New Job Less than 3 months Before Giving Birth?

[Heyvu, BSN]

I've been debating to switching up my job/specialty for a while. I waited so long because I've had my license for less than a year. I plan to keep my agency job as PRN, but I want another atmosphere out of a skilled nursing facility. I am anticipating to give birth any time in March.  So I am wondering is it ideal to apply for a new job when I'm about to give birth in less than 3 months? Or is there a specialty that is known to be easy-going that will hire me? Like a clinic or lab. 

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

No, it is not ideal.

[Guest219794]

Kind of depends on how you define "ideal".

How do you see this playing out?   Lay out what you see as best case scenario here.

 

 

[Msmedic68w, MSN, RN]

I switched jobs when I was 5 months pregnant. I was in a really acute psych hospital and it wasn't safe. It is NOT ideal. You need to be at a job for a year to get FMLA if you don't have sick time, which you won't. My job was nice enough to let me take 8 weeks off or I literally would have had my son and been back to work in like 2 weeks. Don't do it, they have no obligation to keep you. The maternity leave in this country is trash, we don't even separate puppies from their mothers until they are 8 weeks but with humans nobody gives ****.