Leaving my job

[joe007]

So I have chosen to leave my job.

Advice on how to do so? How many days advanced notice does my manager need?

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

You will have to find out your facility's policy on how much notice is necessary. Most places require at least 2 weeks notice. Give notice gracefully- it's not the time to complain and burn bridges.

[NurseLatteDNP, MSN, DNP, RN]

2 weeks on general. I always love it if I'm given more of an advance by my nurses. It will take me longer than 2 weeks to find a replacement and train the new nurse. Anything under 2 weeks is marked as a no-rehire at my hospital. You don't want to burn any bridges.

[B52, BSN, MSN, RN]

I gave my employer an official one-month notice and an offer to work per diem, although she knew months in advance that I would be leaving.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

I gave my employer an official one-month notice and an offer to work per diem,

^This is what I did as well.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

Submit a written notice of resignation to your DON and make sure to keep a copy for yourself. If you don't submit you letter of resignation in person, follow up to make sure the DON got it. Give a minimum of 2 weeks notice, longer is nice if your situation allows.

The longer, the better.

IMO, the best approach is to offer up a long notice (say, 1 month) along with a request that they permit you to leave earlier if they're able.

[jan286]

Check the hospital policy. One place I worked would pay us our vacation time that we had built up as long as we gave at least that amount of a notice. Say you had 4 weeks of vaca time, in order to get paid for that time they required a 4 week notice. If we gave a 2 week, we lost that other 2 weeks worth of vacation pay.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

It's one month where I live and I worked PRN shifts for two months to help my employer.