Quitting without a notice

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I'm looking for some advice on this.

I currently have an interview coming up and if I feel like the place is the right fit for me and they offer me the job, I will take it in a heartbeat.

I haven't given my 2 week notice to my current employer yet. I'm waiting until I have something lined up before doing so. I don't think I can last another 2 weeks at my current place of employment. Staffing issues are a problem everywhere but I have been placed in unsafe situations where I am taking care of very high acuity patients that is putting my license in jeopardy. There a bunch of other reasons as well but that is the number one reason why I want to quit without notice.

So would you quit in my situation? Have you ever quit without a notice? I know they say to never burn your bridges but I highly doubt I will be working for this company ever again.

Thanks!

I have always given at least 2 weeks notice and sometimes a month. I have had some horrible jobs where I couldn't go another day but always thought about the bind I would put my coworkers and patients in if I just left without notice. Also, if a prospective employer were to call my old job for a reference it would be on my record which would give an impression of unreliability.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
I don't recommend quitting without notice. People have LONG memories and you never know when you may see them again. Give proper notice and then move on .

Smiling blueEyes is correct.............people do hang on a long memory....I have a couple nurses, supposed to be friendly safe competent nurses from prior "paths crossed"......... They quit without notice, after giving them the job they ask for, and as DON, I needed safe stable practice staffing........they quit without notice, because of some drama, not even at our job.......caused a horrid staffing crisis, "I went out on a limp fro them, and they. Broke the darn limb off the tree 🙈...........I just can never give these two.......a favorite reference .........they for a significant while would be "I would not rehire......!"....... It is just not worth, not doing the right thing......

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

Brian, "Knocks a home run, out of the park with the bases loaded.........he is so right, I would not hire you, if you stiffed your prior employer.....please do the right thing

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You are a nursing professional. In upholding your highest level of professional standards, a concise written letter of resignation is the best action. For you in your career.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I've quit many times without notice. I'm not proud of that. However, some places I have worked I don't regret not giving a notice.
Yep. I have resigned over the phone and on the spot. As unprofessional as it was for me to take the low road, I actually enjoyed knowing I would put my former manager in a bind due to weekend staffing issues.

I suppose you can ascertain that I disliked the manager...

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Yep. I have resigned over the phone and on the spot. As unprofessional as it was for me to take the low road, I actually enjoyed knowing I would put my former manager in a bind due to weekend staffing issues.

Unfortunately, this doesn't create a bind for most managers. Either they get the shift covered, or not, but most managers aren't going to care.

Your coworkers, and more importantly the patients, are the ones that are going to suffer the consequences.

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Specializes in Med/ Surg/ Telemetry, Public Health.

Don't quit your current job, even if you dislike it. Wait until you have the offer from the other job, and you accept it. Professionally put in your two weeks notice. Don't burn your bridge with them. Let us know how things go.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Unfortunately, this doesn't create a bind for most managers. Either they get the shift covered, or not, but most managers aren't going to care.
This was a nursing home, not a hospital. Nursing homes generally do not have an extensive pool of PRN or agency staff from which they can pull to cover shifts.

It created a bind for my former manager that weekend since she was on-call. She ended up having to work a 16-hour shift that Saturday.

Your coworkers, and more importantly the patients, are the ones that are going to suffer the consequences.
I didn't, and still don't, personally care about the patients. I put on my game face while at work and treat them nicely, but I don't particularly care about their personal lives.
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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
Unfortunately, this doesn't create a bind for most managers. Either they get the shift covered, or not, but most managers aren't going to care.

Your coworkers, and more importantly the patients, are the ones that are going to suffer the consequences.

I learned early on that safe staffing is not my responsibility. Some bridges need to burn. Loyalty to an employer can be a big mistake.

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Won't help unless she can legally change her social security number too.

Lol

And that was when I had no other option but nursing homes. Now I'm 5 months in post acute rehab, with no plans on quitting anytime in the next year.

Ive worked with my doctor (A LOT) on my crippling anxiety issues, and am doing pretty well now. There have been a good 4 times in these last 5 months that I definitely would have quit without notice in the past. (Feeling terrible for coworkers for it, but my extreme panick issues used to beat my good conscience every time.)

I'm not concerned about future employment. I have a solid 3 year work history of part time, very part time, but still 3 years.... at one job with a reputation of being very reliable and now this job where I pick up shifts even last minute if my work is in a bind. So I'm developing a good work ethic reputation here too.

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Specializes in ER, progressive care.

Update #2 - my LAST SHIFT was yesterday! I'm free! At least I got to work with one of my favorite docs yesterday so that made it more tolerable.

Management tried to pull the, "well I just found out" nonsense. Thankfully I also forwarded my notice to HR!

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Specializes in Dialysis.

I advised against quitting earlier in the post. I've had to change. My DON came to me and demanded that I alter my charting to reflect what they put in an abuse allegation to state. I refused. She made threats and even stated she would make up things about me and fire me. Of course no one else present. I said OK. Walked out to my station (not clocked in) contacted DON at a competitor who's a friend, typed my immediate resignation letter and left. On my way out the door, I called our state reporting hotline, also noting the threats of false report of abandonment ( I hadn't clocked in or gotten report = no abandon). I hear they are now having a very bad week, and she is falling all over herself explaining a multitude of things. Apparently, my former coworkers are opening up about many things to the investigators. Meanwhile, my new job, while taking a pay cut, was worth it. Less stress, nicer environment. In 99% of circumstances, I say give notice. But there's that occasional situation. And no, I've never done that before. I've always given notice

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