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I think it was mainly a distance issue, I would be 45 mins away and she expects someone to come at the drop of a hat if need be

Okay, so I posted a week ago about losing my first LPN job, I have a background in pediatrics, so anyways I got a job doing home care my problem is I have yet to do orientation because I haven't gotten a client yet, I met my first potential client yesterday and it turns out that it wasn't going to be a good fit, which honestly is fine, I visited a second potential client today, I'm praying that it works out, I had good vibes... My question is, when I meet a potential new client is there anything I should do to make myself appealing to the clients parents or guardian? I'm still feeling wounded from losing my first job and I'm trying to redeem myself and my self confidence any advice would be helpful in getting into home care :) Thank you in advance!

I wish you the best of luck!!! I'm not going to give up on my hunt for a better opportunity!

Were you able to bounce back quickly and find a job? I feel like I'm going to look like a liability and no one is going to give me a chance

I agree with you nursecard, that's a good way to put it, a good nurse friend of mine even suggested terminated secondary to med error caused by false report... does this seem like too much detail?

I certainly own up to borrowing but the harsh reality at the facility I was at, there was never a time something wasn't borrowed, including narcs, thankfully I never had too but I seen it on a nearly daily basis

I certainly do not want to look incompetent or run the facility down by any means that just is not professional in my eyes. But I also don't want to look like a liar or seem like I am hiding something as well and have it come back to haunt me... I was there over a year never called out was always 15 minutes early and never even used a day of vacation time or personal time, not to mention the doubles i worked and stayed late because i knew what the next shift was in for... I know at this point its irrelevant, and I am hoping for the best. I thank everyone for their insight it's much appreciated :)

SuzieVN, the order was placed into my med sheets by the charge nurse, she said do what we usually do and borrow the med from another resident, so I did what my charge nurse told me... long story short apparently everyone was borrowing from another resident because the med she said she ordered for the resident never was because she never got a doctors order

Do I put on my applications that I was terminated and explain why??

Thank you for your support, I'm trying to keep my head up and have even thought about getting out of nursing, I'm currently an LPN and don't even want to further my career, sad huh? I thought about just getting out of nursing for a few months and get myself back into a positive perspective, but i fear that I feel the way I do because of the facility I was at and I don't want to just give up

So I was terminated yesterday, completely blind sided honestly... two weeks prior my charge nurse told me she got an order for an antibiotic, she put the new order in my MAR and wrote the note regarding MD contact/ New Order... come to find out yesterday, she never even spoke to the doctor to get authorization, she told me too borrow from another resident, yes i know not right, but unfortunately my facility isn't exactly the legal place too work. Not too mention, the facility is under its typical census, there is a hiring freeze and no overtime is too be taken so I somewhat feel like i was a sitting duck, as far as i know the charge nurse got a slap on the wrist for falsifying the order. I had a bad feeling about my facility there's a lot that goes on that made my stomach churn, so in a way i'm looking at this in a positive way... everything happens for a reason, right? Now what do I do how am I going to find another job, I'm so worried that my other job is going to destroy me for a new job any suggestions, or kind words? thank you!