Is it possible to get out of a signed contract if a nurse doesn't like her job.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Nov 10, 2015

maybe. needs further clarification.
you DO understand why people view that as unethical, you just don't agree.
As for being "asked" to sign a contract, it's obvious workers are "asked" to do many things as a condition of employment which amount to being taken advantage of because no one is in a position where they can afford to turn down work. You know as well as everyone else how difficult nursing jobs are to come by especially as a new grad; to say one has a "choice" shows an astounding lack of awareness.
Why are so many new grads so eager to leave as soon as possible? Maybe just maybe there are real problems in the way most hospitals are run and how workers are treated, and these contracts with ridiculously excessive financial penalties are for corporations too lazy and greedy to retain employees by running their companies properly. A contract which would require a worker to pay severance in an amount which, if subtracted from said worker's wages over his/her employment, would average out to the worker having been paid less than a living wage should be illegal.

If nurses were to stay in the jobs where they've been paid for orienting for the year, two years or whatever they promised the manager who hired them, contracts wouldn't have come about. As far as why so many new grads are so eager to leave as soon as possible -- I think we used to call that "reality shock." But then, we used to stay in our jobs for a year, two years or whatever we promised the manager who hired us. We used to keep our word without being forced to sign a contract.

If the employer doesn't honor the terms of the contract, that's one thing. But if you just "don't like your job," that doesn't seem to be a good reason to break the contract. If you must break it anyway, paying back however much you promised to pay back is the correct thing to do. All new grads hate their jobs after six months -- most of them, anyway. I know I did, as did most of my friends. If you stick it out, it gets better.

VKALA · Nov 15, 2016

Thank you to all who had commented on the Job contract.I was finally able to resolve the issue with the Hospital-had to pay $5000 to get out of it.