Greetings everyone,

I have a problem and I'm not sure what to do. I'm an RN for over a year now and I went though a few jobs and finally landed a hospital position In my local area. I was very happy when I first started. As the days went on I started to get bad anxiety and lacking major confidence to the point I didn't want to be there at all.

I don't know if it was the long hours, no breaks, and being pulled in a million different directions, or it was the fact I'm in my last class for my BSN and have a huge project looming over my head or a combination of both.

The staff was great, doctors not so great. Nurse manager awesome! (She just resigned and leaving in a month). My last week of precepting was last week and I guess I had a nervous brakedown, and in a panic, I texted my Nurse Manager and told her I wasn't coming in and thanked her for everything. Now a few days have gone by and I'm regretting it deeply. Like it's haunting me. I'm asking myself why did I do that? Why didn't I just go in and finish up my last week with my preceptor and just suck it up and see how it goes?I'm so stupid for this. Now, I don't have a job, and of course I can't put this down on my resume because I basically "burned a bridge". I'm mad at myself.

I have been thinking a lot about this for the last few days and want to call my nurse manager and tell her I panicked. Do you think she will let me have the position back? Or did I screw this up big time and don't bother at all. Please anyfeed back would help. I'm so upset with myself.

Thank you all for listening.

All you can do is try, if that's truly what you want to do.

You have nothing to lose by reaching out to your former nurse manager. After all, what is the worst that could happen? She may or may not say no.

Nonetheless, perhaps it would be a good idea to seek professional help for your anxiety. If you do not conquer your anxious tendencies now, your future may be dotted with more burned bridges, snap decisions, and an unsatisfying career.

Good luck to you!

It won't hurt to attempt to retract your resignation but I think you need to come armed with a believable plan for managing your anxiety and ability to be successful.