KH Nurse Expects To Be Fired

In a special op-ed piece for the Coeur d’Alene Press Online, Kootenai Health critical care nurse Thomas Madison writes: ” Soon, I will be fired. I am an experienced (25 years) and reliable employee in a field (critical care nursing) where there is a national shortage. In fact my employer (Kootenai Health) is paying top dollar (far above what I earn) to bring in “travel nurses” from out of state just to keep up with the staffing shortage. This summer I have been paid double time to work extra shifts. And yet soon they will not allow me to work for them. There is a day coming when I will show up at my place of employment, and I will be told to leave the premises. What transgression will bring about the termination of my career? Will I be caught pilfering company assets? Will an uncontrollable temper finally irritate my boss enough to get rid of me? No, the perplexing and absurd answer is that my job with Kootenai Health will end because I refuse to have a flu vaccination.” More here.