[color=#000] i answered yes to the question about being terminated from a position since my last renewal. i recieved my license in 2009, and this is my first time renewing my license. i worked at a hospital from may 2009 to february of 2011. i resigned my position and left on good terms with no disciplinary actions of any type. i put several applications in to obtain a different place of employment. i was contacted by another hospital about a new job in february 2011 and that is when i gave my resignation to my place of employment. i began working at the new hospital the first week of march 2011. while i was going through orientation, i was offered my "dream job" at a hospital for children. i contacted my boss and told her i would not be returning to my position as i was hired at the childrens hospital. i began working at the childrens hospital, where i currently am working. i decided to work for my first employer on a prn basis in june 2011, the night i returned, some 3 months later, i was given an assignment. i did not have a badge to clock in with, the manager said they would have one for me, but did not. i got to the floor and no one had told me that all of the charting had changed. i had no password, or username. i had to sit on the phone for 45 minutes for them to grant me permission to chart, which i had no clue how to chart, because it was a new system. i also had no access to the pyxis system to get medications for my patients, i had to rely on my lpn to get the medicaitons out of pyxis. she had been an lpn for 30 plus years, along with other crucial changes such as iv machines and pca's that were changed since i had left. i was not oriented to any of the new charting or machines on the unit because i had not know it had changed. i called the charge nurse to explain what had happened. she suggested i call the head nurse, which i did. she told me she was busy right now and would have to deal with it later, she was in a code and it was not a priority. after so many times asking for help around the unit, with no one to help me. . i finally finished charting on my patients at about 10:30pm. i had to figure it out all by myself with no help. i was working with an lpn that night who shared the 6 patients with me. i told her that i was so upset, that no one would help me with any of my issues, that i was leaving. i was so frustrated with the lack of help from the administration, i left. i honestly feel they did not do what they were supposed to do to adequately train me. i did not leave my patients without a licensed person to care for them, they had an lpn. so technicall it was not patient abandonment.the supervisor that re-hired me, was no longer on that unit. there was no supervisor for that unit, at that time, she had left and there was a vacancy, so i am not sure it was something that was overlooked on their part, but they definately did not prepare me. they sent me a letter of termination, stating they "may or may not" submit this to the board of nursing. i have not heard anything else from the hospital but i wanted to be truthful when i answered this question, this is why i answered yes to the question and i have explained it to the best of my knowledge. i love my new job and i have been awarded an award for being a strong patient advocate, and nominated for the rn to bsn program at my hospital with a possible scholarship. what do you think the board will do? i am a great nurse as evident by my awards, and my love of nursing. i am so stressed about what the board will do? the hospital never turned me in, and since i answered "yes", to this question i am afraid they will start a investigation since i self disclosed my termination.
Well, I ended up getting probation for one year and have to do 4 different ceu's. I have to have my manager send in quarterly reports. It just boggles my mind some of the things a nurse can do and get away Scott free. Several nurses who used drugs, came to work drunk, stole drugs, wrote prescriptions to theirselves . All walked away with their license free and clear!?!?!?! Shaking my head... I just don't understand.
I was told that hospitals can do whatever they want to you and drop you in any kind of situation. It's still your problem mo matter how many hours you give notice . If you leave anytime before your shift is done if you gave report or not, you are committing patient abandonment. I was astonished.
leslie :-D
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i'm not fully understanding why op "abandoned" pts if she was teamed with another licensed nurse.
what was there to officially hand-off?
maybe the lpn wasn't happy, maybe she didn't care...but still, she accepted op leaving...
otherwise she (lpn) could have refused to 'accept' assignment as posted.
leslie