I'm a newly qualified nurse.
Back in March I secured a staff nurse job on a ward I liked so I accepted it (whilst still a student).
However, my last placement was in the community - And I loved it!
So - upon leaving university my manager (of the ward) agreed to take me on as a care assistant until my pin number came through. I started as a care assistant early September. Upon starting, I've discovered the ward is awful - Me and the other new starter were given 7 shifts in a row and when queried the manager went mental and shouted that she dictates the shifts, not us. On top of this I recently heard a staff nurse slagging me off to A PATIENT!!!! and we still have no off duty for November which is ridiculous. We can't plan anything in our personal lives as we have no idea what shifts we will be working in 4 weeks time - same goes for the staff nurses that have worked on there years so it's not something that will get better once we have our pin numbers. And on top of this - the ward is ridiculously short staffed and the patients are so demanding - the staff nurses keep saying to us "why do you think everyone is leaving?" and "why you want to work on here is beyond me, everyone else wants to leave!"
Then, job came up in the community - I thought I had no chance but applied for it anyway. Interview was today and I got it!!!
Now my problem is telling my manager that I'm leaving before my pin number has even come through.
She's not the most approachable woman and she's going to go absolutely ape shit. I'm scared to death of telling her (and then working my 4 week notice!!)
How the hell do I approach this when she's done me a favour by allowing me to work as a care assistant and has paid for my post uni training, uniform and has spent time organising me into the staff rota etc.
She's going to go mad. Rightly or wrongly? AIBU here and do I deserve the shit storm coming my way?
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To be shit scared of telling my manager I'm handing in my notice?
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MsRamone · 09/10/2015 17:59
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