Verbal Offer??

[dtrmnd2sccd]

I am a newish grad and have a verbal offer for a hospital RN position, contingent on references, educational background check and the CORI. I got everything in to them, and right now they're just waiting for the CORI results.

At what point is the job offer "official"? I am wondering about when to give notice to my current employer--is 2 wks standard in nursing, or should I give them more notice so they can start looking for a replacement? Also, I'm about to burst wanting to tell family and friends, but don't want to jump the gun until I'm sure the position is mine... is it??

thanks!

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

We are required to give 1 month notice because we are considered a professional position as an rn. lpn and cnas are are only expected to give 2 weeks.

I have never worked anywhere that "required" RN's to give 4 weeks notice. Most places can only require 2 weeks notice. I have heard managers try to make staff give a longer notice, but most employee handbooks only require 2 weeks.

[caliotter3]

I have only received a written offer one time, from a unionized facility. My manager at my other job wanted to see the letter. I guess he didn't believe me when I told him my salary at the new employer. But it was ok for him to pay the other nurses from that agency significantly more than me. I was supposed to be ok with that. And I have been getting ready for my first day on the job with a new employer only to have the job rescinded, nothing in writing. I would be conservative about giving notice at the old job, just for that reason. Terrible to quit one job, not get the second job, and be unable to go back to the first job. The employers do not care.

[evolvingrn, BSN, RN]

I have never worked anywhere that "required" RN's to give 4 weeks notice. Most places can only require 2 weeks notice. I have heard managers try to make staff give a longer notice, but most employee handbooks only require 2 weeks.

It's part of our offical handbook. RNs , social workers and Drs must given 1 month notice as well as administration. everyone else.........two weeks.

[glasgow3]

It's part of our offical handbook. RNs , social workers and Drs must given 1 month notice as well as administration. everyone else.........two weeks.

I suspect that would be exactly one month longer than they would give if they chose to terminate your employment.

Two weeks for a non-managerial position is customary and SHOULD be sufficient...an employer who requires more is unreasonable and is probably just looking for a reason to withhold payment for accrued paid personal leave.

[caliotter3]

I suspect that would be exactly one month longer than they would give if they chose to terminate your employment.

Two weeks for a non-managerial position is customary and SHOULD be sufficient...an employer who requires more is unreasonable and is probably just looking for a reason to withhold payment for accrued paid personal leave.

I have found it amazing to read of so many people getting terminated while they were working out a notice. Employment at will does not dictate a notice on either part, and I am reluctant to give notice anymore, even to be courteous, based on how the employer acts from their end.