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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
You have my sympathies! I just got fired, essentially, for nursing while bipolar.....I was the DNS for a large assisted living facility and it finally got too much for me to handle. I went out on medical leave in mid-April because I was freaking out at work, and my pdoc gave me the choice between taking leave and going inpatient. When I got back, I was terminated even without a trial of the 'reasonable accommodations' my doctor and I requested. Not sure how they got around the ADA on that one, but they did.
Which was f'ed up, IMHO---they've known about my BP for some time. It shouldn't have surprised anyone that I cracked under the extreme pressure. But where's the compassion, the 'core values' they always brag about in their mission statement? What a joke.  |
Another RN, just dumped by voice mail for raising a concern---there is no compassion anymore. (love the work at will mentality---this is not a work at will state, came close, but the employer did not follow their own policies---and I have no time or energy to go to the labor board etc---) I have never told an employer my dx., afraid they'd use it against me. Did very well for long time, changing jobs as certain symptoms were coming on worked for me for so long------------now I am scared, awaiting a headhunter call, and just wondering if I am going to pull through one more time. Healthcare has become (with exceptions) generally an ugly place to be these days, especially if you do care about maintaining core values and standards of practice----I saw a major change in the late 80's early 90's beginning with the invention of HMOs and other non-health care people making decisions about what will and will not be covered etc-----------no more private practice all hospital/corporate owned, ----all about the money. I'm being simplistic but that is where I am today...
Education is another area hit hard by the general atmosphere of blame and lack of adequate resources. Hugs all around.