Punkin5

Wow...thank you guys for all your great feedback. I especially appreciate the reply from individual from HR. I feel that your reply resonates with me completely. In retrospect, I wish that I had advocated for myself more when they appreaoched me and asked me to resign. To try and make me feel "better", my manager told me that 50% of their new grads they hire on the floor don't cut it by 6 weeks. Not to have a negative outlook, but I wish they had told me this from the get-go, because now I am in a situation where managers don't want to hire me because they think I am a generally unsafe employee, all because I didn't get the proper support I needed to start as a new grad. If I knew this from the beginning, I definitely would have thought twice about accepting this position. Thank you again for your support! Any suggestions about where I should go from here on the job hunt? You guys are great

Help! I was recently asked to resign from my first position in the Hematology/Oncology unit at one of the bay areas major hospitals. I am a new grad who went through an intensive 6 week floor training under the guidance of a preceptor. The floor I worked on was very very advanced and the patients were the sickest of the sick. The hard part for me was that I barealy had time to talk to my patients -- I was always worried about all the things piling up in my day. Another hard thing for me was that I rarely received any positive feedback from my preceptor. It was easy for her to point out all the things I was doing wrong, that I started to question if I was doing anything right. In my heart, I knew I was giving it my all and that I was putting so much effort into my patients, and I was improving every day! After my 6 weeks, i met with my manager who told me she didn't think thae acuity level and patient load was a good atmosphere for me to learn -- which I understand. She did not beleive it was a good fit for me to start off in. So, she asked me to resign. I was pretty shocked and upset, and am trying to keep reminding myself of all the positive I got out of this experience. So basically I am out of a job after only 6 weeks of nursing and am finding managers do not want to hire me because I was only at my last job for 6 weeks. I'm wondering if it's even worth it to mention my last experience on my resume, since it seems to be harming me. Then again, I beleive it was a great learning experience. I wish the hospital I worked at could have extended my orientation or given me a new preceptor, but they told me it was too late in the game for that and it was better that I move on and go into a more general med-surg type job -- which in retrospect makes total sense. I want to work and I know I can do it...I just need someone to give me a chance. Thanks for any advice. I would be willing to work in any nursing capacity to get experience.