Topics About 'Contract'.

I broke my HCA residency contract after working there for a little over a year. Two months later I received a letter from the Benefit Recovery Group saying I owed them money. I reached out to different lawyers and basically got answers from all of th...

Anyone break the staRN contract before 6 months? Contract is for 2 years and worth $6k! Unsafe staffing ratios and I’m burnt out! I cry every shift and get no help. I have a job interview with a another hospital company that many nurses speak highly ...

I'm a first year nurse. I'm also in my early twenties. Right out of school, I accepted a job in a nurse residency that offered training for a 2 yr contract and monetary agreement. I could not find another job, and was naive about accepting this job. ...

Dear Nurse Beth, I have an interview with HCA for the their STAR RN residency program. I keep hearing people talking about having to sign a 2 year contract. Do all new grads have to sign one or is it only for people who take the signing bonus? I...

After graduation, Brittany was thrilled to be offered a job in ICU at the hospital of her choice. She knew she had to sign a contract promising to stay for two years, but she signed without reading and without hesitation. Reading it wouldn't hav...

So long story short, here's my career in a few sentences: 1) Went to accelerated program with no previous hospital experience. Not fun, but I did well. We had minimal clinical experience. NCLEX on the first try, no problem. 2) No jobs even to ap...

Hello Nurse Beth, I graduated in May 2020 and passed my NCLEX in December 2020. I was job hunting for most of the beginning of 2021 and after a lot of applications and a lot of rejections, I finally got an offer! The problem is it's not really t...

I'm currently looking for different opportunities right now. I left my job 3 months ago to pursue a stay-at-home job. Unfortunately, it didn't work out but I still want to continue a stay-at-home for the family. I'm willing to go back to floor for fi...

I'm a travel nurse. I have stayed the limit at my current location, but due to family issues I wanted to stay one more assignment. My boss wrote up a non temporary contract. A nurse I work with said I should not take it because the IRS will consider ...

To quickly sum it up: I signed up for a travel assignment for the first time. The job posting said that the position included benefits including health insurance. I came down with Covid-19 after 40 hours of work. I contacted the nursing agency to ask...

Hello, I am an RN who recently completed my 3 year contract with my state's BON. It was a confidential, non-disciplinary, informal consent that required regular attendance at 12-step meetings, random UAs, meeting with a therapist and a psychiatrist,...

Hi everyone, I'm currently in my final semester of nursing school (RN) and I'm both excited and nervous at the same time. Recently our affiliated hospital recruiters came to our school to talk about the hospital and how to apply for jobs as we...

Hi, I'm a single mom of 3 who has been working at a for profit clinic for 4 months. Since starting this job my daughter's mental health issues have gotten worse. I need to switch jobs so I can ensure the safety of my family. I put notice in and was t...

I signed an extension that was to begin mid-April at a hospital that's quite nice to work at. In my current "contract", I'm making a pretty good Covid pay rate and extended at a lower pay rate as we all knew that these high pay rates weren't going to...

There seem to be many posts of a certain "flavor" that relate to new grad employment contracts: 1. The employer is not giving me the training/orientation that they promised, I'm afraid for my license/mental health, etc. I need to leave- are they...

Hear me out. I am a new grad, and got a job June of 2020 at a hospital. Once I was on my own, I began having IMMENSE anxiety and depression. I got on an antidepressant for the first time in my life. I would have panic attacks DAYS before my scheduled...