elysian7

That's exactly what I'm afraid of... "the left without notice" following me around. I fear I have irreversibly tarnished my spotless career all by just trying to stand my ground and not be taken advantage of. I feel I'm a good nurse and I'm truly passionate about what I do! I have no desire to work for this facility ever again. I just don't want it to follow me. Thank you all for your advice!

I did! I know quitting without notice is completely unacceptable and I accepted full responsibility. However the DON was forcing me to come in and work as a CNA "or else". She told me she needed an answer so I replied with "ok I quit". Not trying to justify my actions but I felt somewhat cornered and that was my knee-jerk reaction.

To update my earlier scenario I contacted corporate office for my facility and found out that as long as my administrator was on board I could be allowed a transfer. I have a spotless record over my four years of working there with quitting being my only issue. I got in touch with my assistant administrator and told her the story. I was still not allowed to speak with the administrator who was the one who told me working as a CNA was unacceptable for nurses. Well in short it was the DON who called me and offered me my job back but said I would not be allowed to transfer. She told me to think it over and get back to her. So I did within 24 hours. I put one condition on my return: that I approve my shifts before I'm scheduled them. (Remember I'm PRN, this is standard policy for PRN employees) to which she replied "that's ok thanks anyways". I'm not sure what to make of any of this!

I work in LTC. I'm an LPN and have been at the same facility for almost 4 years. I just recently went back to school for my RN. I did not spring this on my employer. I told management nearly a year before I started the process. When classes/clinicals started I gave up my full time position to work PRN. The scheduling manager and DON worked with me to schedule me every weekend which is what I wanted. At the beginning of this year they started scheduling me as a CNA on the floor. A few shifts here and there didn't bother me. Sometimes I never knew what I was working until I walked in the door on Saturday morning. After about two months I noticed I was working nearly every weekend as a CNA. Sometimes I would be scheduled a week in advance for CNA shifts. I went to my scheduling manager and asked her if we could stop this. I was told to take it up with the DON. Well I did. I went to the DON, the ADON and after nothing changed and I was still working as a CNA I went to my administrator, who promised it would stop. It didn't. I was never a CNA before I was a nurse so I'm not very good at it. I was even more exhausted when I got home after working 12 hour shifts back to back as an aid. After discovering from a coworker that I had 3 more upcoming shifts as a CNA I called my assistant administrator and ended up getting a text from my DON informing me I was expected to work the shifts. So in a fit of rage I quit. I love this company and I'm deeply saddened that this happened. This particular company has another location nearby. To which I found out I can't work for them ever again. Did I do the right thing? I feel like I went up the chain of management and no one cared to listen to my concerns. Had anyone else ever experienced anything like this?