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Dear Carol, What a thing to throw at you so quickly. Here's what I think. Since nurses are scarce and they are offering you other positions, I would assume that they are cutting your position, not you. However, if they later fill your position or create an equivalent position and fill it, that's evidence of discrimination. You need to decide whether to try to continue to work or else go on disability. If you want to continue to work, negotiate for conditions you are able to meet. If, however, the hospital is unable to make "reasonable accommodations" as per ADA, you will have to find work elswhere or apply for disability. Is the nursing shortage so severe that you could find another job that you can do? Such a job should come with a group benefits package that includes long term disability. If you are now covered by long term disability, then you may consider that route now. Find out about disability from your HR department. Before going on long term disability there is probably something called short-term disability, which means you use up all your sick and vacation days, or some such. All the documentation you need for short-term disability may be just a note from a doctor saying you can't work. This will give you time to gear up for the long-term disability application, which is a bit more involved, and about which I will try to write something later. Good luck, Phil Tompkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn