I Hope No One Hires You

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Yeah, this is a rant. I had a nurse quit today....no notice. I really hope karma comes back and bites her in the butt. No excuse whatsoever for quitting without notice.

To those wondering why the revolving door with some nurses -

Yahoo, Fox news, CNN, et all constantly have top 273 jobs that are stable and easy to get (or whatever adjective they prefer) and Nursing is ALWAYS in those lists. The truth is, there is always a ton of nursing jobs available (for various reasons). There are entirely too many easy ways to get a "legitimately enough" nursing degree for those who are changing to nursing for all the wrong reasons. If you work as a nurse then you know how hard it can be, those seeking a "stable job" don't. IMO, this is the biggest reason why these "revolving door nurses" exist.

Are you implying it is wrong for us to want job security?

If nursing was an unstable job, I would do something else. It's not like I am asking for a huge salary.

I just ask that if I work hard and do my job properly that I don't have any major risk of getting laid off or being unemployed for an extensive period of time....and that is wrong? It's wrong for me to want that?

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I think it's best to leave with proper notice. On the other hand, maybe there was another job opportunity that the nurse would have lost if she had not quit as she did. I'm not saying it's right, but it's a possibility.

I once had an opportunity for an interview on a day I had to work. I told the prospective employer that I would not be able to attend the interview that day as I had to work and asked if I could interview on another day. The prospective employer said they would not be able to do it any other day. I told them I would only be able to attend the interview if I could get someone to swap shifts with me.

Luckily, I was able to swap shifts with someone at my current job so I could attend the interview. I got the new job, at a much higher salary and with better benefits.

I ended up giving two-weeks notice to my employer. They kept my two weeks of sick time (I'd never taken a sick day). They also cut several of my days during my notice. When I looked back on it, I wondered if I was short-sighted. My loyalty and unwillingness to call off "sick" to take an interview day might have cost me a much better opportunity.

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I have quit one job similarly before. It was a an LTAC where things were honestly just to dangerous to stay. They were being investigated for Medicare & Medicaid fraud, they accepted patients that were way too unstable, and we could never reach the physician, but we could not call 911 and send the patients out. I saw a patient die who shouldn't have and I quit after my shift was over.

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Specializes in MDS/ UR.
This is true. I wonder why it is not a reportable offense by BONs.

Really? I guess because we are truly beyond feudal times.

Yes, I have a responsibility to give proper notice.

However, I am on the clock when I punch in and off when I punch out unless salaried.

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First off-thanks to all those who said they would work for me! I'd hire you all in a heart beat.

I seem to remember briefly hijacking a thread once, years ago, to ask you if you'd move to the beautiful Midwest and run a facility, so I could work for you!

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We are professionals and held to a different standard because our patients depend on us. In my opinion leaving without two weeks notice boarders on abandonment.

I agree. Saying that you leave because of your own reasons doesn't mean it won't have a negative affect on the staff and patients left behind. The day that a person is awol the facility becomes short one more person than before. If you hate it happening to you, don't make it even worse for the others by leaving them with no option of a replacement. If you truly care for the patients, you will leave your problems at the door and do what is best for the patients and staff caring for them. You can survive 2 weeks for the sake of others, but if you couldn't then you should have made the choice 2 weeks earlier to quite.

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Leaving a job without notice is incredibly unprofessional, but to suggest the BON should be involved or comparing it to abandonment is ludicrous. I've never left a nursing job without notice but if I felt I had to, for whatever reason, I'm happy that I can do so without my license being pulled into the fray.

OP, call it karma, the Lord's judgement, or whatever you will, but I'm sure she will get hers.

That last statement is very discerning. Karma is only a coincidence. Jesus is not karma. If it were how the universe was run we would all be dead. I don't think it was right to abandon ship how the OP says she did, but to wish bad on someone who is caring for the life of others, that is sad.

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Are you implying it is wrong for us to want job security?

If nursing was an unstable job, I would do something else. It's not like I am asking for a huge salary.

I just ask that if I work hard and do my job properly that I don't have any major risk of getting laid off or being unemployed for an extensive period of time....and that is wrong? It's wrong for me to want that?

Is it wrong? No. Perhaps I should reword it. IF you are person, merely seeking a "stable job" and you think that nursing is the "stable job" for you then you MIGHT be very surprised on that it is a very difficult job that is often very demanding, physically/emotionally, and that it is not merely JUST a stable job. Nursing takes a toll on most people because of these things. These are all facts btw.

If you took my post personally, without any mention of you at all, then perhaps you should consider why you did so. I did preface with the words "for all the wrong reasons" did I not? Didn't I start off when the various news sites and their ridiculous lists? Did I not also mention the "legitimate enough" means of getting a nursing degree, an thinly veiled stab at some of the questionable programs out there?

Again, you seem extremely sensitive and offended personally by a general post on the state of some people's reasonings on entering nursing, a very challenging and difficult profession.

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You know, I have a question, why don't SNFs call in registry when needed, rather than working short? When I worked at a SNF, if someone called off (or quit), we would work short (and run from hall to hall - usually on days/eves we had one hall to ourselves, each).

Registry was never called. I don't understand that.

I think the person who quit should have given a phone call. It would have been courteous. I don't know the circumstances, so I can't fault her for leaving sans notice. I would hope that there would have been extenuating circumstances.

I think facilities should have plans for absent workers...whether or not they call off sick, or don't show up as they have quit. It's a reality of business. On the other hand, I don't blame the OP for feeling angry and frustrated.

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That last statement is very discerning. Karma is only a coincidence. Jesus is not karma. If it were how the universe was run we would all be dead. I don't think it was right to abandon ship how the OP says she did, but to wish bad on someone who is caring for the life of others, that is sad.

Karma is now the angel of death. News to me!

Don't quit your job without notice guys. ;)

Btw, "karma" only affects people who believe in it. That's the beauty of the universe, one is capable of creating their own reality based on their beliefs.

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Specializes in kids.
You know, I have a question, why don't SNFs call in registry when needed, rather than working short? When I worked at a SNF, if someone called off (or quit), we would work short (and run from hall to hall - usually on days/eves we had one hall to ourselves, each).

Registry was never called. I don't understand that.

I think the person who quit should have given a phone call. It would have been courteous. I don't know the circumstances, so I can't fault her for leaving sans notice. I would hope that there would have been extenuating circumstances.

I think facilities should have plans for absent workers...whether or not they call off sick, or don't show up as they have quit. It's a reality of business. On the other hand, I don't blame the OP for feeling angry and frustrated.

$$$$$ They are way too expensive (at least where I live) and what they charge is way more than what the nurse who fills in is getting.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Registry was never called. I don't understand that.
It is all about the almighty dollar. Registry/agency staff is so costly that continual use inevitably busts the budgets of LTC facilities. It is more cost-effective to run short-staffed than it is to pay $60/hourly for a registry nurse, with half of the money going straight to the agency.
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