Ill health retirement

[Greenbeeps]

Hi,

Has anyone chosen to take ill health retirement from their nursing job as their ADHD symptoms aren’t alleviated due to increased pressure from higher management and there is no scope for adaptations…everyone is too busy.

Thanks,

Greenbeeps

[STEM_Dad]

That situation seems very specific, but also seems like it might be fairly common in nursing.

I work in information technology, but for a little over a year I worked in IT at a hospital... and I got to see some of the level of stress and overwork (and lack of support) which can be all to common in nursing.

Even in IT, I saw colleagues have to retire early due to stress issues (almost always caused by poor management decisions, in my opinion).

[Blue_186281_red]

Sounds like you need a lawyer. I've never heard of Ill health retirement; sounds like you have a pension/union/existing support. If not you can get 30 min with someone through your county's referral service. In my experience the ADA is pretty useless for ADHD, but a lawyer specializing in this is probably what you need.

I'm a home health RN and the entire industry illegally classifies us as exempt, despite CA case law finding us non-exempt. I think I paid $35 (circa 2015) for a county referred lawyer and he wrote me a letter explaining my exempt status. All this accomplished is getting me fired pretty quick for BS write-ups but sounds like you are in a more secure position.

I've been unemployed for 4 months after failing dialysis training. I've been trying to find anything that 12 years of home health qualifies me for but... Graduating after 2008 sucks - I don't think I'm ever going to get more than an entry level position. I just started applying for home health again. I do love the job, and the potential application of AI to case management is something I want to explore. But the labor conditions & negligent pt care are intolerable.

My current solution for the rage at management that I know will come is to start a video essay about the problems and abuses in HH. Hopefully I'll get a decent following of industry clinicians and we can DO something more than whine. It's not just nursing - our entire economy has been taken hostage. It may be too much to ask if you've got a pension and your survival does not depend on it, but you should try fighting. I don't know how long it will last, but I've made a couple videos and feel invigorated. I'm ready for at least one more go at home health, and this time I have a goal beyond making a pay check and hoping management is reasonable.

It sounds like your job description has shifted under your feet - what do your co-workers think? Have you considered agitating for a strike? You don't hear much in the news, but tons of work places have been unionizing/striking for 2 years now. Nurses have always been leaders in labor. And trust me - you'll find new energy once you stand up and do something. It's like any overwhelming chore & ADHD - the first step is a bitch until the hyper focus kicks in.

[Mamamichl]

My adhd symptoms got worse when I was in schools in Oregon. They are so strait laced that it escalated my anxiety. Since moving back to Michigan,I do have some issues, but I feel validated by my coworkers who are in the same boat I am socially. Never heard of the type of retirement you’re talking about. My partner went on social security after losing several jobs due to his disability.