What would you do?

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For some backstory, I'm a new RN graduate (LPN of 10 years) and was offered a position on Friday with a home health agency. I accepted the position because I've gotten many rejection emails for the positions for which I was applying and I am ready to start working.

Today, I received a phone call from the unit that I did my precepting on for RN school and I made an interview for Friday! I'm very excited and am hopeful that I'll be offered the position. The nurses were extremely knowledgeable and helpful on the floor and it would be an honor to work with and learn from them.

I know that I am getting ahead of myself, but how would you let the home health agency know about the new job, if you were to get an offer?

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I'd go in and give them my resignation letter and 2 weeks notice if I needed to. Go with what you want and desire.

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When do you start working for the home health agency? I would probably wait until the interview and see if you get an offer before you resign from the home health agency just to be sure. Congrats on getting an interview though! So exciting!

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I'm still in-processing at the HH agency. I've completed the pre-employment paperwork but it takes 10 days for the background check to go through. I will complete my orientation and begin shifts soon after the background check is complete. I definitely am not planning on giving notice until I have a for sure offer with the hospital. I'm just unsure how to appropriately handle the situation.

I don't want to seem like I'll immediately jump ship to the hospital either.

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Thank them for the opportunity and tell them you've accepted another position in an area that interests you more or where you did your preceptorship and you're sorry for any inconvience you've caused them. Put it in writing. They won't be happy but it's better than getting through your orientation and then quitting. Good luck!

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I went to the interview today and was given an informal job offer!:yeah:I should have a formal offer on Monday or Tuesday and will wait until that time to contact the home health agency. In all honesty, I was not expecting the offer today but the interviewer (unit manager) told me that she'd spoken with my two nursing school preceptors and they'd given her really great reviews.

I will be calling the home health agency after I sign my employment paperwork with the hospital. Thanks for your help, everyone.

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Congratulations!

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Yay!!!! Happy for you!

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Thank you both!

I was given the formal offer today and I will complete the pre-employment screen on tomorrow. I'm still very hesitant to call the home health agency to resign until my hospital start date, but I know that if I wait too much longer they will have everything completed and my orientation date scheduled. The management team were really nice and I just hate leaving them in a lurch.

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery/Med-Surg.

Congrats on the job offer! Im sure you could ask them for a PRN status at the Home Health agency and just work whenever you needed the extra money! Sometimes you have to do what you have to do and if you are going resign...at least give them two weeks notice :) Congrats again

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