Quitting Clinical Experience

[Laura Jean]

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I work as a nursing aide in a hospital. Currently I work ~32 Hrs a week. I am feeling overwhelmed and burnt out. I have worked there for 6 months and have accumulated about 875 hrs total. This is my main clinical experience other than being a PCA for a summer (~300 hrs) as my clinical volunteering got cut off due to COVID and hasn’t resumed (total 60 hrs).

I requested to my manager that my hours be reduced to 16hrs a week. They refused the request. I cannot keep working this much as well as doing everything else because it’s taking a physical and mental toll on me.

My questions:
• How bad would it look to quit after only 7 months / 1000 hrs (with 1 month resignation notice to get all PTO paid back)?
• Would this be sufficient clinical experience until my gap year (I plan on scribing) or should I find another job that has low Hrs?

 

[Ganon]

I work as a nursing aide in a hospital. Currently I work ~32 Hrs a week. I am feeling overwhelmed and burnt out. I have worked there for 6 months and have accumulated about 875 hrs total. This is my main clinical experience other than being a PCA for a summer (~300 hrs) as my clinical volunteering got cut off due to COVID and hasn’t resumed (total 60 hrs).

I requested to my manager that my hours be reduced to 16hrs a week. They refused the request. I cannot keep working this much as well as doing everything else because it’s taking a physical and mental toll on me.

My questions:
• How bad would it look to quit after only 7 months / 1000 hrs (with 1 month resignation notice to get all PTO paid back)?
• Would this be sufficient clinical experience until my gap year (I plan on scribing) or should I find another job that has low Hrs?

1000 hours is a decent snapshot of the experience, I don't think that's a problem at all!
Nursing aides are at a premium right now, if you are having trouble getting the hours you want I'd look around at other places... Lots of hospitals are desperate and willing to work with you!

 

[Goro]

1. • How bad would it look to quit after only 7 months / 1000 hrs (with 1 month resignation notice to get all PTO paid back)?

Not at all

• Would this be sufficient clinical experience until my gap year (I plan on scribing)

Absolutely!!

 

[Deltasidearm]

Just to add on to @Ganon, definitely look around and inquire about other positions (either internally or externally) that fit your needs better (especially if you like to do the work or need the money). When I was a PCA before med school, you could work PRN for the hospital and only had to work 2x >8hr weekend shifts every 6-8 weeks (but you could work as much as you wanted to). PRN jobs like that work very well for students because of the flexibility in scheduling.