So I'm fired. Again.

Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP · Oct 19, 2007

And like my grandma always said, living well is the best revenge. :yeah:

Editorial Team / Admin · Oct 19, 2007

You are a glutton for punishment if you are venturing forth in that place, WalMart, sue. LOL!!!!

((((((((HUGS)))))))) for you..........:)

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2007

:smilecoffeecup:

The Wal*Mart here is the envy of every district manager in the northeast. Clean, helpful employees, good morale - criminy! I worked there for awhile, too. Just before I went to nursing school - WM much too hard for far too little money. Like any other retailer.

labelle · Oct 19, 2007

Thanks, all. It's just hard to type through the tears. I've been crying off and on since I got the news.
I didn't "do" anything. A couple of preceptors gave me a hard time, told the manager that I wasn't "open to learning" and that they "felt" I "could be" unsafe, so I was given to another preceptor who apparently agreed.
Anyway. I actually hated what I was doing, since day one, job one. Now I need to figure out what's next.

sorry Sue, hope everything turns out all right.wish u all the best,

totoo · Oct 20, 2007

I am a new nurse. I have 18 months long term and sub-acute experience. I have found resigning is almost impossible. When you try they say you're fired. 4 jobs in 18 months, and I am about to start again. I may not have been the best nurse at first, but as a RN student, we were trained as hospital nurses, but I could not get a job in a hospital, primarily, I think because I am over fifty. I am now an excellent nurse, even my DON who I stayed with for 10 months said I was an excellent nurse. But after working 2 shifts, and as supervisor I did not write my assesment on a patient I sent to the hospital. I went back in and the administer wanted to suspend me (oh, and my husband was getting his first dose of chemo for lung cancer that morning). My DON was upset that I would not take a suspension. I have found that LPN's are very jealous of RN, but hey, they could get their RN's if money is an issue to them, but instead the lie and backstab. My life was even threatened by an LPN unit manager because I made more than her. I think she should have been terminated immediately, and that is why I would not accept a suspension, I did not want to work under those circumstances. This same LPN went around and did things the doc's did not order even after she was told by them not to. Med errors abound, no one seems to care. I was told by my favorite super that narrative nn's are illegal...NOT. When I pointed errors out I was told that it was because those nurses have been nurses for SO many years. Wrong is wrong were I come form. The real shame is that I love my residents and protect them. I actually give all my meds, and correctly. I could write volumes on this and more, but to cut to the chase, nursing is very political. I am not giving up, most facilities understand the politics of nursing. I love nusing, I put patient saftey before paper work which I do anyway 99.9% of the time. I am looking for answers. If nursing is not about the patient it is not nursing. Anyone who can help solve our confusion, PLEASE help. Nursing shortage, Nah. I have seen really good nuses fired for reasons I cannot comprehend, and REALLY, REALLY bad nurses allowed to continue to keep making unsafe errors. WHY?

totoo · Oct 20, 2007

Don't cry, get mad, get a job. We are needed. Our Pt's like us, trust us, and need us. Head's up Love.

DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN · Oct 20, 2007

Hang in there girlie...you're a wonderful compassionate person and they are idiots. A good friend has had similar experiences and found her niche in Hospice. Good luck Sue. We love you!

GeminiTwinRN, BSN · Oct 20, 2007

hmm. i tried to post a reply to this one other time, but it's not showing up for some reason. ??

anyway, I just wanted to add my support behind you. like others have said, you have already got exactly what it takes to ensure that you won't have the same things happen to you again. you're on the road to your RN, and hopefully new doors with greater opportunities will be soon to follow!

i'm proud of you for picking yourself up and dusting yourself off. you deserve to be happy! :)

take care and keep us informed, k?

dria · Oct 20, 2007

i agree with the others...i have enjoyed your posts and am sorry this has happened....

"could be unsafe"???sounds like a big load of mularkey to me...they failed you....

kudos to you for turning it around...and good luck in the next phase of your career....

inpatient care isn't for everyone...i have not worked in that setting since nursing school, yet ive managed to build a fulfilling career as an rn...you are welcome to pm me if you'd like to hear where my travels along my career path have taken me..

once again, best wishes to you!!!

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CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Oct 20, 2007

(((HUGS))))

The way I see it Sue..its THEIR loss NOT yours!

Oh and you can pat me while helping me and call me what ever you like

and I'm sure I'd be much more appreciative of you and your compassion than that place that let you go!

Might sound clique' but everything happens for a reason, and when one door closes another opens.

You WILL find your nitche'. So proud of you for continuing your education, you can and will do it.

Oh and in my eyes ANYONE could possible be unsafe. But unless you prove you are unsafe, everyone deserves a chance!!

Take care sweetie, you'll get through this.

danissa, LPN, LVN · Oct 20, 2007

(((HUGS))))
Oh and in my eyes ANYONE could possible be unsafe. But unless you prove you are unsafe, everyone deserves a chance!!
Take care sweetie, you'll get through this.

:yeahthat:...exactly! Sue, hope you are havin a more chilled Saturday, and that your chocolate something made you feel a wee bit better babe! Just keep believing in yourself..as we all on here believe in you! Hugs to you babe........

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Oct 20, 2007

:)

Eating two-bite brownies. Yum!

I feel okay, actually. Remembering that I can collect unemployment helps.