I was in orientation and today I got terminated. The reason is that I am not ready to work on the floor. My director thinks that I need to build up more nursing practice. My director told me that I am going to be terminated from today, but you can re-apply when you have your skills on your hands. She said that she is not going to put any negative comments, but just going to say that I do not fit this unit now.
I don't understand what does that mean..
once somebody got fired, they are not able to return to the same hospital, isn't it?
It's not uncommon for places to let you re-apply and work there again even after being terminated, as long as you aren't put on the "no rehire" list. There may be restrictions like you have to wait a year. I was fired by a nursing home because I was provisional staff and wasn't picking up enough shifts (I was also working in a hospital and going to nursing school.) The termination letter said I was eligible to work there again if I wanted to reapply. In many places if you are terminated for not meeting standards or for attendance issues you can reapply after a certain amount of time. That doesn't mean you will get hired again, but at least they're not prohibited from considering your application.
If it's for things like patient abuse or neglect, diversion, violations of the nurse practice act, safety violations, break a contract, owe the facility money for training costs (you agreed to work there X years and left early), quit without notice, no call / no show, etc. those are things that are likely to get you put on "no rehire" so you can't work there again.
I agree with some others, I think it was weird for a hospital to go through investing in all the hiring process and orientation and not offer you to transfer to a lower acuity floor setting to gain skills, etc.
Regardless, cut yourself some slack! You will get to where you think you want to be eventually. Don’t give up!
Megarline, CNA
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They probably don't have resources to train newbies.