still having trouble.

[britmansf18]

I have previously posted about losing my first nursing position after only 2 months and some change. This was back in October 2013. I graduated May of 2013. Since then, and because of being terminated, I have lost my confidence that I will find a position in nursing and have even run through scenarios of leaving the profession for good. This is heartbreaking to me! Everyone tells me that new nurses have bad transitions, I am smart, and that I am definitely meant to be a nurse. Ive tried explaining this situation to prospective employers and each time ive been without a job. I was offered by HR before they terminated me to apply for other positions in the network. I did just that. I got terminated and then got a call for an interview on behavioral health, something I was passionate about. This was an internal application, but I had to tell them at my interview that I had been terminated. My reason being was that there were not enough full-time positions to be had by new RNs, which was true in a way because some of the new RNs were being hired into temporary positions for people who were on leave since the network overhired. My real question is can I legally leave this job off of my history/resume? What are my options? However, then I have to explain that I did not seek employment for 9 months??? I am currently 5 months pregnant and I took a job as a caregiver at a home health agency because I wasnt finding work as an RN fast enough and my fiance needed help paying the bills...that looks worse than trying to form some kind of positive out of this bad first experience. Please help! I am really passionate about behavioral health and believe I would excel. What I learned from my first experience in the hospital was that the pace was not good for me. I think I would also do well in a long-term care facility because the pace may have to be pretty quick, but patients do not change as often and the patient conditions often are similar from door to door. I would be able to focus on time management and getting to know my meds.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

You have the perfect rationale for not starting your nursing career.... you're starting a family. Legally your resume can say whatever you want it to say. Your problem lies with your answers on the application.

I would leave it off the resume, only YOU know if you can handle answering "no" to the "have you ever been terminated' question. You do realize, if a falsehood is found on your application,you could be fired.

That being said... a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I would be inclined to throw the dice on a clean start.

Good luck.

[bsyrn, ASN, RN]

Honesty is the best policy.....

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Here's the thing. If you received a paycheck - with FICA deductions - from an employer, it will show up when any prospective employer runs a background check because they always check for authenticity of your SSN.

If you lost your job because there was no available position for you, then you can honestly say that you were "laid off". This indicates that you did not do anything to justify termination 'for cause' (poor performance, policy violation, etc). Of course, for this to work, your previous employer will have to have you categorized as "eligible for rehire".

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Here's the thing. If you received a paycheck - with FICA deductions - from an employer, it will show up when any prospective employer runs a background check because they always check for authenticity of your SSN.

If you lost your job because there was no available position for you, then you can honestly say that you were "laid off". This indicates that you did not do anything to justify termination 'for cause' (poor performance, policy violation, etc). Of course, for this to work, your previous employer will have to have you categorized as "eligible for rehire".

I dunno Houtx.

As a traveler and an agency nurse I have been through and passed, many stringent background checks. I purposely left off one (huge corporation) employer. I am pretty sure the SSN check is NOT done by FICA deductions.

[britmansf18]

Hou Tx, I was told my HR themselves prior to terminating me that if I left and gained some experience, I would most certainly be eligible for rehire. There were some issues related to my anxiety, but I followed their protocols, went to counseling, and started medications. Things just didnt get better. However, they were pulling me out of work and not allowing it to remain consistent to evaluate me and then I was told to go on a leave and devise a plan to come back and finish orientation successfully. I did just that and I got ignored for a month and a half before I got called and said I was terminated. There was alot of garbage that was involved with this job. I honestly wish I never got hired. I understand about the application part, and I do realize that its ground for termination if they find out about a previously concealed employment.

[hope3456, ASN, RN]

You are not the first nurse, nor will you be the last, to be let go from a nursing It varies how closely an employer will look into your background. You can always just say "not a good fit."

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

What stands out to my in your original post is that you stated you got offered another job within the same health system and that offer was withdrawn once it was discovered you were terminated. You gave them a reason for termination that was "true in a way", which basically admits it wasn't the whole truth or maybe even not really true.

With the above, it is impossible to tell what really happened when you were let go and whether you are eligible for rehire and messed up by not being completely honest about why you were let go or whether you just aren't eligible for rehire due to why you were let go.

It is hard with the vagueness of your post to tell what is really going on here. Perhaps the story is in a previous post and I will go look for that, but it sounds to me like you aren't getting nitty gritty honest with yourself. This means you aren't really any better off than you were when you were fired.

In terms of letting it off your resume, you can, sure. But being pregnant and with no experience at all, it makes the likelihood of your getting into another job pretty slim. You will essentially be a new grad again with a baby on the way. Nobody can discriminate against you, but given how many new grads are out there climbing over one another for a shot at a job, it won't be difficult at all to choose others over you without it looking suspicious.

It would be better by far to leave this job on your resume and get humble about why you were terminated and your story straight about how much better you are doing now that you have done XYZ to deal with it and improve.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I am currently 5 months pregnant and I took a job as a caregiver at a home health agency because I wasnt finding work as an RN fast enough and my fiance needed help paying the bills...

Since you are currently working as a caregiver in home health, is there any reason you cannot obtain a job as a licensed nurse in home health or private duty?

[britmansf18]

i need at least 1 year of acute care experience

[britmansf18]

Well, I am honest with myself and I dont feel it was completely my fault. So say whatever you want to say. Ill give you the story..no need to search. I was hired there right out of school and was part of the brand new nurse residency program. Started on the floor in late July. I was doing well (At least I thought so) I had no negative feedback from my preceptor either. My supervisor though took me aside one day and said I looked like I was in distress all the time and she wanted to know if I was ok. She wanted to know how they could intervene before things got bad for me. I told them that I started having anxiety attacks a few weeks before I graduated and not that I felt anxious but I guess I looked anxious to them and possibly others. I agreed to counseling through the hospital and medication regimens in order to stay working. I did not feel as if the counseling was helping at all and the meds they gave me helped somewhat, but none of which I could take at work. Work was the reason for my anxiety, not home. They kept pulling me in and out of work, and because of that I didnt finish my orientation. They could no longer offer me a position based on that fact. However, my supervisor had a meeting with HR who came down and spoke with myself and my supervisor. Her exact words were that I would be eligible for rehire providing I gained experience and came back. She wanted to give me a chance somewhere else in the network and told me I had 30 days to apply. She would set me up with a recruiter (which she never did) and we would go through jobs and apply for ones I most qualify for. I called her for a month straight while on this unpaid leave with no response. On exactly day 30 or so ...maybe even past..she called me to tell me she terminated my position and that I was supposed to apply on my own. No one was gonna do it for me. How's that for a mixed message? So, I was told by my supervisor that it was ok to say I was terminated because there were no positions to offer me with my current qualifications at this time or to say it just wasnt a good fit for both parties. The other piece is many new grads that completed orientation even were given temporary positions, not even guranteed to stay .. because they overhired and had no room for new nurses coming in. You tell me what you would say! ??? Im dying to know. I know I am not the first one. I know I did my best. I will not let anyone tell me any different and I will find another job

[britmansf18]

I thought this was supposed to be a site for advice not to belittle people !