We were told at orientation for my home health (private duty really...it's shift work paid by medicaid) 2 weeks is the standard...so no 4 weeks here. Been at this job for 2 months ...worked for a year at a SNF that loved me and was sad to see me go and offered a wonderful reference if I ever need it.
I'm not saying I'm NOT going to give 2 weeks notice, I'm just saying I'm pondering maybe not.
I hate this job...has been nothing but mental stress and a panic attack that almost sent me to the ER ...it's caused stress on my family and especially my boyfriend who I live with because they all (esp him) love me and have seen me go through being extremely depressed and overly stressed. I tried to decline one client and they wouldn't let me...I wake up on the day I have him and feel sick like clock work. I don't enjoy my life anymore to the fullest I could ...this job has stole my joy and I feel like once I have it back I'll look back and realize that even though I knew it was bad ..it was REAL bad and I'll realize it wasn't worth it for a day to feel the way I feel right now. We all get fed up with jobs sometimes yes but I don't feel like it should be this severe. (There was a reason they practically hired me over the phone from 1000 miles away before I moved...I'll know how to spot employers like this from now on ...I had to learn)
Hours are unreliable (way too much or too little)
Families hate the agency and complain to me all the time (but like me...just not the agency)
Poor communication between office, patient, and nurse
Cook and transfer and change briefs more than anything else ...and drive a patient?!?!
Yeah I know all of this is subjective, maybe, and even though I know the truth it doesn't mean I can tell this all to a future employer I interview with (I have 2 interviews next Thurs) as an excuse for leaving before 2 weeks notice.
However ...how about for OBJECTIVE reasons?
Those being : being placed on cases that don't even require ANY RN skill ..a cna should have most of my cases. I don't mind doing things below the RN skill level ..but there needs to be a reason they placed an RN on that case and not a cna. Otherwise, what was the point of me going to nursing school or being hired as an RN? Ex: one client I have I change her, dress her, and drive her to an adult day care. That is it.
And ... I'm currently being paid as an LPN for ALL of my cases.
I was actually paid as an RN for my first case which I don't have anymore, and am now taking a $400-500 paycheck cut and still working 35-40 hours.
When you're being assigned cna cases that don't require RN services and are being paid as an LPN am I so horrible for leaving before 2 weeks if I get a job when I interview?
I feel like I'm disrespecting myself each day I continue to work. I also feel that the pay is not worth putting gas in my car to drive to the client's houses ...and like I'd be better off recuperating from my mental stress at home and saving money til I start a new position if offered next week.
Ps they are definitely short on nurses. Obviously. Because they pressured me into it saying I'd be inconveniencing the client's and putting them at a disadvantage because "we don't have a back up for you". They basically put their (the agency) duties on my plate making me feel bad. Forgot to mention how they went about it but yeah they tried to pass the blame to me.
Ps they are definitely short on nurses. Obviously. Because they pressured me into it saying I'd be inconveniencing the client's and putting them at a disadvantage because "we don't have a back up for you". They basically put their (the agency) duties on my plate making me feel bad. Forgot to mention how they went about it but yeah they tried to pass the blame to me.
This guilt spiel is so overused and so trite that it could be written in calligraphy with gold ink, framed, and hung in the agency office so that a potential new hire sees it when they enter for the first time.
My parents are visiting on wed and my agency talked me into my last day being Friday as I mentioned. This will be the first time seeing my parents since I moved away 1000 miles 3 months ago so it's a big deal. My birthday is also Friday, my last day. I was willing to work my bday but considering my parents will be in town and my agency pissed me off denying my notice and talked me into leaving Friday, I'm thinking about just telling them I won't be back on wed. I did them the favor of staying a few days longer and am only skipping out on a few days instead of a whole week as I originally intended. I would be more than courteous for a job I remotely respected and am sure I'll never do this in the future (half the reason being bc I now know the warning signs to look oit for to avoid taking a job like this again ...they're so clear to me now, guess I was blinded as a new nurse just stoked to get an offer) but for this job I honestly just don't care. They will use me til the very last second so may dip out early. Again I'm good to start the new job next mon so I have no reason to stay at my current one other than by my own courtesy.
Well guys got a call from my new job today ...they need me to come in thurs morning for new hire paperwork and a physical. So looks like I am going to HAVE to end my employment at the agency sooner than Friday. I have to get this stuff done since I start my new job on Monday and I'm not going to try to reschedule with my new job just to please my old one when i already sacrificed an earlier orientation date just to be nice to this dumb agency. I feel like their schedule to fit me in is pretty tight as is considering they asked me to come in thurs instead of later today, tomorrow, or wed. And I think it'd be silly to cancel my shifts thurs then come back for my "last day" on Friday so yeah with the parents in town and now this ...looks like Tues or definitely, definitely Wednesday will be my last day instead of Friday.
Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.
Another reason to stay would be that you don't know what the future holds for your future employment. You would not be welcome at the facilities associated with the one you want to ditch, and people do talk. HR depts talk to each other. Your name might get around, to say nothing about the kind of report you'll get when employers are called, for you, in the future.
Another reason to stay would be that you don't know what the future holds for your future employment. You would not be welcome at the facilities associated with the one you want to ditch, and people do talk. HR depts talk to each other. Your name might get around, to say nothing about the kind of report you'll get when employers are called, for you, in the future.
Always a consideration when changing jobs. But there is a limit to everything. When the employee gives notice, that timeframe should remain. After all, when the employer tells you that your services will not be needed for the notice period and walks you to the door, you don't change their timeframe.
I remember your story. So sorry they're jerking you around even more. Honestly I don't know how they could refuse to take your original one week notification, unless it's the law/at will state, as others have said. You could always be a not nice person and simply call off a couple of hours before you're remaining shifts.
I am also curious, is there a medical issue with the client? Like, no trach, feeding tubes etc, that they stated he needed a nurse, vs cna? Or are they simply older clients, requiring ADL and driving assistance?
I will not say the agency I work for but let's just say they are a national (now going international) company that is extremely unlikely to be bought out by surrounding hospitals. I will also say that reference checks are complete for my new job and from here on out this place of employment will NOT be on my references. Lastly, may I remind some of you that my new job was more than ready to drop my old job for them. For those of you who have kept up with my story (I appreciate it btw! Haha) you know I've been more than kind sticking it out with this place and I have to draw the line somewhere. My new job only does orientation every 2 weeks, I already blew off the first one...am I really supposed to reschedule my new hire paperwork and physical to what could possibly be next week all for this job, miss orientation again, and not start until 2 more weeks all while being out of a job altogether for 2 weeks since this week is my last week at my current one?
No, no, no. I already extended my notice which they SHOULD have accepted. I now am forced to shave off a couple days due to my NEW job being my priority and I'm content with that.
Crazin01... one client has a trach, vent (not very dependent on it though) and peg tube. Though majority of time is spent just being her companion and changing her (that's PDN shift work for ya) I get why she requires a nurse. My other client has a peg tube BUT the feeding and flush are done more often than not when I arrive and I am only there to change her, dress her, and drive her to an adult day program. I had another client that they finally let me off of his case (once again they talked me into staying the first time) where he had a peg tube but only got one med and 2 flushes and I spent all my time toileting him and cooking for him while his family just hung out with friends. I felt like they could just give the med and flushes and have a HHA do the rest! I gave up the client because he was highly uncooperstive with transfers and i literally couldnt get my job done and i felt uncomfortable cooking. But yeah only one of my current clients really requires a nurse.
They are all 3 young adults under 30 with neuromuscular diseases.
ALSO. Im not worried about ever working for this company again. I have my foot in the door to hospital work now. And if I ever left I would go to a doc office or back to the nursing home I started out in. I would NEVER come back to this agency. Or home health / PDN in general. It's the only job I could get at first. It'd be different if my passion lied in home health because only then would it be possible that I may come back to the same agency eventually. My heart is in hospital / travel nursing. HH and PDN are far from my career goals so it'd be rare to end up back here.
I did quit and now my agency is harassing me! That place is horrible ....run far far away....wish I could mention the name but I won't. But if I could stay far away.
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I did quit and now my agency is harassing me! That place is horrible ....run far far away....wish I could mention the name but I won't. But if I could stay far away.
You have named the agency in other posts earlier this year, FYI
Anyways I'm joking and making light of the situation but I truly did ponder getting put on an antidepressant for all the stress and changes (it runs in my family and I've been on Prozac before for like a year or less years ago so im aware of the benefits)...but I usually adapt well to change and I think once I quit a brick will be lifted and the rest of life's stress won't seem so overwhelming so I'm giving it til I leave this job to see if I still need some Prozac haha.
Sounds like a nightmare job to even consider needing drugs to endure!!!! If after talking to superiors about my concerns and nothing changed, I would have just quit without notice. A long time ago when I was a young nurse aide another aide slapped a blind lady for refusing to put on her socks. This I might add was my first day at this job. She looked me in the eye and said, " If you report me you will have 4 flat tires." I told her to Kiss my A** and reported her to 3 nurses and none of them did anything about it. So as soon as my shift was over I quickly got in my car and left before my tires had a chance to get flattened. Went home and reported the incident to the Dept Of Health. Of course I never went back. Then many moons later when I was in Nursing School the DON of that crazy facility was one of my instructors. She did not recognize me or if she did never mentioned anything and I was glad about that. I had heard through the grapevine that the facility had lost its accreditation a year or so after I left. I never even considered giving notice. All I knew was that I couldn't step one foot in that place again.
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Ps they are definitely short on nurses. Obviously. Because they pressured me into it saying I'd be inconveniencing the client's and putting them at a disadvantage because "we don't have a back up for you". They basically put their (the agency) duties on my plate making me feel bad. Forgot to mention how they went about it but yeah they tried to pass the blame to me.