Quitting job after only 8 months

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I'm leaving my current job after 8 months of being there. It's my first RN job, and it's in a clinic. I already have another job lined up. My concern is how to break the news to the doctor and nurses I work with. I live about an hour away from my current job (where I've been working), and they keep asking when I plan on moving closer. This new job is much closer to where I originally live, so I won't have to move anymore. I don't know how to tell them I'm leaving (besides a 2 week notice). They'll be judgy, as many of them are older. Any advice on how to tell them?

8 hours ago, JKL33 said:

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I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

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7 hours ago, Jedrnurse said:

I hear ya...

I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

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1 hour ago, Emergent said:

Just be warned, there will also be "older" people at the new job to judge you. ?

I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

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52 minutes ago, Jedrnurse said:

Heaven forfend. I hope they are required to wear little bells so as to not be able to sneak up on the young'uns.

I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

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52 minutes ago, Oldmahubbard said:

Maybe some of the "older" folks may have been through a hard time or two in their lives and are less prone to judge?

I am older and I would tell nobody to drive an hour to work unless there were no other alternatives.

I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

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13 hours ago, Alexxoxox said:

I'm leaving my current job after 8 months of being there. It's my first RN job, and it's in a clinic. I already have another job lined up. My concern is how to break the news to the doctor and nurses I work with. I live about an hour away from my current job (where I've been working), and they keep asking when I plan on moving closer. This new job is much closer to where I originally live, so I won't have to move anymore. I don't know how to tell them I'm leaving (besides a 2 week notice). They'll be judgy, as many of them are older. Any advice on how to tell them?

Just this quote from my daddy "You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought of you if you realized how rarely they did"

Hppy

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Why is it, if the old nurses give an opinion it's 'judgemental', but if you (the OP) give an opinion it's obviously the truth?

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Could be some of those older folks have forgotten about the numerous short term jobs they had decades ago.

Memory has a way of being conveniently malleable.

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2 hours ago, Emergent said:

Why is it, if the old nurses give an opinion it's 'judgemental', but if you (the OP) give an opinion it's obviously the truth?

I have already apologized for that statement multiple times in this thread. I never once said my opinion was 'obviously the truth', as you put it. This needs to stop. I can't undo what I said. I apologized, time to move on.

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Moving can cost a lot of money. Also, it's really none of their business. You don't owe them an explanation. However, if you want to be nice and offer one, i would say it didn't work out ( my lease turned out to be for 18 months instead of 12 months like i originally thought, and this commute is not working out so i had to take another job instead, and that saves me from a cost of moving).

People are always going to judge anyway. I told one of the doctors at my work that i moved much closer to my job, and my new commute is 7 minutes. He told me it's was bad idea and how i am going to bump into my patients at the grocery stores, and i shouldn't live so close to where i work. ( What??) Then he told me that my previous 45 hour commute wasn't that bad and i should stick to it. That was the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. Not to mention that my kid's new daycare happened to be conveniently located a few blocks away, making it much easier for me or hubby to drop them off before work. Well, he had an opinion about that too. " Give your kids to your mother-in-law to watch to save money." After that i have never shared anything with him again, and luckily he now works at another location.

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4 hours ago, Alexxoxox said:

I'm sorry, I should not have worded it that way. The older nurses at my job have actually made judgemental comments about younger nurses not staying at jobs long in "this generation". My apologies for the wording.

Your apology states that these older nurses were judgmental. Are you judging these older nurses or are you just stating the facts?

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Nobody really cares when people quit....seriously. Will they make judgy comments? maybe but just say you found a job closer to home and leave it at that.

people leave all the time for various reasons....no biggie...and no offense.....but you weren't even there a year...so you shouldn't be that hard to replace

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