Selfie

It's his first day for bedside reporting. He doesn't want to be late.

OP, these aren't benefits that are determined by your employer, they are benefits determined by state law. If you are still having back problems, I would go see a doc, let them know it's a work related injury, and find a workers' comp attorney. You may be entitled to a payout for your back, and/or payment now for missed work. Don't ever quit your job if you have a work related injury. By law, your employer has to accommodate your restrictions, and if they can't, they are required to pay you partial payments for the missed work. At the very least, get a free consult from an attorney, and see what they advise, per law by your state. This back injury may affect future employment.

I would not surrrender my license. Each license affects every other license you will ever get including the one you have now. I would read some of the stories here, and then find a new attorney.

I may have to stay late. It's no big deal. If I have to stay late, I have to stay late.

Agree. A community is not a real community if some members are excluded.

thank you.

P.S. What do these different colored dots by our names mean?

That may or not be the true on this site. In any case, I don’t feel it translates to the real world. In the real world, some of the most competent and most respected nurses I’ve worked with have been diploma nurses. Perhaps by default you could opt out.

It's maddening. I think if we fast forward six months, we will see a completely different set of opinions expressed on this board. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

The fact is, we don't know all there is to know about Ebola. Science is constantly changing and evolving. What we think is true today is often not true 5, 10, 50 years from now, or even tomorrow. Just as I can be a carrier of the influenza virus be asymptomatic and still spread it to others, we don't know enough to say the same couldn't be true for Ebola. We still don't know why some people have gotten it, and others' haven't. There is still much to be learned. To ASSume otherwise, seems irresponsible, IMO. More on what we still don't know, and why: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/health/genes-influence-ebola-infections-in-mice-study-suggests.html?_r=0

The problem is there have been so many inconsistencies in the treatment and care of ebola patients here in the US. The CDC just RECENTLY decided what constitutes appropriate PPE. and that was ONLY after a health care worker in the US became infected. Remember they were telling the staff in the hospitals to wear gowns and masks, and TAPE the neck openings? The guidelines keep changing. Do you think the general public doesn't see this? Why should the public now trust them? I'm all for no quarantine if the CDC, actually if a health care team, comes up with specific guidelines of reportable symptoms, along with an expressed understanding and agreement by the health care worker in contact with those with EBOLA.

QUOTE: Additionally, what in the world is stopping this nurse from saying, you know what, I am so out of here, getting up, and leaving? I am not sure she is on lock down. And attorney who will not show up at the site and escort their client home? What is it an arrestable offense to leave? Shouldn't the attorney who is working for this nurse be more proactive? Shouldn't the nurse--"Ok, big wig human rights attorney, come and get me. Now." I wouldn't want to have to worry about jail time after quarantine- for breaking quarantine, backlash from the public, and possibility of being reported to the BON. My guess is that she'll be able to finish quarantine at home now that gov Cuomo has loosened the guidelines.I

No. No. and HELL No. Your supervisor didn't even stick up for you. Why would you even put yourself in this position? You are feeling uneasy, and justifiably so. I'd call Monday, cancel, and say: "I'm calling to cancel the interview. After thinking things over, I still have unresolved feelings regarding what happened to me the last time I was employed here. I feel that I was wrongfully terminated. After that, my unemployment was denied. Sorry for any inconvenience this cancellation may have caused." Wrongful termination and then fighting your unemployment? This does not sound like a good company.