KellSummers

I am resigning from a nurse educator position (where I am the student's didactic, lab, AND clinical instructor). I gave my Dean of Nursing plenty of notice (4 weeks) and she has told me that I am not allowed to tell my students I am leaving. I leaving week 8 of their 12 week course by the way. She thinks it will "stir the pot" and wants to just show up on the Monday after I leave and tell the students when she takes over teaching the last four weeks of their class. I personally feel like this is a horrible idea and a what terrible human would do. I feel that I owe it to my students to tell them I am leaving before they just show up one day and I am gone. I have a feeling that the reason my Dean wants it done this way is so she can make me look bad when I leave and tell them I just up and quit. Right now, I have 2 weeks left and I am wondering which of these options would be the best. 1. Do as my dean requests. Say nothing to the students. Tell them to have a good weekend and just never see them again. 2. Do as my dean requests, but text the students after their next class to explain that I was not allowed to tell them myself. I have all of their numbers and they text me on a regular basis, so I don't think this would be weird. I do think it will create drama if my Dean lies to them about how I left, but I think it's fair that I explain myself if she is going to be untruthful. 3. Tell them at the end of my last class. What is the Dean going to do? Fire me??

Both of my nursing jobs involved lots of sitting. I actually want to find a new one because I would like to be more active! I work as a home health nurse for medically complex children, where I go to their house and monitor them at night time to make sure they are stable (most of them have trachs, feeding tubes, and are on ventilator support overnight. Usually the first hour and the last hour, I do most the standing when I am getting my patients ready for bed or waking them up. I'm sure there are similar private duty nursing companies near you. I work for Ivy Lane Pediatrics, but it is only in Utah. My other job is as a clinical instructor. Most of the walking is done at the beginning of the shift when I am getting students assigned to nurses, but after that, I just check on them every 2 hours. In my down time, I find a good spot and work on homework on my laptop. Don't give up hope, you'll find something. Also screw the lady who thinks you need to "earn" your right to sit. Not sure how we have such bigoted nurses around still.. I really dislike this attitude as a somewhat new nurse.