would like to quit one of my jobs....but??

[NPvampire]

Hi, all. Am looking for advice. I would like to leave one of my jobs, in HH, as the pay is AWFUL for the amount of hours I am actually working and the environmental conditions are something out of a third-world country half the time.

The thing is, I have been a nurse 5 years and have already left 2 jobs of my choice (hours were cut to nothing sustainable), 1 job laid off due to lack of PRN-necessary hours, and 1 job when state closed the hospital down and everyone knows it (although I'm back with the state again at different sister hospital).

In other words, I am a dreaded job-hopper, and I hate to leave another job. I had been PRN very sporificely the past year to avoid resume destruction but now the HH wants more and I am already getting burned out--and physically ill--after 3 weeks.

I can't work for $10 an hour and I'm so sick of being ill from being around animals and filth and cigarette smoke. Should I leave the job or plod on to avoid another resume blunder? I also feel guilty because they trained me, and put a lot of money into that.

Meanwhile, the state job is getting PO'd because they are not getting their hours from me that they want, and used to get before HH started complaining. The state job is important too as I believe one of my practicums for NP may be there. My NP specialty field doesn't care squat about HH.

Ugh, any advice?

[noahsmama]

You hate the HH job, you have another job and that job wants more hours from you, and the problem is............?

If you HH job were your only job I would understand the problem, but since you already have another job, it seems easy enough to me to quit the one you hate. You certainly shouldn't feel guilty about it. And as long as you stick with your other job for a reasonable amount of time, you won't look so much like a job hopper. You can also explain why your various jobs were short term, mostly through no fault of your own.

I think working out the current schedule and giving proper notice makes sense, but otherwise this seems like a no-brainer to me.