[NPInfo] i just got fired!

Mon Nov 5 19:32:09 PST 2007

Hi  Paula
 I got my letter from BON last week. I'll have to double Check my practice 
agreement, which is at the office. But I believe we just use a reference 
book on geriatrics  for the meds we can prescribe.

 Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Sumner" <nurse_healer at yahoo.com>
To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] i just got fired!

> Joy,
>  re: the BON visits. Do you have a formulary or list of meds that you are 
> allowed to prescribe?
>  Paula
>
> joyfnp <joyfnp at charter.net> wrote:
>  "Minute Clinic is always hiring, as is Evercare"
> And as a current Evercare NP, I can assure you you'll make more than 60K
> Joy
> Asheville, NC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paula Sumner"
> To: "NP Info"
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] i just got fired!
>
>
>> Lynda,
>> Go here http://www.unemploymentoffice.net/State_resources/Virginia.htm to
>> apply for unemployment benefits. You should be covered for 6 months, and
>> in NC I had to apply to 2 jobs a week. (I sent emails out, but phoned for
>> something interesting)I made it last 6 months to get what I wanted. You 
>> do
>> not have to take anything less than what you want.
>>
>> I lost my job twice-once in '95 and once last november when my retail
>> clinic job closed. Both times I took the entire 6 months of reduced pay.
>> For the 2nd time I was enrolled in school and had student health 
>> insurance
>> (feel like signing up for classes this spring?). Minute Clinic is always
>> hiring, as is Evercare, but I don't know about your area. You might check
>> the SONs for a clinical faculty position, if that interests you.
>>
>> I know what a shock this is-and it does pass. I will be thinking of you,
>> Paula
>>
>> Lynda Woiblett wrote:
>> Sue,
>> I would appreciate that...I only know that when company lays employees
>> off, they qualify for unemployment...but I have never been in this
>> position before...I do not even know how to navigate the system..
>> Lynn
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Sue Wiers
>> To: NP Info
>> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 5:40 PM
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] i just got fired!
>>
>>
>> I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I know first-hand how
>> devastating and scary job losses can be. I have a sister who is a HR
>> manager. Can I forward your email to her and ask if she has any words of
>> advice or thoughts on your situation?
>>
>> Sue Wiers
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: LWoiblett at msn.com> To: acc-circle at listserve.com;
>>> np-clinical at nurse.net; NPinfo at nurse.net> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007
>>> 14:50:58 -0500> Subject: [NPInfo] i just got fired!> > 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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> Healing Touch, Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, Reiki-2
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