I am a 17 year old Certified Nursing Assistant living in North Carolina. I am currently still enrolled in high school and holding this full time job at the same time.
Yesterday, an incident happened at the nursing home at which I am employed. Basically, each CNA is given certain rooms they are supposed to take care of, and only those rooms. Another CNA left a bedrail down for a patient. That patient fell out of bed and broke his arm. The CNA blamed it on me, when I was not even in charge of the noted patient.
Today, my boss tells me that I am too young to hold this job, and I was fired, even though I did no wrong-doing. She provided no other reasons for termination other than myself being too young. I believe the termination was based soley on my age, even though I had adequate credentials for holding the job.
Yesterday, an incident happened at the nursing home at which I am employed. Basically, each CNA is given certain rooms they are supposed to take care of, and only those rooms. Another CNA left a bedrail down for a patient. That patient fell out of bed and broke his arm. The CNA blamed it on me, when I was not even in charge of the noted patient.
Today, my boss tells me that I am too young to hold this job, and I was fired, even though I did no wrong-doing. She provided no other reasons for termination other than myself being too young. I believe the termination was based soley on my age, even though I had adequate credentials for holding the job.