Resume help for new grad nurse who resigned after 3 months

[nurseratchel]

Hello all!

I just graduated nursing school last year and earlier this year got accepted into a competitive new grad nursing program at a well renowned hospital. It was with great sorrow that this past week I was offered the chance to either resign or be let go from the hospital, so I choose the resignation path. There are several reasons I am no longer in the program but it ultimately boils down to I felt very nervous around my preceptor and made multiple mistakes around her; in hindsight I should have come forward way earlier to management about a switch but I surely learned my lesson on being an effective communicator moving forward.

That being said, I am unfortunately on the job again I only was in the program for 3 months but it was still good nursing experience, so I was hoping to reach out to you kind folks about advice for how to best move forward with job hunting and applications! I don't quite feel comfortable asking management or my preceptor for recommendations, which I'm honestly pretty nervous about for the interviewing process. However, the biggest questions I have are:

1. Should I include the job on my resume and job apps, just job apps, or not at all? I want to be honest with people but I also don't know if professionally people want to know about a job I only had for 3 months.
   
2. Should I still apply to other new graduate programs that I technically qualify for even though I almost finished all of my orientation?
   

Thank you to everyone who reads this and I appreciate any light you all can shed on the subject as I'm pretty new and lost with nursing job hunting. Thanks!!

[Nurse Beth, MSN]

1. Should I include the job on my resume and job apps, just job apps, or not at all? I want to be honest with people but I also don't know if professionally people want to know about a job I only had for 3 months. If you choose to leave it off and the application requires you to list all previous employment and attest that everything you answered is true, you put a new job at risk if you are found out. Nursing can be a small world and information travels. It's a tough spot, but another way to deal with a short tenure is to say "It didn't work out" and move forward.
   
2. Should I still apply to other new graduate programs that I technically qualify for even though I almost finished all of my orientation? Again, that's tough. Not so sure you would technically qualify for all programs as you have been employed, and if you qualified, you may be considered a risk. I hope not because you say you have learned from this, but it depends on how competitive the market in your area is.
   

Do keep applying because you want to land a job sooner than later-before your first year is up. Hone your resume and your interviewing skills. Best wishes!