How to stay safe fulfilling 2 week notice

[azrn523]

I work in a large SNF/Rehab facility and have been applying elsewhere for quite some time d/t poor management, unsafe staffing and the facility taking residents they know are way too sick for our nurse to pt ratio (1:30) all of which I feel puts my license on the line. On top of a daunting med pass which includes Gtubes, trach pts, PICCs, IVs, wound vacs, fresh knees hips etc and chronic pain pts, psych pts crawling OOB etc they are now requiring us to not only be present in DR but take res' orders and serve them and we get reprimanded when resident's eat late. I could write a book on how poor this facility and mgmt is but I know it will never change and worked very hard at getting out. I just accepted a position at my dream job in an ER and am ecstatic to start. My concern is the facility I'm leaving which has high turnover is getting fed up with people quitting and attempting to screw people out of new jobs by calling around. They have no reason to say anything negative about me, but at the same time they did this to other nurses who were nothing but wonderful. How do I remain professional and give a 2 week notice and fulfill it while protecting my new job?

[Entx]

Sounds like we work for the same company. I am currently dealing with the same issue, praying these two wks go by fast.

Good luck.

[nursemelyn]

Just be super professional about it. I was in essentially the exact same situation as you, and found my dream job in inpt psych. I waited to give my two weeks until I knew when I would start the new job, and just wrote a letter to my DON and nurse manager letting them know of my decision to resign effective such and such date, and that you appreciate the "education" that the place has given you (because bad education is still insightful, ha ha). If people ask about where you're going to be working, tell them the nursing area (ER) and that it's your dream job. That should shut them up.