terminated-though I was "allowed" to resign

[Goldenhare]

I had to move from a stressful job that I liked because my husband got a job transfer cross country. It took quite a while to find a job. I was grateful to have found one. Here is my question. 3 days before my probation was up, after a particularly horrendous shift, I was called into my manager's office and told that it had been reported to her that I was "too nervous" on the floor, and was asked to contact employee services, for counseling. I was also told that my probation was being extended. I was NEVER written up, counseled on any particular incidence, reprimanded, or disciplined in any way. A week later, I was called into HR and terminated-though I was "allowed" to resign. I was at my previous job for 4 1/2 years and I left it with a exceptional recomendation and a "would rehire" status. Comments please. And thank you.

[leslie :-D]

to me, it sounds like maybe you made the other nurses look bad?

here they are, noting that pt is unresponsive...

meanwhile, you're charting pt oriented x 2.

other nurses are recording pedal pulses, and pt claims you're first one to do so.

i'm wondering if such contradictions, were maybe setting unit up for liability...

with nm recognizing this, and getting rid of the 'trouble-maker'.

whatever the reason is, you did your job and sounds like you did it well/thoroughly.

you belong in a facility that appreciates your standards of care.

best of everything.

leslie

[themoreyouknow]

I have had a similar problem! I had a manager for two years who loved me. No reports. No write-ups. Other staff nurses liked working with me because I help out and jump in when needed.

We got a new manager in her early 20s with only a year of nursing experience. She immediately became BFFs with some of the younger nurses and treated the experienced nurses like crap. It became a popular girls' club. I hated it.

Suddenly, I was getting written up for petty things that were more of a "she said/she said". I was doing pt care while her "friends" sat in her office surfing the net with her for baby decorations for her new nursery (she was pregnant).

Didn't take long for me to find another job. I didn't want the write-ups over nothing to turn into a termination over nothing.

Like you, I fretted over WHY this person couldn't see my value.

Now, I work OB and I am happy, happy, HAPPY. I've made real friends at this job and I love it. Sometimes it is the broken road that leads us to our destination.

~Sherri

[NeoPediRN]

This happened to me last year, and it turned out that they were overstaffed/budget for their average daily census, and I was the only RN not yet in the union. Almost the exact same crap happened to me - pulled into the manager's office, followed by an educator, etc...I was one of two nurses on the floor to receive executive office recognition for patient compliments and care, and it was very easy to see what the real agenda was when I left. I never looked back, never even listed it on my resume because I left two days before the probationary period was over, and that experience has never played any significance in my nursing career. Don't doubt yourself. You will come out the other end a better nurse and maybe there's a better opportunity waiting for you.