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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...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...