sarah620

Hello, I recently got hired at a new job in December and got off orientation about a month ago. However, I really do not feel like nursing is the right career for me and thinking about quitting nursing altogether. I've been a nurse for about two years now. When I was working at LTC i thought things will get better if I go into an acute care. but i still dread going to work every morning and it's actually worse now. My new manager and coworkers have told me that I am doing really well and they like me there. The stress is getting worse everyday and unbearable for me at this moment so I've decided to go back to school and study something else. I feel terrible for leaving a job after only a few months when the hospital has invested so much in me. My question is, how should i let my manager know that i am leaving? I am still in my probation period which will not end until July. How many weeks of notice should I give my manager?

who don't really know what nursing is really about yet they make stupid remarks about nurses as if they are true! Ok, so I had lunch with a group of friends yesterday. My friend (who is also in nursing school) and I were talking about how demanding nursing program is because we were the only people who can understand each other at that table. Then all of sudden this other friend barged in and said, "Yeah, and after you graduate, you will be working UNDER so-and-so!! (who was also with us)" I get when some people who don't know any better say that nurses work for doctors, even though this statement still makes me mad. But this so-and-so is a CHILD COUNSELOR for crying out loud! She is not even PhD and still an intern, not to mention still not licensed! What makes me even more mad is that the child counselor/intern friend was just smiling as if she's agreeing to what this nonsense my other friend was talking about! I hate when some people think nurses are at the bottom of the ladder and everyone, including pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, etc, is above nurses. I should've told him something but I didn't want to sound angry and frustrated. I'm actually regretting that I didn't tell him the right thing. Although my other friend said what he said was actually not true, i dont think he understood...I know that nursing is not the most glamorous job but I really wish people just SHUT UP when they dont know sh#$%. I'm just upset and had to vent this somewhere...