[NPInfo] i just got fired!

[Lynda Woiblett]

Diane,
You give me hope that I may finally learn to hear with just the one ear and hear what I need to...I am not so good with murmurs (eps if there is more than 1 or a cresendo-decresendo)...I will not stop trying...I feel pretty confident with lungs but pleural rubs are still inaudible to me...any suggestions appreciated..till then, I am doing what we all did in the beginning..practice, prctice, practice..
thanks,
Lynn

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David or Diane Dito<mailto:dddito at charter.net> 
  To: 'NP Info'<mailto:npinfo at nurse.net> 
  Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 3:37 PM
  Subject: RE: [NPInfo] i just got fired!


  Lynn,

  I'm so sorry about your job, along with everything else you've been going
  through.

  I don't know the nuances of the law regarding Americans with Disabilities
  Act or unemployment compensation, but seems you might have some recourse
  with the ADA since she fired you AFTER you became ill. You could consult an
  attorney specializing in employment law to see if there is any recourse
  along those lines.

  As far as the hearing loss goes, you should be able to perform your job just
  fine with hearing in one ear. There is no need to disclose your hearing loss
  unless bilateral hearing is a requirement of the job, as others pointed out.

  Many of us on this list are dealing with impaired hearing in one way or
  another. There are many more adaptive medical devices out there than I would
  have ever dreamed; it's a whole new world I'm just learning about now that
  I've started wearing hearing aids. There are nurses with total bilateral
  hearing loss that are working with adaptive devices. It's definitely not
  easy, but it's certainly possible.

  Cyberhugs and best wishes for a brighter future!

  Diane Dito

  In a message dated 11/4/2007 2:52:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
  LWoiblett at msn.com<mailto:LWoiblett at msn.com> writes:

  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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