[NPInfo] i just got fired!

[Carla Anderson]

Hi Lynda,
   
  I am so sorry to hear this. Sounds like the doctor was not as nice as she could be. She could have given you a month's notice.  I had this happen with the retail clinic which was near my home with very little notice, right after my dad and I bought a house,  so I could care for him, and not commute, and we now had a 2,100.00 mortgage. I had to go on unemployement and drive all over the city looking for jobs. I also had health issues, and I know it is hard going into a job interview, as you feel you are supposed to be "perfect" for the job... but the ADA disagrees. see their website. 
   
  You do not need to reveal anything about your hearing issue when applying for employement unless it is specifically asked about.  You have to be proved to be unable to perform the job, and as an NP complete hearing is not a requirement since you can hear out of your other ear for lung sounds etc.. I also know a completely deaf chiropractor who works, and reads lips. 
   
  I would get unemployment right away. The first week you apply is a waiting week. You can do it on line, for your state. I do not know if having a contract would have made any difference if it is a fire at will state. Most dont hold water, but you may have recourse, if you were fired for age discrimation. 
   
  I believe another and better opportunity will show itself to you now, and you will be so much happier. 
   
  Regards, Carla/Oregon

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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Carla R. Anderson, FNP-C
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