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I believe that flu-related call outs should not even count against an employee as we are required to get the vaccine (that we may not want), but get sick anyway. If an employee has a doctor's note that specifically states the flu as their cause of illness, it should not count as a call out.

She's just covering her own butt by clarifying the date. This reads like a typical post-interview "I am really busy" reply. I wouldn't worry about her being mad, she's too busy to even care.

Thank you for your valuable feedback. I work for a non-profit, but would prefer not to state where. It is a major health system, though.

Always stick it out. I was hired onto a unit that was scheduled to be sold to an outside company, but they left that part out, otherwise I would have stayed right where I was. I now find myself facing a layoff and no job prospects which I attribute to age discrimination/high end of the pay scale.

I would not exclude it from your resume. Many potential employers understand that an RN's first job is often not for them. You can also cite that your orientation was cut short, as that reflects more on your present employer and not you, while showing you care about doing a good job. As far as your anxiety, I think all nurses experienced that in the beginning, but it does get easier. You must commit to leaving work behind when you leave, making pleasure time for yourself and not dwelling. If you are not at work, then you are not working, so why think about it? You will have plenty of time to think when you are there. Learn to compartmentalize your thoughts based on where you are--in other words, live in the minute, not the past or future. Keep records of what is going on, such as the shortened orientation, times you asked for help and were denied, etc. It would help to relay your feelings to your manager, so you can say you tried. It will get better with time. I have been an RN for 19 years, and you are describing my history exactly. I now go to work with confidence and leave it behind once I get into my car, and this in in the context of dealing with a real bully on my unit who has singled me out. I just don't let it get to me any more. Just focus on your work performance and your patients, and it will all work out.

If someone dying of cancer wants to stay up all night, that's ok, but hardly anything to envy.

I would also like to add that I have an excellent attendance record and no interventions. I was only written up once in 21 years.

Thank you for your response. Do you care to share what you tried that was new? I am hitting brick walls where ever I show interest for new things such as case management, for example.

It is for me! I remember the days you could walk into a hospital's HR department, hand them a resume and find a message from them waiting when you got home. I am despondent that my hospital is doing this to me. I have always gotten jobs over new grads (not knocking new grads, they are great, too).

My unit has recently been sold to an outside company that no one wants to work for. Now we have 15 RN's with over 20 years experience each looking for new positions. Our institution told us they would help us transfer within, but it is all for show, and they are not helping us, plus, we are being told we are 'not qualified' for positions that we hold experience in. We find out these positions that we are 'not qualified' for are being given to new grads with no experience, using the nurse residency program as an excuse. The nurse residency program is a manipulative way to create a cheap labor pool'. We are all in agreement that this is, ultimately, age discrimmination. I have been a nurse for 21 years and cannot find a job in or outside my company!!! Help!