State: Kansas (United States)

I am a 54 year old career LPN. I enjoy my job but have recently found out I could be more competative with certifications as well as degrees. While gettin my RN, I am also doing some certification classes. This will make me more marketable in this fast moving feild. So I'm Keeping it Moving. My Dream Job is to be a CNA teacher. They are the foundation of the medical profession.

1. If they offer you a bonus, get it in writing.

2. If you're the first person they have hired, since taking over, RUN!

3. If they keep telling you, things will get better, just hang in there, RUN!

4. If they the never keep their promises of training, follow-up meetings, communication, RUN!

5. If management makes excuses for others' unprofessional behavior, RUN!

6. If coworkers have complete disregard for P&P and verbally say they don't care, RUN!

7. If anyone says they are there to just do their job and nothing outside their tasks, RUN! Healthcare is not a solo profession.

8. If your gut says get the hell out, RUN!

9. If you're harassed and management makes excuses, RUN!

10. If a manager witnesses harassment and walks away, RUN!

11. If PCT's and LPN's openly defy your RN opinion and management won't put a stop to it, RUN! Especially, when your RN assessment of the patient and course of treatment saves a life, time and time again, RUN!

12. If management thinks it's only 'fair' to have everyone rotate an after hours job, one which a PCT is qualified to do, and justifies paying an RN's to do it as 'fair.' then complains when you take OT to do what only an RN can do, RUN!

13. When everyone, management, PCT's, LPN's, and other RN's think their jobs are equal to one another, RUN! People are equal, but education, licenses, diplomas, certifications will always create a ladder of authority. A Phd has authority over an RN just as an RN has authority over a PCT. Does the Dr listen to the RN and the RN listen to the PCT, yes. But I would never openly disagree with a Dr in front of a patient and a PCT shouldn't do that with a RN. It's not who's right and who's wrong, it's not about who's better, it's about professionalism, and doing what's right for the patient.

14. If you received your education from an accredited nursing school, never work for a company that will hire nurses educated from a non-accredited school. Your asking for trouble.

I know I made mistakes, punching the time clock on time is not my forte. But the worst one was staying, hoping, trusting. Thinking I could continue to be the best nurse I could be and require the same commitment out of everyone else, was a huge mistake. Especially when your working with people who don't understand what it means to be professional, show confidence, admit they don't know an answer, feel they have to belittle you to make themselves feel better.

In the end I was terminated by a letter sent Federal Express and never allowed to speak or defend myself. Their reasons were based on unsubstantiated accusations of misconduct, from the very same individuals who were known to have harassed me earlier in the year.

As the nurse before me wrote in, tell yourself, remind yourself of all the good things you are.

A. I'm a GOOD PERSON, with a good heart!

B. I'm an excellent nurse and have always been an advocate for my patients and their families.

C. I deserve to be treated fairly, and I am the only person who can stand up for myself.

D. Hold my head high, I have been true to myself, my license, my patients.

I ran into a doctor I had worked with prior to this position and gave him a synopsis of my horrible experience. When the shock of the accusations about me left his face, he said "sounds like a bad case of jealousy to me."

I'm going to start my own campaign and write former co-workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors, managers and ask them if they could write a letter of recommendation for me. I wish I had asked for that from them throughout my career. It always helps to have the recommendations for future employment, but its also something tangible that I can refer to anytime I doubt myself.

There are good people in this world and they do outnumber the nasty ones. I'm determined this time to find a job from a company that places value in education, knowledge, common sense, humor, professionalism, and has zero tolerance for harassment, selfishness and two-faced talking.

Thank you for reading.

NO, i am paid less than i should be paid i work in a convience store, that is very busy. I work 10a.m-6p.m, it has the most business i have to deal with the vendors, phone calls, complaints, bad check payments, train other employees, stock, wait on customers, and do the paperwork for my shift. I am the only cashier there we usually have 400 sales on this shift. I have work in this store for 10 years and have been here the longest. In the past 10 years i have called in only 5 times and i work late if needed fill in when needed work double shifts if needed and any thing else that i have been asked to do.

Easy to explain ... The owner of the company came up with a new form saying that once his employees leave the job, that he had a 2 year promise for not getting into any similar job. I had already signed this one when I was hired for a 1 year time frame ... I refused to sign it - so he fired me.

Dress and act professional. Be punctual.

Look outside your comfort zone for other opportunities.

I want to have more career to grow. I have been working Service Technician in Nextel for 8 years then it start to merger with Sprint. Starting to losing motivation. Saw what I like to work on my hobby to install my home theater and it is simpliar to Service Technician to repair the phone. Some of my friend asked me to help their home theater systems to install into their home. I helped them and they are happy with it and suggestion to work as Home theater installer job. I thought about it to start with new job to keep up with my motivation.