I resigned today...

lalarn · Mar 10, 2012

My first RN job I quit after a year and a half. Was taking vacation for 2 weeks, handed in my notice and moved back to my hometown without a job. The hospital was awful! Still hear from people I worked there with and its even worse now! I am always grateful I left there because it was so bad! Resigning was the best thing I did ever!

frenchfroggyAPRN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN · Mar 10, 2012

Recently left a position I had for nearly six years. I was written up and demoted for a policy that had not been written yet on a Tuesday, thought about it and went in on Thursday to give them a final work release from an ortho (was injured in October, work comp) and said "by the way, this is my two week notice". The looks on their faces was priceless They didnt know what hit them. I had been taking their ^%#* for the last year, it had become so bad that I didn't want to go to work at all. I am now at a new hospital and am loving it. I am exhausted at the end of the day, but it is worth it. I took a paycut but it is worth it :yeah: :yelclap:

prettymica, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN, NP · Mar 10, 2012

Oh yes.. From an SNF.. I got tired of splitting 75 patients with one other nurse on day shift and maybe 5 CNAs. I was told all the work better be done before 12pm(Meds, tube feeds, regular feeders, skin assessments,). I was only working weekends and I had asked for the next 2 weekends off or given then to other staff... I wrote my 2 weeks notice right then and there. They called me and threaten to not pay me for my time I didn't use. I told them if you look carefully before you called me, you would have seen I used it months ago and don't call here again!

GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 10, 2012

...to take a position at another hospital. boy, did it feel awesome! any resignation stories to share? mine was fairly run-of-the-mill, but the look of surprise on my director's face was pretty satisfying (is my bitterness showing?).

many moons ago, i resigned from a great position back in my native country madrid, spain. needless to say, i had the ideal rn position, no weekends, no holidays, 8-4pm working with a wonderful set of colleagues. however, in the back of my mind i always wanted to come to the states and try my luck working as an rn. unquestionably, i could still hear the don telling me "you can't speak the language, and besides you don't have any family there, why do you wanna throw it all away!!! is it the money, is that it? you want more money??" following this further, my first stop was london, chelsea, it took me a yr. to learn english, in the mean time i gathered all of the legal documents in order to work in the states and here you have me, and the rest is history :cool:

MrsBradyMom · Mar 11, 2012

I just gave my two weeks notice to my LTCF 2 weeks ago. I got this snotty email back saying policy was 3 weeks notice. Now, this facility has fired 5+ nurses in the past 3 months....good nurses, but ones who made too much $$ under our old pay structure. This same facility wrote me into the schedule 2+ times without my permission (I'm PRN) and then wrote me up when I failed to show up for those shifts. I started my new hospice job a month ago and I couldn't be happier :)

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I like turtles.

Again?

Yes, we know.

Now, go ride your bike.

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I just gave my two weeks notice to my LTCF 2 weeks ago. I got this snotty email back saying policy was 3 weeks notice. Now, this facility has fired 5+ nurses in the past 3 months....good nurses, but ones who made too much $$ under our old pay structure. This same facility wrote me into the schedule 2+ times without my permission (I'm PRN) and then wrote me up when I failed to show up for those shifts. I started my new hospice job a month ago and I couldn't be happier :)

I do not understand this practice of writing prn/pool staff into the schedule, after the schedule has been posted, without obtaining their permission first.

Why do people put up with that?

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

many moons ago, i resigned from a great position back in my native country madrid, spain.

i love castillian spanish. :)

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

i worked in a medical billing office that made drastic changes over a few months. as the screen saver on my computer, i typed in "i quit" and left a piece of paper taped over the monitor with the superviser's name on it so she would see it and look under it when she came in later that day.

i vote this into the "i quit" notices hall of fame.

up-n-atom · Mar 11, 2012

I love Castillian Spanish. :)

I've got a bike! You can ride it if you like!

I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

fuzzywuzzy, CNA · Mar 11, 2012

How exactly do you quit? I'm a CNA with 2 jobs and I'd like to quit one of them, as the facility treats us like absolute dirt! I'm not sure if I have to tell my DON or HR, and if I have to do it in writing or not. And should I tell them why I'm leaving, or just let it go and say I found a place that's closer to my home?

Also, when I apply for another job, what do I write on the application as my "reason for leaving" this horrible place?

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

you do have to do it in writing. you tell your don verbally and write a letter. the classic, acceptable "i quit" letter says:

date

dear (director of hr),

please consider this my notice to leave the employ of abc facility as of (date + 14 days). my last day of work will be on (that day).

sincerely,

fuzzywuzzy

that's it. you don't need to say anything else.

plan what you might say if they offer you an exit interview. sometimes, if you are dead-certain-sure you will never, ever see any of these people ever again, you can tell them chapter and verse. however, if there's a remote chance that you might run into one of them in the future (and you'd be surprised how small this world is), you can say something like, "i found the scheduling challenging," or, "i would like to learn to work with a different patient mix to improve my skills," and, of course, "as you know, i have been working two jobs and have decided to go to the other one full-time because it is closer to my home."

on a future job application, when it asks "reason for leaving," you say, "accepted full time position with xyz facility." that's all you need to say there.

good luck! congratulations!