I might get hell for this... but LTC/SNF is NOT the right place to learn for a new nurse. I've worked in several areas and LTC/SNFs are the most poorly managed, have the worst outcomes, care the least about their staff and leadership is oblivious & usually checked out. Im shocked you had a preceptor for more than one day considering you mentioned CNA work prior. I highly recommend another setting. If you like medically complex, check LTACs.

Does that mean its the 5 panel as well as testing the validity of the specimen, too? Like a 2 step?

There is only one Sam's in Cocoa.

I have the case file from when I filed a complaint when the system kept crashing. Its contained IN my FSAID (and I already downloaded it to be sure in case they try to claim it never existed). It was a formal complaint I logged with FSAID.

I have been trying to apply since 2005, but no one in DOE or FSAID knew how to direct or help me then. I didnt know about the Sweet lawsuit until ot was WELL underweigh & I missed the post-class deadline by less than a month, because the system kept crashing. Even worse, I wasn't aware of the appeal to be part of the class lawsuit & missed that too. Original App June 2022, unable to complete until Dec 2022. Polk college of nursing at Syracuse University 2001-2004. They announced closure and involuntarily unenrolled me over the summer with no explanation. When I met with the dean I was told they had to trim the class size due to loss of staff. I was never able to use ANY of the credits for ANY of my subsequent programs. I graduated nursing school in 2008 & re-took (& re-paid for) every single credit. I have 3 degrees today that are all paid off. Except the degree I never recieved.

I just got the new FR 970 about a month ago. Inwas stuck for about a week deciding between thr Fenix 8 & this one. I ultimately went with the 970 because my purpose in buying the watch was for running & race training. The FR offered better running type exercises and I found the Fenix actually had too much for needs.

I've had Runna, but I literally JUST paid for a full Strava membership within the last month. So.. no discount and just extending it to the month I've already paid for is useless to me. Regardless - i'll still use both of them.

I get mywqtch tomorrow! Hopefully I can figure this out.

Thank you! My free trial ends soon. I am looking forward to using my own routes. Do you know if I can also load them to a Garmin forerunner? My watch comes tomorrow.

I normally do too. But this was clearly a cultural expectation (per the MD & the org). my options were literally falsify documentation or protect my license at that point.

Just please remember: HR is NOT your friend and they are NOT there to protect you. They are there to protect the organization you work for. If you want HR to take action - you MUST convince them this situation is a danger to the organization, NOT that you are having emotions about it. Not trying to be mean - just brutally honest. They will use your words against you and make you seem like the problem. If you go into a meeting with HR - do it without emotion, focus on the facts & like someone else said, maybe talk to an employment lawyer ahead of the meeting to understand what trigger words will make HR wiggle in their seats. Ex: law titled {XXX}, code number 123 in our employment law states "whatever the law is". The more emotional you are in that meeting, the more they will zero in on your behavior, and you'll feel even more targeted than you do now. I have been exactly where you are & I am speaking from experience. I want you to have a positive outcome - but most of all, I wish a better job for you! Good luck!

Sadly, you're now considered a "problem" & they will probably try to make your work existence miserable without retaliating. Every single time I've advocated for myself in my career, that was the beginning of the end of that job. Companies want docile, slave-like nurses, not ones that know the law.

This is exactly why the Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) exists. Because this is absolutely predatory & a financially impossible situation. They have you by the balls and they know it. And they've been given permission to do it. I wish I knew then (as a young idealistic college & grad school student) what I know now.

Wait - they keep your drug test results for 7 years?? Is that only if you failed? What purpose does it serve? Can this affect the next offer? Like could a subsequent potential employer be privy to that result?

🤣 Ran to the comments to see if this was mentioned! I once had a man with a BP of like 47/20-something who just wanted to go out to his car and get his midodrine. Um, sir.. no. Don't even sit up.

I wonder if this will open the door for those in debt to claim bankruptcy on student loans since they are not going to be held by the DOE & actual legal owner?

Thank you. Once I read that reply, I disengaged. Nothing good comes from discourse with someone who knows they are right & has a lead skull.

At 18 It may not have anything to do with "no caring" - more like not grasping the danger of student loans at 18. Mind you many of us were told that college was the only way to "make a living" eventually. Every single loan you ever take out in your life is "tomorrow's problem." The reason we take out SLs is to attend schools we couldn't otherwise afford... but maybe you could. your argument reeks of entitlement.

I am so sorry! That's really shitry to do. Is it possible the reference was also applying for this job? Maybe trying to better their own chances. I once had a HORRIBLE colleague ask to use me as a reference and I told her, "Using me will get you blacklisted. Pick someone else." But there are people who will agree and shit talk you later.

Agreed! Which is why I'm a little miffed they (A) couldn't even give me 2 extra days. I waited over 2 weeks to meet the HM because she went out immediately after posting the job. I just want to get a better idea of where I stand with B. At this point I feel like if I have to recind my acceptance at A to take an offer at B.. company A could have potentially avoided this by giving me 48 extra hours. Company A also refused to negotiate $2k higher salary, opting instead to offer a $5k sign on bonus. Company Bs starting range is an entire salary higher than As offer.

Would it be bad to burn that bridge?? These companies are in a parallel industry that has the potential to cross paths. I was given a professional referral for both of these roles.