Two nurses quit without notice......

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The facility where I work has had two 11-7 nurses quit within four months. But what I find interesting, both quit without notice. No call/No Show. Why are they doing this? Isn't it common courtesy to leave a resignation letter?

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Specializes in L&D, QI, Public Health.

Well, what's going on with your unit? And it could be theywere terminated and you just don't know it.

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Either these two happen to be flakes, or they did it deliberately because they were super angry about something. A poor thing to do and not in one's best interest unless one has already secured a new job. I would suppose that is the case.

I once worked at a small facility that was going through a tumultuous time. One by one, all of the licensed nurses quit, even without a new job lined up. That facility and the problems there became the talk of the town and so did the nurses who worked there. Blacklisted and unable to find work, except for one who planned her escape quite well.

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Well, what's going on with your unit? And it could be theywere terminated and you just don't know it.

I know that they quit without calling. The DON would make sure the floor was covered.

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Where they there any significant length of time? If not, they would leave this job off of their resume`-(been there, done that, but not in nursing)

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Maybe they cannot stand even one more day working in your unit? But of course, it's always best not to burn bridges and give your two weeks notice.

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.
Either these two happen to be flakes, or they did it deliberately because they were super angry about something. A poor thing to do and not in one's best interest unless one has already secured a new job. I would suppose that is the case.

I once worked at a small facility that was going through a tumultuous time. One by one, all of the licensed nurses quit, even without a new job lined up. That facility and the problems there became the talk of the town and so did the nurses who worked there. Blacklisted and unable to find work, except for one who planned her escape quite well.

Calliotter3, why were they blacklisted? Was it because of their previous affiliation with that facility or because the powers that be got angry and told others not to hire them?

I guess I am confused here---did the nurses who quit did so without notice or did they give adequate notice, even if they didn't have other jobs lined up?

I'd never heard of anyone quitting via no call/no show until I got to the world of LTC. It happened at one particular facility quite a lot. I can't imagine---I'd think even quitting on the spot without notice would be a better career move if things at the facility are that bad. No call/no show is neither wise nor professional.

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Moogie

Both. Nobody wanted to have anything to do with the nurses. You know it is always the fault of the underlings and almost never the fault of the administration. It was viewed that the nurses did not present a cohesive front to take care of the residents in spite of everything that was wrong from the top down. The fighting that was going on actually was almost 100% due to an LVN who was in fact running the place and pulling everybody's strings. She used the CNAs against the nurses and the nurses fell into every trap that was set. Both the admin and the DON left at the same time. The ADON was spineless; that was how the LVN was able to push it too far. Quite a story when you add in what was happening to the residents. All nurses who left gave notice except for the one who was fired unjustly. Only one nurse worked out the two week notice though.

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.

:eek:

It sounds utterly miserable, but on the extreme end of hellishness. Honestly, I would rather do something other than nursing than risk my career by being affiliated with a bad facility.

Were the administrator and DON also able to find other jobs or were they also blackballed?

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Both the admin and the DON went to a "competing" facility down the street. I noticed some time in the future that the DON had not lasted long, she was gone. Don't know if the admin managed to stay. The DON had a unique reputation in that community to begin with. She had been escorted off the premises of the hospital when she got fired and then went to take over the small facility. Then, she went with the admin to the other facility for more money, she seemed to think she could run things her way there. The LVN was livid because the new place would not hire her to be the DSD because she wasn't an RN! Ha, ha! LTC facilities are mostly little hellholes of one type or another.

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to the op, i'd say they both had new jobs. ltc is a high turn over area of health care.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.
Both the admin and the DON went to a "competing" facility down the street. I noticed some time in the future that the DON had not lasted long, she was gone. Don't know if the admin managed to stay. The DON had a unique reputation in that community to begin with. She had been escorted off the premises of the hospital when she got fired and then went to take over the small facility. Then, she went with the admin to the other facility for more money, she seemed to think she could run things her way there. The LVN was livid because the new place would not hire her to be the DSD because she wasn't an RN! Ha, ha! LTC facilities are mostly little hellholes of one type or another.

Not all LTCs are hellholes. I've worked in 7 different ones and NOT ONE could be called a hell hole. Certainly the ones I've run were not hellish after a few months of dedicated, fair, and reasonable management.

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