When to break the news to my boss that I want to quit to go to nursing school?

[Barmherzigkeit]

I love where I work. The people I work with are wonderful and I have great benefits. I have a bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience as an project manager. Trouble is, I've been a stay at home mom for 16 years. Relaunching, all l I could find was essentially a job as a glorified secretary - I've read stay at home mom's have a sigma and it seems to be that way for me. I'm not fulfilled at all and I want to go to nursing school because I love the science of nursing and have a compassionate heart. I have a 4.0 in my nursing pre-requisites and a 3.7 overall GPA. The problem is, I work at a state university - the same one which offers the accelerated BSN program I'm interested in. Because it is the same university, I'd like to leave the people I work with in a good place and am considering giving a couple of month's notice rather than the standard two weeks. I don't know if giving advance notice will be appreciated or cause bad feelings. Plus I'd really like a recommendation from my boss. How and when do I break the news? I would really appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.

[HeySis, BSN, RN]

I'd give as much notice as possible. Written.

When you write your letter of resignation be sure to tell your boss good things about working for him/her, the company and what you've done.

Here's a web site that tells how to do it, very simply. This is what I have done and have never had a problem, only good wishes and good references.

Forbes Welcome

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Wait until you are accepted into the nursing program, giving advanced notice when quitting a glorified, secretary job with great benefits is not necessary. It will be easy for the employer to replace your position, there are likely a hundred applicants ready to apply the moment the job is posted.

[Barmherzigkeit]

Thank you for your kind words and for the link. Forbes is a great resource - I'll be sure to check it out.