hello i worked in a la county hospital and i had a total of 8 weeks of orientation.....pretty much long story short...i hated it there.. i loved my nicu postion, hated my preceptor, she was so fake (would tell me im doing great) and during evaluations stated that i needed to pick up the pace, chart less, etc. i was allways complemented on being a hard worker, i was the first one to ge report and start my 0800 feeds/vs etc..but i knew they didnt like me, the floor was ran my veteran RN and it was a case of "the experienced eating the young"...i did great i think for never working an a actual hospitl floor for exampl,i had a vent/adm 1-1 baby within 3 weeks, but it just didnt work. after 8 weeks of giving my best and it obviously not being enough..i decided to quit. my nurse manager adviced me to go to another hospital and apply as a new grad, since i only had 8 weeks orientation.....shes said not even mention it and not place it on my resume, is this a good idea? should i follow her advice or is she setting me up for failure? sorry to sound paranoid but this is my career....
let me know what i should do i am applying for new positions soon! thanks
Don't put it down, listen to your supervisor. Why put up red flags? You did nothing wrong, it just was not a good fit. Life's like that. Both you and the employer took a chance and it didn't work out.
I would keep it off my resume. What have you to gain by putting a job you were briefly at? I speak from experience. I graduated in May of this year and started a job in July. I left in Sept. and included it on resumes and applications and it has been viewed negatively. One nurse recruiter was excited about me working at her hospital until she heard about my brief employment at a affiliated hospital.
I say tell...if you are found out, it is usually grounds for firing. Most companies have a 90 day firing clause...also, a truth in hiring clause.
I don't see the problem, a new grad has no idea until they are working whether or not they will like their "dream" position. You are entitled to change your mind. I wouldn't say they didn't like you, or you didn't get along during the interview process. I would just say that you and the NICU environment were not a good fit and it wasn't apparent until you'd work there a few weeks, but you gave it a try.
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I don't have ethical problems with leaving it off, but I do have practical problems with it. It has been my experience that being anything less than straightforward has bitten me in the butt. You know, if at any point in the future, they did a more extensive background search on you than they do at hiring, for whatever reason, leaving that job off your resume could come back to haunt you. You'll look dishonest, and if they're investigating you in the first place, there might already be a problem that you're not going to want to add to. JMO, of course.
I'm far from an expert, but I think you also have to consider what leaving a two month blank period between the granting of your license and your interview with X-hospital looks like to them, that can raise more difficult questions and make you look dishonest from the outset. I think you're better off being honest with them. Especially if you're now looking for opportunities in a different specialty you have a very good and very simple reason for leaving the environment you just left.
Nursing is a small world. I think we are going to encounter the same people through the years, unless we make a geographical move. I would tell the truth, even if I were there one week. You have good, valid reasons for leaving - right? I would not hide this.
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Don't put it down, listen to your supervisor. Why put up red flags? You did nothing wrong, it just was not a good fit. Life's like that. Both you and the employer took a chance and it didn't work out.
Let go of it; don't mention it.