Well....I am less than two weeks away from having completed my first year on a very busy Telemetry floor. Anyone who reads my previous posts will know that it has been a very difficult year. I started off with a really bad orientation and have struggled with the job since then. On the positive side, I received a good appraisal in June, I definitely feel much more able to perform the essential job skills, my time management has improved hugely, I get good feedback from my patients, and I like and respect of many of my co-workers and feel liked/respected by them.
BUT... bottom line is, the floor I work on is a pressure cooker for us RNs. Turnover rate is very high and support from management is nil. Yesterday was another grueling day of missed communication, (pt having NSTEMI and no one told me he was my pt till 0735 cause he had arrived on the floor after 0700. I ended up rushing him to Cath Lab by 0810.) Two very angry families throwing fits because they "didn't want their family member in this hospital to begin with yadayada", phone ringing nonstop , rude docs, pager going off nonstop, weak, lazy charge nurses, nasty night nurse. As I said to my husband "Maybe it's time to end this abusive relationship." I have been putting out multiple job apps and am willing to consider just about anything now. I know there are different schools of thought amongst this community about leaving a job without a new one lined up. But I'm really at the end of my rope here...I do not see myself ever being happy in this job.I continue to dread going in each day. Yesterday, I ran into an acquaintance who had worked on my floor a few years ago...she's an NP for a private practice. She said "I hated working here. I don't miss it. It's too busy and insane and nurses can't give decent care."
So....I'm throwing it out there....is it too crazy to submit my resignation today?
If you can afford to quit well ... . You must keep yourself whole and going to work having to literally drag yourself there almost everyday is no way to live. Getting up and dreading going to work everyday is bad on your physical and mental health.
As far as putting in notice please check your facilities pp. They may request 2 or 4 weeks; it varies among facilities. If you live in an "at will" state you don't need to give any notice but that wouldn't be very professional but then you facilities work practices sound atrocious as so many are these days.
linearthinker, DNP, RN
1,688 Posts
Just don't jump out of the frying pan and into the fire.