Terminated after 2 months

explorereb96, ADN, BSN · Feb 6, 2015

You would be surprised. I have won such a wrongful termination case AND after winning, was invited back to work there 5 years after winning the case. I asked for little money, just enough to make the lawyer happy. I made it known that the suit was really about regaining my reputation and the principle of the matter. I felt the termination was entirely personal. The previous management were no longer there, but the new management was fully aware of the suit. I worked there for another 11 years. I left when I moved to Florida.

explorereb96, ADN, BSN · Feb 6, 2015

If you're in a RtW state, there's essentially nothing you can do. Chalk it up to them being weasels and know the signs for your next interview.

Read my post below.

The EEOC and Human Relations Commission (or Employee Relations Commission) in your state will always help you. One thing that i have learned when working with them. There is ALWAYS an element of sex, color, age creed etc......element to every wrongful termination. The very fact that they will be investigated by these agencies will trigger lots of effects inside of the company. If they are stupid, they will do the CYA approach. If they are smart, they will offer anything and everything to the "injured" employee and case closed. Believe me, this is one mark that employers do not want on their records.

dheath17 · Feb 6, 2015

"Cultural" differences could include just about anything; tattoos, body piercings, sexual orientation, clothing, religious beliefs...almost anything! Some of those may be considered a violation of civil rights as well, but I would agree that it may be best to take this as a learning experience and move on to greener pastures...GOOD LUCK!

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B · Feb 7, 2015

Thank you so much for your responses! At least I have some type of clarity based on your opinions. I was the only nurse on the team. There were other case managers with degrees in social work , psychology, mental health, etc. Since I was the person with more medical experience, they were going to give me clients with higher medical needs.
This was a new position for Care management at this company.They hired me because I already had Care management experience as a nurse.The Supervisors did not know what my job would be like. I was told it would develop over time and we would work together. I would of never thought it would end so suddenly like this.

Sounds to me as if you come from a nursing theory backround, your co-workers a mental health backround. Sometimes the two can meet, other times not so much. As a nurse, you are more in tune to the medical needs of the patient for function, the psych people the emotional based needs of the clientele.

In other words, as a nurse you are not culturally competent to provide psych based care. You provide nursing based care. As perhaps not an ideal example, but an example, say you have a patient who has diabetes. They are "controlled" on PO meds and diet. They have a binge eating disorder. This doesn't bode well with their medical condition. So you, as a nurse, educates, advocates for an alternate plan of care--and the psych person who is working with the client is focused on the binge eating issue, and feels that the medical component comes in second. That is a cultural clash.

Also know that newly created positions are most often a "let's see how it goes" issue. And to not be able to marry medical/psych is not a new. The priorities are just different.

I am sorry that this has happened to you. That you can collect unemployment and have a severance is a good ending. Going forward, you can just indicate that you were in a trial based, newly created position that that the culture of the facility was unable to support.

Best wishes!