[NPInfo] Re: i just got fired!

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us......Helen Keller

(((Lynda))) No words of advice, just a shoulder for support.  Having my last practice sold out from underneath me shook up my world, I can imagine your feelings on that alone.

As I recall from my education on disabilities, no disability need be disclosed initially.  You should be presented with a "physical ability and skills" list and they should ask if you can perform those functions.  If bilateral hearing is required/listed, then you'll need to tell them, otherwise don't.

Laura, NP, 

Lynda Woiblett <LWoiblett at msn.com> wrote: Well, My boss, the doc who owns the practice, stopped by my house after church this morning to tell me that she had thought it over very carefully and that she could not afford me any longer.  (Guess that 60,000/yr was just so much more than I was worth).  
I understand that not being there for the past 5 weeks has made it bad for her, but I took no salary for the time that I have been off on sick leave.  She gave me no notice or severance package.  She said she would not cancel my health ins. until the end of the month.  She said that she decided to tell me this way so my husband could be there for support.  (I almost actually said out loud "How thoughtful of you".  But I did not.  I just got home from packing up my office.  I also know that having to take time off for more dr appts than I ever thought I would have is hard on the practice.  I had started back 1/2 days on Thursday, and there is no way I can do a full day yet.  
I am still too upset to start polishing the CV and looking for another job, but is there some recourse that I might have?  I had no contract and that is one lesson hard learned today...although I did have one at my last job and there was so many ways to get out of it that it was pretty worthless.
And how much disclosure do I  have to give my next employer re: my hearing loss?  I am afraid that I will not be able to get another job when someone finds out I have a total hearing loss in one ear.
Sorry to cry on everyone's shoulders but I am in a spot that I have never experienced before and have no guidance.....and I am doubly scared because we just bought another house and have not yet sold ours so I am going nuts thinking about double mortgage payments!
Thanks in advance for any advice you can share..
Lynn W
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