Letter of resignation

[Scarlette]

I had an interview on Friday and got the job. My problem is that I need to write a letter of resignation to the hospital where I'm at now. I've never had to do this so I have no idea what to say and how to say it. When I left my previous job to go to nursing school, all I had to do was go to the boss and say hey, I'm leaving in 2 weeks.....I had actually told them 2 months in advance, then told them again 2 weeks before my last day.

I enjoyed my time at this facility but I'm getting out because I don't want to stay in hospital nursing and I have a great opportunity right now.

Do I write "This is a letter to notify you of my resignation on XX date. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to have worked for this facility. I have learned alot and feel priviledged to have worked with such a fine group of people" ...............then what?

Any input will be greatly appreciated!

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

period. Sounds good to end it right there. If you feel so inclined, you can add "resignation on xx date to accept a position at xxx place."

Edited to add: Congrats on the new job! :)

[Scarlette]

So just a few sentences like that will suffice? ROFL! Here I'm thinking that I need to write a couple of paragraphs to make it seem "professional". I've never had to do this, so I wasn't sure!

Thanks for the congrats! I'm pretty excited about the new job!

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

Mine was about three lines - not at all dissimilar to yours, as a matter of fact, so I may be biased . I put it in larger font so it looked like more, but what else is there to say? (Tip: doing somersaults when handing it in is considered tacky... )

[Scarlette]

ROFL!!!!! Ok, note to self *no somersaults* Laughing would probably be bad too? LOL!

[nurseleigh]

I agree that what you have should be sufficient. I have only had to write one resignation and it was maybe one paragraph. Stated that I was leaving, what day would be my last day, and thank you.

The only reason that it approached one paragraph is that I told them that if they wished they could leave my on thier list as per diem, and they did cuz I have gotten messages from them a time or two.

Mine was hand written so I couldn't make it look longer with fonts and size. lol

Leigh

p.s. congratulations

[Rustyhammer]

I am anxiously waiting to write MY letter of resignation.

I think I can still do a cartwheel.

-Russell

[MrsK1223]

I think what you wrote is fine. I recently gave notice and it was just one sentence and I've given notices before and always wrote about a paragraph. This place is very small...under 20 people and the office manager went out of her way to make my job hell so I jsut wrote, " This is my official two notice and my last day will be such and such date. I have all my professional references thru them and the office manager isn't one of them, since she never spent the first day in the office I worked in.

[NurseDennie, BSN, RN]

I've had jobs where one of my greatest pleasures was looking forward to writing my letter of resignation. I always wanted it to star out "It is with great pleasure I tender my resignation." But I've never done so.

That probably doesn't say much (good) about my career. *sigh*

Love

Dennie

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

NurseLeigh brings up a good point - if you want to remain PRN, this is also a good place to tell them. (good to keep a foot in the door for a little while anyway!)

[Sleepyeyes]

PS Don't forget to spellcheck

"privilege"

[renerian, BSN, RN]

Does a policy say how long you need to give a notice for?

renerian