Corrections Nurse Has Wrongful Termination Reversed

https://napeafscme.org/corrections-nurse-has-wrongful-termination-reversed/

June 3, 2024

NAPE/AFSCME member Becky Brinson, a Registered Nurse at the Reception and Treatment Center in Lincoln, prevailed in a grievance after being wrongfully terminated by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS).

Becky has been a Registered Nurse for 30 years and has worked for NDCS since 2017. She had never been disciplined in her career when NDCS terminated Becky’s employment based on six allegations that she failed to follow nursing protocol. All of the allegations were untrue.

“It’s a big deal for a nurse to get fired. There was a threat of losing my license over this which would mean I’d never work as a nurse again,” she said. “I’ve had that license since 1993, and I was a certified medical assistant for 10 years before that. I’ve never had anything like this happen to me before so it was a really big shock when I went to work that Friday and, suddenly, I wasn’t going to come back.”

Becky loves being a nurse and is passionate about the care she provides to all of her patients.

FULL story at link above.