Greens" that die this same way everyday in our nations' hospitals. Administration at this hospital clearly blamed the "bad"nurses. Instead of addressing the real issues.

Yes this is a big trend here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. Amazing that hospitals are quick to boot LVN's out, but many of them will let LVN's work through the Agency. It just goes to show who's help is appreciated and years of service are respected and who's aren't.

Too much drama! First of all, it is nothing to be ashamed of that you didn't get accepted. That happens a lot. Could be the program seats were full, ...ect. Nothing to hide. Second, if you are working with someone like that, you know you can't trust them. Handle her with kid gloves. Don't tell her anything personal. Her lies will come back to bite her, I've seen it too many times. Keep it professional with her and keep your distance. Focus on you getting into school.

It is very important as a patient identifier. A person's race and cultural beliefs are also important when planning the care of a patient. For example, I have read a patient's chart or their medical records stating on the paperwork they were White and entered the patients room to see they were Black. Operative report, no doubt. Different races of people react to meds differently and disease process is different. You don't want to walk into a Muslim patients room with bacon strips on the plate for breakfast! ( you can bring it in mine ) But most nurses I don't think mean anything bad by it when they ask. Just being thorough.

...Hmm....You are very defensive of Group One... This entity has ruined so many good nurses work oppourtunities in North Texas because some supervisor got "****** off" and other petty crap....They disguise themselves a credit reporting agency. Some facilities won't even talk to you to discuss what is on this report. If their intentions were pure, they would have made themselves well known publicly when they first started. Most nurses were "suprised" to learn they had a negative report or had never even heard of Group One until a few years ago. By hiding themselves as a credit report, this allows them to get or to give out negative information about a nurse which would normally be illegal to obtain. As employers cannot release negative information about you that could stop you from gaining employment elsewhere. They also get salary information too. And it is a service that is not needed. You get a license verification from the BON, a criminal background check ,a drug screen and personal references, education check and in some instances proficiency tests, lastly face to face interview. All of this can be obtained, as it has been for many years, "without" Group One. And the abuses run rampant. And they walk hand in hand with HCA facilities and their agency minions.:angryfire

Maxim here in Dallas had lots of work when I worked for them a few years ago, but paychecks were often wrong and staff was rude. HOWEVER, I know that was some time ago. Those people are probably not there now. And they do have benefits. They are a national company and well known in the area. So I'm sure they will keep you busy.

And yet they yell on the mountain top " We have a nursing shortage!" :igtsyt:

Duh, LVN's know when a person is dead. It is amazing here in North Texas the yelp is "we are desperate for nurses", yet none of the advertised hospitals in the papers are listing open LVN positions. To add to the insult, there have been a rare time or two I have actually seen LVN's listed under "Ancillary Support" along with housekeepers and kitchen staff. And then when you do attempt to go back to further your education, they won't work with your schedule, and don't offer any scholarships. Even odder, is they will allow agency LVN's to work in the hospital , but not as a staff member. You can even do your LVN clinicals in a hospital, but you can't work there after graduation. But they want to push the LVN's all to nursing homes, hospice, home health and clinics. Just because you are an RN, no "magic" happens that makes you all of a sudden good enough to function in a hospital setting. I'll never forget the time I heard a doctor come out of patients' room stating "Who is this patients' nurse or LVN!" The shortage is horsepucky!!!

I dont think that you should change your name. Med surg DOES suck! And it's well known. I have heard nurses in other departments call this floor "The hospital dumping ground". And it takes a lot of skill to work there. Med surg gets no respect. Changing your name wont change the floor. More burnout happens here than anywhere else!

Right on!!!

I agree...I'm seeing some major red flags with this one. She is has a lot of points of view that do not belong in nursing. You work with several different races of people, co-workers as well as patients. And you seem to have a superiority complex. Everyone else is wrong except you. I understand venting out of frustration. Yet I wonder if a patient of another race complains to you about something would you see a patient in need, or a whining black (asian, mexican ,whatever) People have the right to seek legal relief if they feel they need it. I can see you in the hospital running into the office to " report" people quite frequently. No nuring for that one.

Just looking for clarification....What did the other former student do that you consider "playing the race card?"...Was it in your opinion legitimate or not?:icon_roll