Working & Going to school

[Michael Lee]

Hi I am seeking advice on what I should do these next few weeks. I am a fairly new LPN with having my license for roughly 5 months. I have been working at a skilled facility for a about 1.5 months and have worked every shift from morning to noc shift, and have been overworked and feeling pretty burned out to the point I just dread working and do nothing but sleep and be lazy on my days off. Just recently, I got accepted into a RN program that starts in May and it requires my full time commitment. Anyways, does putting in my two weeks in at work so quickly make me look at bad employee. Will it be causing me to burn bridges because I'm leaving so quickly?

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Can you stay on in a part-time role? That may be preferable, both in terms of your resume and ongoing relations (references) with your current employer. If your "reason for leaving" is going to school full time, no one should label this job change as job hopping.

[NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN]

I agree with the previous poster. I just graduated from a transition program myself. I worked part time, usually two 12 hour shifts, on the weekend while going to school full time. Many of my classmates worked full time, even though the school discouraged it (rent still has to be paid, right?). It will help with having recent experience and a reference. I know it's not RN experience, but in my area a lot of companies asked new grads if they had been an LPN prior because if so, then they would hire them as a new grad RN. Some even count it as work experience to increase starting pay (I've seen each 3 years counting as 1 year for a pay increase). Good luck with your program!