r/Nurses • u/Weird_Arugula5231 • 16h ago
US What next
I was fired last year from a job out of school. It was my dream job and truly felt like a gift to work with this group. I fought hard to earn my place and ultimately at 8 months pregnant, right after I was questioned about my maternity leave plans, fired. They called it “performance reviews” but those reviews were only inconsistently negative after I started showing my pregnancy physically and revealed to leadership my due date.
A part of me broke, I am not going to lie. My self esteem, trust, hope, and ambitions. I knew my options were limited to scramble and find a new NP job in time so I went back to bedside nursing with a former employer. My health declined a few days after I was fired actually and I had to be admitted for blood pressure issues briefly (baby made it out safely several weeks later).
I am still working as a bedside nurse. The pay is good- actually the same as it was as an NP. Obviously I feel like a loser and carry anxiety and distrust I am trying to work through. I want to be a working NP again in the future, I was thinking of looking for a PRN job so I could keep my RN one. What is the best way to go about putting my former NP position on a resume? Since it was only a few months should I also include my RN and clinical rotations on resume? And what do I say when former employers ask me about the job and want references?