Resignation

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2016

And can they sue me for that or take any legal actions?

No, not if you are an at-will employee. But resigning without notice is not professional and a bad reference can follow you throughout your career.

LeChien, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2016

You should also have a handbook/new hire packet that explains resignation procedures for your facility. Some are two weeks but many nursing jobs are 30 days.

sailornurse · Mar 2, 2016

As a PP said, nursing is a small world, you never know in which future jobs someone will remember that you quit on short notice. It might be someone from HR or one of the nurses you are currently working with. If you do a search on this topic you will see this gets asked often by new grads. You never know if the company you are working for merges or is bought by another company and your records go with the new company. Don't burn bridges!

heronurse · Mar 2, 2016

Okay, i justnfeel unsafe anymore. I cant keep up with the job

dishes, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2016

Okay, i justnfeel unsafe anymore. I cant keep up with the job

Tell your manager how you feel, see what their response is, maybe staffing can be adjusted to lighten the workload until you can manage safely.

roser13, ASN, RN · Mar 2, 2016

OP, I'm sorry to hear that you're giving up. To be honest, I think this may be a very big mistake.

From your other posts, it seems that you are in a decent facility, with helpful, encouraging co-workers, and a decent orientation. That combination is hard to find, especially in LTC. What you are experiencing (from your posts) is nothing more than the struggle that every new nurse goes through. It is a learning process that simply cannot be avoided. In other words, the next place may not be any better and likely could be worse, and you will still have that struggle to learn time management skills.

I truly hope that you've thought this through and I REALLY hope that you do not live in an area that is over-saturated with nurses.

Horseshoe, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2016

Any tips how I can do this properly? I only been working for 1 month and I cant find answers to stay in the facility. i know i have to give a 2 weeks notice but I want to get out immediately. Any tips how I can do this professionally? Thanks!

You know what you need to do, so do it. We all have to do things we don't "want" to do on any given day, but part of being a responsible adult is doing the right thing even though it's not convenient.

I don't want to pay my taxes. I sure didn't want to go to work the other day after spending the weekend with a relative in the hospital getting very little sleep. I know I won't feel like cooking dinner after a long day at work. For that matter, I don't want to even go grocery shopping this week.

You get the drift. Two weeks isn't insurmountable. Isn't a good reference worth that to you?

allnurses Guide · Mar 2, 2016

What the others said! Do not quit until you have another job in your back pocket. Nursing is a small world and despite what you may have heard there is no real nursing shortage. In fact new grads are scrambling to get those coveted first jobs. You will get faster with practice. I work LTC so I know how hard it is. Are you doing paper charting or computer charting. If Your MAR is on a computer there may be functions to help you prioritize our med pass. Always be professional give notice and work through it. I have been a nurse since 2003 and had the unfortunate circumstance of leaving a job in the middle of a two year contract at the first hospital I worked for. I have been inelible for re-hire from any hospital within that system ever sense. So trust me you do not want that following through out your career. I no longer put that job on my resume as it was years ago but it still comes up on background checks and I am fpund having to explain the whole sordid mess until I figured out how to say "It just wasn't a good fit for either myself or the hospital.

Hope this helps

Hppy

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 3, 2016

. You never know if the company you are working for merges or is bought by another company and your records go with the new company.

Truth!!!!!!

luv2 · Mar 3, 2016

1- get another job first

never just leave. (i am speaking from experience ) if u decide to quit never mention it on your resume.

APRN., DNP, RN, APRN, NP · Mar 3, 2016

RNs usually require 30 days. I fulfilled that when I left my first job. I wanted my PTO cash out and my "eligible for rehire status" intact. Nursing is a VERY small world.

Is this a new thing? I've never given more than two weeks notice over the past 25 years, and I've never been ineligible for re-hire.

Jensmom7, BSN, RN · Mar 3, 2016

Nurse;8930665]Is this a new thing? I've never given more than two weeks notice over the past 25 years, and I've never been ineligible for re-hire.

Over the past 36 years, the only ones I've seen who were required to give 30 day notice were in management.

Thirty days notice for a floor nurse is absurd.

But I wouldn't put it past hospitals and facilities to try something like that.