Giving Notice?

[BuckyBadgerRN]

I got the job I interviewed for yesterday!! I'll be going from a LTC/Rehab facility to clinic work and am SO excited. No nights, no weekends, no target that moves from nurse to nurse's back. We are with an interim administrator at the moment so the DON is in her power-hungry glory right now. I hate to leave some of the residents and most of my coworkers, but I have to do what's right for me, right?

Anyhow, should my letter just be short and sweet: "I've accepted another position, my final day will be X, thank you for the opportunities I've been given?" I'm willing to stay on per diem, for the sake of the very few remaining RN's for when they need a day of on a weekend and can't find a replacement (RN's have to get an RN to cover and there aren't many of us!) And to whom should it go to? DON? HR? My direct supervisor?

Thanks in advance!

[klone, MSN, RN]

Good luck! Going to clinic work and not having to work nights, weekends, holidays and take call has been WONDERFUL for me, and I hope you find it to be the same as well!

[megaly]

Congratulations on your new position. Your letter sounds good to me. In my case I am leaving my clinic job (great hours) for the hospital due to relocation.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

Your letter sounds very much how I worded my resignation. Short, polite and to the point. I did not offer or mention per diem because I was returning to school which is why I was resigning my part time position with them.

I gave it to my ADON in person (the DON was on medical leave), telling her verbally what the letter said as well as a giving a copy to my floor supervisor (the super changed from day to day so I didn't have one constant super) right after and verbally telling her what was in the letter.