I can't take it anymore!

Hello, I'm a new nurse. Graduated from MU in July 2009 and have been working on a standard neuroscience floor since August. I think I'm going to quit this morning without notice. I know it's a crappy thing to do, but many times I have six heavy patients and I can't keep up. Last time I got to work I found out I had two code status level 3's (aka really acute people), my guys NG tube was pulled out and he needed restraints, and I was getting an ER. This was all before getting out of report. Its been like this many nights. I work nights and can't sleep during the day. My bosses hand out diciplinary warnings like it's candy and don't even follow their own diciplinary process. When I approached them about it they told me they made mistakes, but the warning will stay in my file! I tried to call HR about it and left two messages with no response. I'm only part time and they know I've been looking for another job. It's gotten to the point where I physically, mentally, and emotionally can't take it. There are many times at work where I feel like I'm goint to cry and puke. I'm going to get an ulcer at 24! I'm probably going to take my chances and just do it. I guess I mostly needed to vent. Luckily I can survive a couple months jobless and I have a place to go if for some reason I can't find anything by then.
nooooo, don't quit with notice! you will burn bridges. Sorry to hear that you're having a tough time and not getting the support you need but please try to give at least 1-2 weeks notice. Quitting without notice is unprofessional. here's a hug, good luck!

I hear what you're saying. Nursing is a tough field. I wouldn't leave without a notice though. You've work hard and should be able to use this job as a reference. I worked for one of the worst hospital managers in the my area. Well I found that other hospitals in the area also knew about her reputation and believed if I could last a year with her I was probably okay. I've never cutdown an ex-employer, but often a truly tough area such as yours may have a reputation for being tough on their employees. Leaving without a notice wouldn't help you though. Try to give a notice and move on! You'll find your niche! Good luck!

I agree, try your best to give 2 weeks' notice. At least then, you'll know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Best wishes to you!

It might take you more than a couple of months to find a job, so pls dont quit before you find another job and dont quit without notice.

oh gosh, please don't quit without notice. I've seen it happen before where a nurse on the unit just quit on the spot because he/she was fed up with the manager (and yes, everyone hated the manager).... but yea, it was an ugly site.

give 2 weeks notice...go to your doc and ask for a brief LOA secondary to your symptoms of anxiety and stress...consider a limited usage of antidepressants or similar to regain your sense of control...ask for a sleep aid to improve your sleep pattern...you will never survive in a night shift environment if you cannot sleep during the day...even with good and supportive management. your relative lack of sleep at this point is making a difficult situation even worse and is increasing your stress and anxiety.Good luck.

OP, listen to tewdles!!! This is exactly what you have to do to save yourself from yourself. You are so deprived of everything you need to stay sane, that you cannot help but sabotage yourself. You need some support ASAP just so that you can prevent yourself from hopping from the pan into the fire.Sending some strength to you!!

I've been there myself, you'll get faster. After a year or two things flow easier. DO NOT QUIT S ANOTHER JOB LINED UP! Good luck.

As tempting as it would be to tell your boss to suck it, give your notice. That's only 6 more shitfs. Who cares about burning bridges, you'll never go back there anyway, but you do want to be "eligible for rehire" when your next employer checks your status. I have faith you can finish the two weeks. I bet you've done harder things in your life and succeeded. I could never sleep during the day either. I never got used to working nights, even though I did it for years, and as I got older it just got worse. I'll never work nights again, for any amount of pay. It's just not worth it. Good luck to you.

It is really easy to underestimate how much those two weeks really mean.Yes, they will suck for you as you do them, but when you've already been there 11 months, two - or even one! - week won't make the difference except in your career. Giving notice is often the difference between a normal old job and one that will not bode well for you when your new HR checks out your resume. A new job doesn't care that your old place of work was the 8th level of hell; they care about your professionalism and how you handled it.

I am just wondering but I thought if you leave without notice, you can actually be reported to the BON for abandonment... Is that true?

Quote from jrw03282009I am just wondering but I thought if you leave without notice, you can actually be reported to the BON for abandonment... Is that true?