If you were or had been terminated...

Did they call you at home tell you don't come in, or you came in and got sent home? I have never been terminated before ( but threaten in my first job I ended up leaving), but curious to know how they do it in our profession. Please share your experience!
What I've typically seen is that you show up and your manager takes you in to HR where the ax is dropped. Sign the papers and out you go.

It has never happened to me (thank you, God!) but I have seen it several times. In the case of a nurse who had "issues" they were taken to the office at the beginning of the shift. In the case of lay offs, they had them work the entire shift (ya know, to make it easier on management) and then pulled them in to the office.

Quote from monkeybugIt has never happened to me (thank you, God!) but I have seen it several times. In the case of a nurse who had "issues" they were taken to the office at the beginning of the shift. In the case of lay offs, they had them work the entire shift (ya know, to make it easier on management) and then pulled them in to the office.

They called me at home on my scheduled day, and told me I was on paid leave pending an investigation.Several days later they called and told me to show up for a "meeting". Being nobody's dummy, while on the phone I asked them if they were going to fire me. When nobody denied that was the course of action, I told them I was not going to drive all the way to work just so they could make me take the walk of shame. They fired me over the phone. I was devastated, no doubt about it, but at least I spared myself that final humiliation. I still feel good about that.

Quote from Born_2BRNThen again for their own benefits instead of spare the pain early on so the poor nurse can come home and grieves they just have to wait until he or she is used up first. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

Where I work they wait until the end of your shift. I

I think it depends on the reason someone is being terminated. If the nurse is consider a risk in any form then they might get a phone call. Otherwise, it is done after a shift. I have Directors tell me they allow the nurse to resign, if that makes any difference. I think it MIGHT make a difference in collecting unemployment. Happened to me once and I got a month's notice with pay so I was lucky.

I have seen it done several ways. A colleague who was fired worked the night shift, management showed up in the morning and pulled her aside with the payroll person and terminated her (and this was the most ridiculous situatione ever... the hospital had already cashed out her PTO and she was terminated on a pay day so she had seen the PTO cash out on our online system while working the night shift and knew it was coming). Another colleague was called at home and told that she was off the schedule. She was then told that she had to come in to meet with management and was terminated. Most recently, a colleague who was terminated was pulled into the office as soon as she arrived at work (and she had a long commute) and let go.

When I was terminated, I showed up to work my sceduled day and was called into the office. I had to walk the hall of shame. It was totally unexpected. I've seen other nurses physically escorted out the building mid shift or in the beggining. One nurse I worked with showed up to work, the Nurse manager said " Why are you here, I mailed you a letter saying that you were terminated". I was shocked. I quit soon after that nurse was fired. It was a hell hole and I didn't want to work for anyone who would terminate me via mail. Sorry, that doesn't seem right to me.