terminated

[lynn0808]

ok i dont really know where to start so i will try to make this short and sweet. i was terminated after nine years on the job on thursday due to "excessive absenteeism". mind you i have not called off work since october of 2007.

when all of this started i was pulled into the managers office and given a paper to sign that basically said that if i called in again i was terminated. she just happened to skip the offical protocol and i was never given a verbal or written warning.

i signed it and went on about my business. i asked her SEVERAL times for a copy and was never given one. that is just how she is, will tell you what you want to hear and then never give you what you asked for.

in january (i had been off for a while due to surgery) i was called into her office again. she and her "asst" basically bereated me and accused me of refusing to discharge a patient, among other things. she used the "f" word several times screaming in my face telling me she wished she could fire me then, and that all of my co-workers hated me. i ended up in the hospital for chest pain and svt that night. i was to work the next day and i used my "personal" (safe) day for that.

after that i reported her to our hr department and had written about 14 pages in response to her one. i had had enough of her and a few others bullying ways, constant comments about me personally, heavy assignments, etc.

after that i just put it all behind me. went to work my two days and shut my mouth. after a while things seemed to be going ok......

about a month ago she told me she wanted me to do our facilitys program which had to do with extra education and things to get a pay raise, and also to be on the unit leadership committee and pain resource nurse. i really felt that things were looking up and getting better. she also wanted me to take the pccn exam also. when she approached me with this i asked her about the absenteeism issues and if they would hold me back from doing the ladder program (you cannot be in any disiplinary probation to do it). she flat at looked at me and told me NO that that was over with and i was out of that. about two weeks ago i asked her for copies of those dates that i had missed. she said again that I DIDNT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

well, this week i got very sick very suddenly. tonsils the size of golf balls, fever of 102. would you go to work? this was wednesday that i called off.

on thursday at 3pm i got a call from her and she said sorry to tell you this but i have to terminate you. heres the number to hr if you have any questions.

i point blank asked her why she told me i had nothing to worry about and she FLAT OUT DENIED that she had ever told me that i was safe.

i dont know what to do now. i have been working on the same unit for 9 years! i am a very good nurse and have never had any issues with my nursing practice at all. she infact told me that i was probably the stongest and brightest nurse she had.

and for the record my mother was very sick last year and some of the days i missed were due to taking care of her, or taking her into the hospital. i had asked then if there was anything that i could do to protect my job or get those days excused and she told me no.

sorry so long, i just really dont know what to do. i have applied for several jobs and i do work at an agency prn (thank god). but i really feel like she should be reprimanded. should i see an atty or do you think it is a waste??

stabbed : (