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If I do not work in direct patient care, am I required to give a two weeks notice before quitting?

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You should always give two weeks notice before you leave a job. You don't know where life is going to lead you and you might need a reference or something from that job later on in life. So just suck it up and give that two weeks notice, it might be worth it down the road.

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I agree... you technically do not have to give two weeks notice anywhere, however, you can be deemed ineligible for rehire if you don't give adequate notice which could definitely be a black mark in the future with other .

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And unfortunately if you give a '2 weeks notice', they can still blackball you. Just depends on the boss. I was polite and put in a 2 weeks notice and worked hard for those two weeks and still got a 'will not rehire' mark. It just depends on your boss. I say do what's best for you. Sometimes being the nice guy does not pay off.

Good luck!

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Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
And unfortunately if you give a '2 weeks notice', they can still blackball you. Just depends on the boss. I was polite and put in a 2 weeks notice and worked hard for those two weeks and still got a 'will not rehire' mark. It just depends on your boss. I say do what's best for you. Sometimes being the nice guy does not pay off.

Good luck!

Well, I feel better now. I thought that I was the only one that tried to do the right thing like that, and after I did, it came back to bite me in the gluteus. Like you said, sometimes it doesn't pay to be Mrs. Niceguy". It didn't here!

Anne, RNC

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I try to never burn bridges, even if I don't plan on ever crossing them again!

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As for burning bridges, it isn't always the departing employee who demolishes the bridge.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Realizing that the OP has probably left the job by now... ;)

It's standard practice to give at least two weeks' notice for any job, nursing or otherwise. If the environment was overall OK and/or there is ANY remote chance you may go back to working there, it's better to give the two week notice and leave on (at the least) civil terms. As people have said, even doing that you might still get screwed by them...but the odds are that you won't.

If you're going to bail on the job ASAP, then don't plan on using them for a reference as they will likely shoot you down if someone asks. I know, law says they can't say bad about you in a reference, just that you worked there from X to Y...but you REALLY think that will stop someone from saying something unfavorable? And besides, the world of nursing is actually rather small--odds are that what you did would come out through the grapevine anyway.

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Well..... I did give my two weeks notice and now I have a job I love. I had to be true to myself and not just settle for less than what was an ideal workplace for me.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
Well..... I did give my two weeks notice and now I have a job I love. I had to be true to myself and not just settle for less than what was an ideal workplace for me.

Glad it all worked out for you :)

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