VenusRN001

I am also a new grad and I have definitely felt stupid and slow many times. It's great to hear I'm not the only one struggling a bit.

I will be working with oncology patients. Now that I have informed the hospital my preceptor is being very discouraging and telling me that bigger hospitals won't be as patient with me and that I will have to "grow a thicker skin." At first she made me doubt myself, but the more I think about it the more I realize how far I have come and that I am doing well now at the local hospital where I am working. I am certainly not perfect! But I learn from my mistakes and have a strong desire to succeed and I think that mentality will help me to do well at the bigger hospital. I am excited and nervous about the big move to a new city but, I hope to do well and to use the knowledge and experience I have had during orientation here help me at the new job.

I have already accepted the dream job though. And I've learned that in nursing when opportunities come you have to take them at that time because you don't know if that opportunity will even be an option tomorrow.

Thanks CaffeinePOQ4HR! That is such a good way of saying it! You are totally right! I will give my resignation notice 3 weeks to one month before my last day. I need to look out for myself and right now this is a great opportunity that I cannot pass up. I hope they are able to understand that...and that I do not need to go back to them. I hope I do well at my new job and that I utilize all that I have learned in these past few weeks of orientation from the old job.

Thank you so much to all for sharing about your past experiences and opinions about it. I did not even think about getting the offer in writing. I'll wait for that from HR then I'll start thinking of what I'll tell my current boss.

I have been offered an awesome opportunity to work as a nurse in a city where I have dreamed of living. I applied for a position 3 months ago and did not get it so, I ended up accepting a position in the unit where I was a nurse's aid for 2 years. But, now I have been reconsidered for a position and I was offered the job at the hospital where I originally wanted to work. I accepted enthusiastically. But now I don't know what to say to my current boss. I don't want to jump the gun, so I'm waiting to say anything until HR has all their requirements completed and I have the new state's RN license. What should I do? I am very excited for this new opportunity but nervous about resigning so early after the hospital has invested in me.