Was this a fair consequence?

How did you get B12 for your shots without getting needles?

I would wonder if your facility also turned you into the Board of Nursing for theft? I also wonder that if you had a valid script fot the needles, perhaps central supply could have supplied you with these at a discount rate instaed of you stealing them? Not good, but you know that......

Dana... are you a nurse?

but, really lose your job over less than 3.00 dollars. What do y'all think??

Unfortunately, if this is truly what you think, then you've missed the lesson here. You weren't fired because your employer was out $3.00 in missing supplies. You were fired because you stole. The dollar value is irrelevant. Does this make sense? Your intentions and subsequent actions were the causing of your firing.

Well hell no it's not fair!!!

Its JUST.

Years ago, I worked with some folks that had worked previously for a book retailer. They'd developed the charming habit of dumpster-diving for "stripped" books (books with the front & back covers removed) which they'd either keep or sell, depending. Their rationalization was that "they wuz throwed out..." and completely missed the point that it was still theft. Anyway, since I was the #2 guy in the department, I chatted with the boss on that one; unfortunately, I wasn't quite fast enough. About a week later one of the office folks reported a Macintosh computer stolen (this was back in the day when a Mac'd run a cool $5,000-$6,000) - couldn't prove that they'd taken it, but they were terminated on an unrelated issue.

My point? Theft is theft - and, when you violate a trust like that, plan on kissing your job good-bye.

Sorry if you disagree.

----- Dave

What in the hell were you thinking? You stole B-12. It you needed it that bad, you should have ask a doctor for a prescription.

What do you think they are going to do, wait until you take some Morphine? Didn't you learn anything in school! Then you come on this board for some hugs. What chutzpah !

FAIR. You stole. You got caught. End of job.

What in the hell were you thinking? You stole B-12. It you needed it that bad, you should have ask a doctor for a prescription.

What do you think they are going to do, wait until you take some Morphine? Didn't you learn anything in school! Then you come on this board for some hugs. What chutzpah !

Ummmm, no. She stole needles. Only needles.

I do think its a bit harsh. I recently came back from a 1 month vacation. The floor I work in has 3 wings allocated to ABC unit and 1 wing to our XYZ unit. Even though the ABC unit and our XYZ unit nurses dont work together we do interact with one another.

After I returned from a vacation and about a month later I noticed that I didnt see one of the ABC unit nurses around. So I asked my fellow co-worker if she transferred to another unit. To my surprise my co worker informed me that she was in rehab ( i first thought she was working in a rehab unit). But no, she was caught stealing drugs from narcotics cupboard and when she admitted that she had an addiction problem she had agreed to turn herself into rehab. She didnt lose her job. She will come back to work after rehab and she will not be able to carry narcs keys any more for a year or two.

So compare to that, I think you should have received a written worning or a few days of suspension to let you know that its unacceptable. People make mistakes. There should be a room for foregiveness.

Consequences follow actions. Your action was theft. Your consequence was being fired.