I have posted many a times about my horrible first RN job that which I started 10 weeks ago. Things have REALLY gotten bad. I talked to my manager about the latest issues and she pretty much made up excuses for everything. Sorry, I worked to hard for this license. 1,2, 3 strikes I'm out.
I want to keep it short and simple. Mind you that I am leaving on bad terms b/c I am not giving any notice. Please don't call it unprofessional, I am not at fault at all.
Date
Human Resouce
hospital
city, state
To whom it may concern:
It is with regret that i must reign my position as a Registered nurse effective on this date of October 19, 2005.
Sincerely,
raindrop.
I found this "simple" resignation letter on monster. My BF says that the "regret" implies to him, and maybe will to human resource, that I liked my job and had a positive experience, overall.
Considering that I am not giving notice and have complained to HR and my manager 2 times, I know that they will know better....but what if I ever have to go to court, god forbid, and the judge reads it like how my BF did.
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I just wish you the best---I am sorry circumstances led you to believe the only answer is to resign immediately. I wish you the best in your future work/life endeavors, I really do.
just curious, if you have only been there 10 wks, aren't you still in that usual 90 day period where you can leave or they can ask you to leave no questions asked-no reason necessary, thus no bad repercussions on either side. that is how it is at our facility.
Can't You Be Potentially Sued For Patient Abandonment By Walking Off A Job Without Giving Notice?
Hi everyone.
Psychapm, no you can't be sued or reported unless you are on the clock and leave. I once read about a nurse who left her facility for lunch without clocking out, she was in a minor car accident and couldn't come back to work that day, and they reported her to the BON. Now, I[m not saying I know that to be true, but it is something that I heard about.
To the rest of you, instead of just walking into HR and turning in my resignation letter, I called HR and spoke to the recruiter about everything and my plan. He turned it over to an employee advocate and she told me that I can be interviewed to transfer to a different unit. i asked her if I can get back to her tomorrow....
In the mean time today i have called places Re: my resume status from a few weeks ago, and I have a phone interview scheduled for tomorrow and a regular interview with a different hospital scheduled for next week.
Am I cut out for nursing? Absolutely. I was an LPN for an agency sice I've been 21, so, 5 years of LPN experience working in LTC and hospital settings. I have never experienced this type of enviroment in my meager 5 years experience. I never worked on and ICU before, but I have worked Med/surg with up to 12 patients - of course I had a RN and a CNA if there were that many patients. It was teamwork. where I am at now is 100% primary care for you patients, no CNA. Dressing changes for burn patients are a B, and their overall sysytem is so poor - I repeat once again that I really felt my license was at risk. i exhausted all avenues to rectify things to no avail. I had no ICU, tele, IMC, hemo, echo, EKG type-a classes at all. During my interview I was told I would get them, but silly me I assumed that it would be BEFORE I started the actual floor, not 6 months later.
I have done my best, and I pat myself on the back b/c I think I've done an awesome job considering I have pretty much trained myself.
Now I know what type of Q's to ask in my interviews that I have scheduled.
Another thing guys', I realize things aren't always going to be peachy keen in any job. there will be good days and bad days. With this job i never had any good days. I kept giving and giving and taking it, then finally talkd with my manager and HR, nothing changed so i took it for a few weeks longer, then went back to HR and my manager and got nowhere - now I'm taking the bull by the horns.
There are some jobs that are not worth the hassle of working out a notice...regardless of the consequences. I'm already looking for another job after being in my present one for only nine weeks. The reasons are many: no benefits or job security, being made to function as a Medical Records clerk instead of a QI Analyst, unusable computer equipment with an equally incompetent IT department and basically working out of a "closet" in the E.R. with three other women who couldn't keep their mouths shut if their lives depended on it...alll of which is severely impacting my ability to perform my job.
I'd encourage you, as others have, to give notice because that is the *proper* thing to do.
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. No letter of resignation, no notice. I talked to her about my concerns and she agreed with me... the unit I was working on was the worst in the place. She asked me to talk to the manager about transferring to another unit and I told her I was quite sure I didn't want to stay in the facility.
It didn't prohibit me from getting another job, though, because I never listed it on my resume/app.
Hi CharmCityRN,
I am glad that it didn't adversely affect you. I once left a job with last minute notice, (as a CNA in a nursing home) and I remember the manager telling me that it was going to haunt me every time I applied for a job. Luckily, it hasn't, (even though I do list it as a former job).
I am worried sometimes though about not listing all my former jobs, jeeze I have had so many, some were moonlight jobs, others were temporary or seasonal and to tell it like it is, I don't remember them all!
What has bothered me though is that when companies run credit checks and so on that it may look like I am being intentionally dishonest by not listing all my previous employers. C'mon, I started working in 1982 and usually doubled up my assistant wage jobs just to meet poverty level!
DO NOT BURN BRIDGES! ...Sorry there isn't a more polite saying, but it's a good saying. For all you know that nurse manager is best friends with every other nurse manager in the country.
I understand if you cannot stand one more day at that place BUT go FACE TO FACE with your nurse manager and VERY POLITELY inform her that you gave the place a shot, and it just doesn't fit your personality, and you wish her luck finding another employee who will. ALSO APOLOGIZE TO HER for not giving a two weeks notice, but you do not believe 2 weeks will do either you, her, the staff, and the patients any good or difference. You can even add that the staff wasn't welcoming and she wasn't accommodating your growth or success as a nurse. Just make sure you tell her directly. Acknowledging your actions will show that you have deeply thought out your decision in leaving and are not just simply irresponsible!
The resignation letter to human resources is just documentation. It's going to be filed away along with a bunch of other resignation letters all stating the same thing. You should be more worried about the impression you leave than a piece of paper. Future employers are not going to be asking for a copy of your resignation letter, they are going to be calling the nurse manager and ask her why you left and how was your performance during your employment period. It's your nurse manager that future employees will be calling to ask about your performance. If you must leave this instant, atleast leave a good impression. All it takes is 5 minutes to spare a lifetime of bad impressions.
I've always given the required notice, even though it was very hard at 1 job I held. Luckily, I had some vacation time on the books and used it to cover part of my final 2 weeks.
I have been asked at job interviews if I have ever left a place of employment without giving the proper notice, so it does come up. Sometimes nursing can be a small world.
Ask if you can finish up the 2 weeks in a different capacity. Or ask to sign a letter relieving you of responsiblity for your pts. The last option is something I have done very rarely, and it was because staffing was so poor I felt it was unsafe. I'm not sure if your circumstances would merit the same letter.
If, and it sounds like you will, leave before 2 weeks, be sure to be clear about your reasons for leaving in your exit interview.
DO NOT BURN BRIDGES! ...Sorry there isn't a more polite saying, but it's a good saying. For all you know that nurse manager is best friends with every other nurse manager in the country.
I understand if you cannot stand one more day at that place BUT go FACE TO FACE with your nurse manager and VERY POLITELY inform her that you gave the place a shot, and it just doesn't fit your personality, and you wish her luck finding another employee who will. ALSO APOLOGIZE TO HER for not giving a two weeks notice, but you do not believe 2 weeks will do either you, her, the staff, and the patients any good or difference. You can even add that the staff wasn't welcoming and she wasn't accommodating your growth or success as a nurse. Just make sure you tell her directly. Acknowledging your actions will show that you have deeply thought out your decision in leaving and are not just simply irresponsible!
The resignation letter to human resources is just documentation. It's going to be filed away along with a bunch of other resignation letters all stating the same thing. You should be more worried about the impression you leave than a piece of paper. Future employers are not going to be asking for a copy of your resignation letter, they are going to be calling the nurse manager and ask her why you left and how was your performance during your employment period. It's your nurse manager that future employees will be calling to ask about your performance. If you must leave this instant, atleast leave a good impression. All it takes is 5 minutes to spare a lifetime of bad impressions.
Good luck with everything!
i agree. give at least a week's notice!! my goodness. this may follow you for the rest of your life! you will never be able to put that place as a reference if you don't!also, your nm may know a lot of other nurses in management in the area. i teach acls and i can tell you which floors in which hospitals are the worst and the best in my area from all the nurses that come through class. nurses talk.in your resignation letter address WHY you are leaving. this will go in your file as documentation to support YOU and not the employer down the road.and yes, for what it's worth, we've all had jobs like this!sad.
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN
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As awful as the place may be, still give 2 weeks' notice. You will be glad later that you did. You will probably regret later if you don't.