Does this make me look bad?

[saraclark62]

I was fortunate to graduate nursing school and start in the ICU. Unfortunately, our turnover rate since I started back in August 2021 has been crazy high. 18 nurses have left, leaving only 12 staff nurses between days and nights. I was off orientation by December and, since then, I have been charge nearly every night, am only ever working with travelers on night shift, and I have been working 3 8 hour shifts and 1 12 hour shift in addition to mandatory overtime. Because it is a closed unit, we are required to cover our own staffing & we are forced to work mandatory overtime. On top of this, management expects me to go to education classes from 8-12 on my day off after working night shift. I have been so stressed out and depressed. The unit has become toxic. Would that make me look bad if I left and found another job? 

[JKL33]

Nah. What's flaky is that hospitals worked very hard to get into this position, seemingly driven by both the financial incentive and the sheer joy it brought them to treat nurses with disregard and disdain. They've used lots and lots of resources and energy to get here and appeared to have fun doing it.

BYE. ??‍♀️

[HiddenAngels]

-Short answer. No you won’t look bad

-I totally agree with Robmoo first post 

-I would say “ I left because there was frequent mandatory overtime and they made me come in on my days off for training.. “ that’s enough!

[saraclark62]

On 5/21/2022 at 6:42 AM, CommunityRNBSN said:

"Look bad"?  Sure, I guess.  But you won't have any trouble finding something else.  Find something else before you resign.  When the interviewers ask why you're leaving so soon, you say "I realized that my current job isn't the best fit for me as I start my career."  You're far from the first person to bail on a situation like that.

Also, it won't get better soon.  In my experience, there's a zero percent chance of that promise being true.

Do you suggest staying per diem or leaving?

[CommunityRNBSN, BSN, RN]

1 hour ago, saraclark62 said:

Do you suggest staying per diem or leaving?

That's a hard question.  I went to per diem on a job, and it has worked out great for me.  I'm able to still list it on my resume as a current job, which means it looks like I have some longevity there.  However, that job doesn't really enforce a requirement of "per diems must take X number of shifts a month."  If yours requires a lot of hours, it might be better to just walk away.