Forced resignation?

[ThatBear]

Hello all,

All advice and perspectives are welcome and appreciated. I am fresh out of nursing school and just completed my "New Grad Residency Program" internship, however I am being provided the option to resign due to "time management" (I constantly need overtime to complete all of my tasks). What should I do? Thank you in advance.

[CharleeFoxtrot, BSN, RN]

...Someone said PACU- my opinion but PACU is not a place for a new grad, its a faced paced critical environment the utilizes autonomy and critical thinking, that of which a new grad has not had the time nor experience to successfully succeed.

That same poster also recommended home health care which is also not a place for the new grad for many of the same reasons.

[AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Home health, PACU

In my opinion those are not areas a new grad should be in, especially PACU.

[Chrispy11, ASN, RN]

When I was straight out of school, I pretty much got a job with any nursing home I applied to. If the orientation was not that long, your probably don't even need to mention it. The nursing homes want people straight out of school due to the low pay. One hiring manager told me they're always looking for people because most new grads leave after a year and got a job in a med surg unit. The job is mostly passing meds to 30 residents, assessments and documentation. It might be a good place to practice time management.

Best of luck to you!

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to First Year After Licensure

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

Have you considered a nursing home or Psych? Correctional Facility? OR? Doc's office or clinic?

Try the charting in the room, charting as you go approach. Ask for 1 more week, just 1 more, tell them how you love Neuro and want with your whole being to master it.

How many hours do you stay late? Why so long?

Stop taking breaks. I can't believe I'm saying that, but you want to

keep the job, right? Eventually you will be able to take them again. For now, just potty break once or twice

and swallow some nutrition for maybe 5 minutes a couple of times per day.

Or just resign, thank them for letting you try, and move on.

best wishes

[peachtreednurse, RN]

"Hours" of overtime for 6 patients with the reason of documentation seems excessive. What is it that is taking you the stated time?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Home health, PACU

Most PACUs require experience, preferably critical care. Home health is not the place for a new grad- on their own with limited assessment skills? That's a bad combination.

[HomeBound]

I'm going in a bit of a different direction (what else is new) with OP's question.

First, you have to think about your income. Are you a single provider for your family or yourself? Do you have a backup position already secured? The reason I ask is simple. Unemployment Insurance.

If you quit, you don't get unemployment in order to find that perfect or better suited job. You scramble and most likely take something "just to pay the bills", ergo, most likely making bad choices out of desperation.

Being fired. Are you SURE that they are going to terminate you? Or is this just another "get rid of Sally because she is x, y, and z" and if we can get her to quit, well that's another bonus because no unemployment to pay! I've seen it a million times. You may want to play chicken and keep that job until you find another one to transition into---instead of blinking and quitting and quite possibly being blackballed for your effort.

Seen that happen too. You quit---and your NM and others at your place of employment have time. Time to bad mouth you or get the word out that you aren't a good hire. When you are STILL ON STAFF and seeking another position, the employer can only say that you are "presently employed".

When you get fired, they can tack on "is she rehireable?" and they can say NO.

See where this gets you?

I don't care about most people's opinions of me, as long as I know I am a damn good RN and my patients appreciate me. I tick all the boxes and watch myself carefully. If I were confronted with the "choice" of "resign or be fired"...I would most likely say....well....if we went down the pathway that you allowed me ample time to rectify my mistakes with precepting or counseling and I just never got it---you write it down, we can agree on the wording, and I will sign it.

Until then, unless they're going to make it so that you have documentation that you didn't do anything WRONG and that you were terminated because of an arbitrary (what is speed? seriously. I know fast RNs that scare the living crap out of me because they never chart anything or leave pts alone for HOURS, being a reactive RN and not a proactive one.) metric.

You have to worry about you, OP. These people don't pay your bills nor will they cry if you can't land another position. I would say keep your present job and make it hard for them. Firing someone is financially punative as well, if you didn't know. Some states penalize employers for firing employees on top of exacting a nice amount of Unemployment Insurance from them as compensation to the employee.

Think long and hard about quitting before having a soft place to land.

Good luck with your search.

[SpankedInPittsburgh, DNP, RN]

You got a raw deal. You got thrown into the deep end of the pool without even having water wingys

Having said that all you can do is quit and move on

Don't get down on yourself and good luck!!!

[Chellereadsbooks]

I agree w/ HomeBound. Regardless of whether you quit or are terminated, you will have to provide an explanation and a future employer will either think the "time management" issue is a valid reason for you to no longer be employed or they won't. I think the ability to collect unemployment while searching for a new job is way more valuable than leaving on your own terms with nothing to show for it.

[Leader25, ASN, BSN, RN]

That is a big load,and as for charting it depends what kind of IT equipment you are working with,what program it uses and if it has been tweaked to the individual unit.

They want you out so leave before they force you out but not really they do not want you to collect unemployment benefits.

Sounds like you would do well in another area,but you will have to figure out how to speed up the charting.I have worked with some that never got out of the habit of over charting unnecessary data,and always were an hour late getting out,and no OT was paid.Being too anal does not pay,but thorough ,clear,concise charting protects you when things happen.

Do you like other areas,look into it,avoid the ICu for now.Good luck ,you will be fine.