u/Altruistic_Tap3838

Hi everyone, I’m a new grad nurse that recently transferred to the OR in March. Everything has been going well, I was able to take a planned vacation during orientation which extended it a little until July. Everything was smooth sailing until yesterday…. While walking down the stairs I fell 2-3 steps, after work I went to urgent care notified my manger what happen, I was hoping it was just a sprained but I knew possible fracture because of the pain. Long story short I have a broken heel and possible broken ankle. I filed for workers compensation, but I’m so nervous that I might lose my job, and the recovery time I’m going to lose the skills I learned. I’m so frustrated and don’t want to lose my job because I’m on a probationary period, I feel bad that I have gotten this position and now I’m in this predicament. Btw I live in new jersey so I’m trying to research worker comp laws to make sure I don’t lose my job. This is just so frustrating