Why would a student be banned from a hospital?

[leonidasrex2]

Last year, my wife and I offered our home to a "friend" of hers (actually, our duaghters were in the same school and my wife's Brownie troop together). At the time, she was working towards her 2nd year in Nursing school. She moved in in May 2006 and Moved out in October 2006. During that time, she was working at a local hospital, the same that she was doing her clinicals at. One day, she came home saying she was terminated from her job "for no specific reason" and was banned from the hospital and was banned from the hospital, preventing her from completing her 2nd year in the nursing program. Without any notice or reason? I somehow find this very hard to imagine. Is this even possible? I would think that there would be a number of interventions that would need to happen before. Is this possible? How bad would it have to be before someone were banned from a hospital?

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Here in Florida you can be fired and not given a reason. One does not have to have interventions. But I've never seen anyone fired for no reason. There's always a reason.

The information your providing is sketchy at best. During the time she was fired for no reason, you were hosting a "friend". What's the connection?

[caliotter3]

There doesn't have to be a reason for the "banning". Many employers routinely ban ex-employees. I would imagine that this action would give the institution a leg up should the person return to cause trouble. With the "banning" in their file, it might make a stronger case with law enforcement when they are called to pick up the person for trespassing. JMO.

[llg, PhD, RN]

It's very unlikely that there "was no reason." Hospitals aren't stupid and don't want to risk a law suit over nothing. There was a reason she is not telling you about -- and it's probably something very significant. A person might get fired for something less significant, but to also ban her from coming there as a student is a pretty big step. I wouldn't want her staying in my house and being around my kids unless I knew the reason.

I am my hospital's liaison with our local nursing schools and banning a student is not an action taken lightly.

[leonidasrex2]

Her stay in our home came to an abrupt end when she just could't help around the house and her 3 kids got out of control. I never really got the whole story about what happened. The most we were ever told was that her Boss had it out for her. I know she requested her employee file and brought it to an attorney. The attorney found no record of why she was terminated, for what reason and no documentation of the ban. They filed a lawsuit and that was the last I heard of it. Too much drama that I really never needed . Anyway, I was curious if anyone really had any idea of what someone could have done to get banned from a hospital.

[anonymurse]

Anyway, I was curious if anyone really had any idea of what someone could have done to get banned from a hospital.

AFAIK, they don't have to do anything if the hospital's private property.

[MajorDomo]

There have been a couple of ex-employees that I know of that have been banned. The first was a tele-tech who showed up to work totally intoxicated, another time it was an RN found shooting up during his smoke break.

Major Domo

[justme1972]

Banning from a place of employment that normally conducts business with the the public is a very, very serious thing, and I guarantee it was done for a very specific reason that your 'friend' does not wish to tell you about.

There are some companies that do ban employees that are terminated, even for a layoff, due to security reasons, but these companies RARELY do business with the general public versus a hospital that has people flowing in and out of it daily.

She did something...I guarantee it, and it had to be very serious for the to go to a measure so strong that she can't complete nursing school.

[EmmaG, RN]

Some years ago at my hospital, a student was banned and thrown out of her nursing program permanently for tying a patient in four-point restraints, then putting a lit cigarette in his hand because he wanted to smoke.

Yes. The bed caught on fire...

[ukstudent]

I knew someone that on his/her first day of orientation asked a Dr for a nacotic script (did not get it). On his/her second day they asked another Dr for a nacotic script (again the Doc's are not idiots, so no go). Needless to say they were not allowed to turn up for day three. A few months later I saw the same person doing clinicals in the hospital. Let go but not banned.

So my thinking is your wifes "friend" had to have done something really bad to have been banned. It might be a good time for you wife to distance herself from this women.

[puggymae]

I had a student who prior to coming to nursing school assaulted a nurse and physician in the NICU. She was banned from the hospital but did not share that information with the school. The first 5 minutes when we were at clinical that doctor spotted her, and she was removed by security (and she never came back to class).

I find it hard to believe that there was no reason..

[rnmomtobe2010]

I agree with the previous poster. Your wife need to get away from her. Something is up.