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Dear Nurse Beth,
I was fired from my last 2 hospital RN jobs due to calling in sick too often because I was ill mentally and physically. Then I spent 7 years on social security disability getting lots of treatment. Now I'm doing so much better t...
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Dear Nurse Beth,
So my passion all throughout nursing school was to become an ED nurse. I had my preceptorship in the ED and actually ended up becoming good friends with my preceptor. I landed a ED job at a hospital 30-40 min away from my home a...
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Hello Nurse Beth,
I just got terminated from a hospital I was working for uncounted narcotics. I made mistakes and forgot to waste fentanyl, demerol, and forgot to scan oxy after I gave it to my patient. This happened once a month for 3 months. ...
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I know this is a long post, but I kind of just needed to rant/vent and I also need some advice. I'm a new grad and I took my first job as an RN on a med surg floor in a level II trauma center, which is the only trauma center for hundreds of miles. ...
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Hi, I'm writing this in hope to get some insight on my situation and advise or what I should do. So I was recently fired from my first nursing job. It was a residency program and I basically "just wasn't progressing". I honestly agree with their deci...
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Hello to all nurses of any title and/or experience level. I am in need of advice and guidance.
I am a Registered Nurse of 18 months with a background Hello to all nurses of any title and/or experience level. I am in need of advice and guidance.
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Dear Nurse Beth,
I have been a nurse for several years, ADN prepared. I have spent the majority of my career working in surgical ICU where I developed a lot of specialized skills. I loved my job and planned to stay until retirement. I never furt...
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I just finished my 90 day probation at a hospital I once worked for and ended up coming back. They were acquired by a hospital system and much has changed.
Last week, I had a “bipolar incident” at home and had to call off the next day because I ...
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Hey everyone.. I was recently let go from my new job in IR. I have about 5 years of experience (ICU and cardiac procedure care - pre/post/intra). Earlier this fall took a new job at another hospital. First week on the job, I experienced a pain I had ...
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Dear Nurse Beth,
I have been a nurse for 29 years. Started out as LPN for 15 years, and then graduated from RN school in 2005. I should have known better....but this is what happened. I work in a small nursing home with less than 100 residents. ...
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I'm an experienced RN and was fired from a new nursing job. It was not due to any misconduct or patient care issues. I was shocked when it happened. The way it went down was upsetting. Later I started thinking about things and realized it wasn't just...
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I’m looking to get advice from nurses this may have happened to because I’m feeling especially blue at the time being. OK, so little backstory - I graduated in December ‘19 with my ADN and got hired at my areas bigger hospital for a new grad position...
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Dear Nurse Beth,
I was terminated from a job in 2017 when I was a PCT. Should I put on my application reason for leaving-terminated:?
In 2017 when I was a PCT I was terminated from a job for the first time ever. I worked at a hospital in p...
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I hope it's okay to post about this here. I am only a 1.5 year nurse, and due to moving away, I had to look for a new job (left my old job on great terms). I picked up a job as a PRN but the training schedule was hectic and I found myself there about...
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I’m devastated. Next week was going to be my last day of orientation and I was so excited. But I was surprised when my manager called me into her office only to announce that I was going to be terminated for not making any progress. I was fired on t...
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I was recently terminated from my position in a hospital. I was accused of making 2 errors during my care for patients. I don’t want to give too much detail, but one was forgetting to document something properly and another was related to assessment....
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Well, today was my special day! I got fired from my job for giving one (yes, one) injection wrong, and for telling some lady I wasn't trained on how to use an EpiPen. Apparently all of that deems me "unable to safely practice as a nurse" according to...
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Hope someone can offer some advice...to make a LONG story short. I had given a resident a PRN norco-signed it out and that was that. A couple of days later, I receive a call from my boss-who is the administrator of the building as well as a nurse.
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Long story short, my work ended up drug testing me and I had weed in my system. I was fired for it then I self reported to IPN. I had my evaluation and the Doctor is recommending inpatient treatment. I have tried and had all my friends/family that co...
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Well something unfortunate happened...I am both an LVN and CNA at different jobs. I was at my CNA job when an RN asked me to check a B/S, I did it without even thinking twice (because I do it all the time at my other job) Someone saw and reported it....
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I've been an RN for over 30 years. I was terminated for the first time in my nursing career for starting an IV on a patient without having completed the IV competency. Patient was not injured and they even kept my IV site and infusion going after I h...
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Dear Nurse Beth,
On my first month on my own, I was incredibly stressed and overwhelmed. Ultimately, I made a pretty big mistake (MD ordered to D/C Lasix drip. Acknowledged the order but didn't do it) It ran overnight and when the MD rounded the...
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I’m new on this page. I started a new job Feb 17 2020. Had 1 week orientation off the floor. Came to the floor the following week and started my orientation which was meant to last for 6 days, been that I am experienced. 4 days into my orientation, t...
