Jessie1213

I'm actually off on the last day. I'm not asking if it's considered unprofessional. I was asking if it was considered abandonment. At this point I don't care because my mental health is more important to me than continuing to go to a job that wouldn't give me the decency of any kind of notice if the decided to terminate me for any reason. Your responses are feeling really targeted & honestly kind of rude.

Hey guys, I just hit 9 months in my first home health job but boyyy does it feel like 9 years. I am so unhappy and have been for months. I made the switch from a clinic position (8-5 m-f) because I was promised more flexibility. I'm still waiting to see the "flexible" side of it. I was also promised that all of my visits would be grouped together in one area, and if they weren't it was a mistake and to let them know but when I do, it doesn't seem to do any good. For instance, I had an admit an hour from all of my other visits, I let the office know and was told that once it was assigned to me I was forced to take it. However, they have pulled admits and various other visits from another nurse and given to me because she "had a headache" and the patient was rude on the phone. Me having to drive 30+ miles in the opposite direction of all of the rest of my visits has happened almost weekly since starting here. Another thing that recently happened, one of my weekly patients had a picc line that became occluded. I tried to stick him twice on two different occasions but his veins were rolling so I wasn't able to get any blood. These labs were to be run stat due to needing a trough level. I saw it was assigned to me a third time and reached out to my director and expressed my concern. I told her that the labs were important and asked if I could switch visits with another nurse so this man could get his labs when they were needed, I was just told "good luck". Every time I have went to our DON with concerns they have been brushed off. Even when it comes to my safety. So I decided to leave. I told my DON the Tuesday after thanksgiving that I was giving my one month. She asked where I was going and I told her I didn't know yet. She also asked if I wanted to go PRN several times and finally I agreed. From there she told me to keep her updated. Last week she text me to ask if I was still leaving full time, I told her yes and it would be after Christmas. I then followed up with a text and told her that according to the day I gave my resignation that my last day would be the day after Christmas to which she replied "yes ma'am. It has to be the end of a pay period so you're last day is 12/31.” 5 days isn't going to kill me, but I am so burnt out and it's more of the principle of the thing. I don't even want to go PRN for this company. I want to put it all behind me. If I take my tablet and my bag and drop it off the day after christmas, before accepting any of the visits for that day is that considered patient abandonment? I don't want to end up losing my license for quitting & thats causing me horrible anxiety because it makes me feel stuck, like I have no control over when I can leave.