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.

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.

Sorry if I am harsh!

But I have noticed that on online nursing forums, there's a lot of judgemental-ism manifested in the form of wrongly calling people "entitled" or saying they "aren't passionate enough" because they want certain things. I am not saying that about your post. But it irritates me when I see stuff like that. I misinterpreted what you were saying.

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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.

Well said. If someone keeps abandoning ship like this person, and many others do, no one will want them because they are showing that they are not in the profession of caring for the sake of others, but for themselves. Nursing disproves the whole "dog-eat-dog" world that many claim we live in. It is putting others "before" ourselves. The only ones that sad notions like "dog-eat'dog" applies to, are as you said here, the ones who believe it. Be careful of what you believe, because you can become a slave to those beliefs and others can suffer by your hand.

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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.

I think you attached way too much meaning to what was an off-the-cuff comment meant in the spirit of the original rant. I actually wasn't wishing harm on anyone, just implying we all pay for our poor choices sooner or later. Saying it that way wouldn't have had quite the same effect, now would it?

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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.

I guess I knew the answer to that. :) It seems awfully short-sighted though. Patient care suffers. Staff gets run through the wringer. I guess it's the way of things. Sometimes I think that some of the bloated managerial salaries should be reduced and that money should be put to contingency staffing, etc.

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Sorry if I am harsh!

But I have noticed that on online nursing forums, there's a lot of judgemental-ism manifested in the form of wrongly calling people "entitled" or saying they "aren't passionate enough" because they want certain things. I am not saying that about your post. But it irritates me when I see stuff like that. I misinterpreted what you were saying.

No problem, I am glad that I did not offend, it certainly is not my desire to do so. You are right about your online forum observation (not just nursing ones, check out SDN lol). I recently heard it put this way, people in public tend to default to politeness but online or in social media they tend to default to rudeness. I attribute it to the "anonymous" nature of the internet. If only the presence we had on the internet was directly attributed to our actual selves, think how much different the entire internet would be!

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I guess I knew the answer to that. :) It seems awfully short-sighted though. Patient care suffers. Staff gets run through the wringer. I guess it's the way of things. Sometimes I think that some of the bloated managerial salaries should be reduced and that money should be put to contingency staffing, etc.

Ever work in CA as a nurse? The law enforced patient to nurse ratios, now that's one thing the state got right (there aren't many)! Because of the strict laws they maintain a larger float pool and staffing to accomodate for sick calls/no shows/etc. It also forces the hospitals to hire more nurses. Is it perfect? No, but it more safely/fairly addresses staffing issue such as this.

One thing I hate about nursing is that the floor/unit can be a real crap show sometimes and you spend all shift killing yourself to straighten it out and you leave and it appears like nothing ever happened. Haha.

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I think you attached way too much meaning to what was an off-the-cuff comment meant in the spirit of the original rant. I actually wasn't wishing harm on anyone, just implying we all pay for our poor choices sooner or later. Saying it that way wouldn't have had quite the same effect, now would it?

Simply saying that she would eventually pay for her poor choices would've sufficed just fine without bringing someones God into it. That is a whole'nother ball game lol

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To the OP: it's obvious this nurse just was tired of making money. I mean, why else would someone just quit their job?

i was being sarcastic. Seriously, people leave their job for a reason. That reason may not be good enough for management but it's good enough that the person leaving is willing to forego an income for a while.

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Specializes in Correctional, QA, Geriatrics.

I want to preface this posting by saying thatI respect CCM & I understand her frustration with the abrupt leaving of her nurse without notice or a face to face. However I myself have twice in my nearly 40 year career left without notice. Both situations were beyond awful and it was imperative that I remove myself from them immediately. I am not saying that was the case for CCMs' nurse but to make a blanket statement as some posters have that it is never acceptable or understandable to leave without notice is unrealistic. There can be situations in which staying past your shift is not the best choice to protect oneself from a big stinking mess.

Also sometimes an employee is struggling with a situation outside work that can drive them to make drastic decisions. I remember one time I had a nurse no call no show and I was furious. I couldn't contact her or her emergency contacts. I even called her landlord because I was worried something might have happened to her. Well something had. My nurse was a victim of domestic abuse and she had fled from her abuser. Which is why she no called no showed. My point is most of the time quitting a job without notice is unacceptable, sometimes the departing employee is simply acting out anger or disrespect but sometimes there can be personal issues driving that employee to feel desparate or unable to see another way to handle something overwhelming to them.

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Specializes in Rehab, LTC, Peds, Hospice.

I think it's very unproffesional. I think that it also an unwise decision in relation to finding another job and unfair to the staff and residents who depended on you. That being said, like the poster above, I would not personalize such an act because the reasons may in fact be very good ones like domestic abuse, overwhelming depression/anxiety, or yes, even that a well staffed, deficiency free facility could be hell for that particular person to work.

I work for a 5 star deficiency free facility. We work our butts off to keep it that way. But we still have a lot of staff turn over - mainly due to the fact that LTC is not for everyone.

And Cape Cod - its good you have an open door policy, but sometimes unfortunately the divide between administration and staff is too great to be breached. Some staff will never vocalize their discontent to you simply because you are the boss. It stinks because problems can never be fixed if they aren't voiced. (You can probably guess this isn't a problem of mine ;))

Sorry this happened to you and your facility.

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Specializes in Rehab, LTC, Peds, Hospice.

I also want to acknowledge the nurse could in fact be a self serving jerk :D Then good riddance!!

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I was hired along with another new nurse at the same time in LTC. Starting out, as my first job, it sucked. And, at times, it still sucks. It's very busy, people are rude, co-workers gossip, and it's difficult to get everything done in a shift. And, when I don't, the on-coming nurse gives me some really BS attitude because they're having a s**t day already. After the first month, the nurse I was hired with quit and I was left by myself. I think that Kubler-Ross's stages of grief apply here. As with any adversity, I went through denial all the way through to acceptance. I have come to accept that nursing is not easy or fun, but it is a lot of work. Because of this, I don't want to jump around from nursing job-to-job trying to find one that is. The other nurse who I was hired didn't accept the fact that nursing is hard work, and, subsequently she quit. She was really nice, and, I don't blame her, but it is difficult having to get to know and train another new nurse even when I am a new nurse myself. ;)

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