So you have decided to leave your nursing job. It could be for a variety of reasons, but you know you must make a change and make leaving official. You have to write a resignation letter.

There are good and bad ways to write one.

The following will focus on the best possible way to put a positive spin on leaving. Some people think that explaining a specific reason for resigning is what is most important, however that is not correct.

The reason why someone is resigning is their business, really no one else’s. When people leave a job on their own accord, more often than not, they have some type of grievance with a person or people.

Once you leave the job, what goes on there doesn’t matter. What matters the most is the future not the past, this is the case for you and the people you are leaving behind. Always think ahead, you don’t want to burn your bridges, one never knows what the future holds. If a person is leaving for another job, that’s fantastic, nothing more could be simpler.

Those are the easiest kind of resignation letters to write. You simply say dear so and so, I am writing to tell you that I must give notice to resign my position as, because I’ve been offered another position that is just too good to pass up. People will understand that, as the reason speaks for itself. What matters is that you leave the right impression. One never knows when and where they may bump into a past employer.

Even someone that you have had an unfavorable experience with, you can very well meet them again in another setting, and have wonderful interaction with them. Keep your options open for your future, don’t obsess over your reasons for leaving your nursing position.

A resignation letter should say you are resigning, give details surrounding the resignation, such as the time and date you will last be employed. If you have the type of job that has to have loose ends tied up, perhaps designating someone to help with that, and naming them in the resignation letter. You want to include something positive in the resignation letter.

Even if you have been miserable for the last month or several months or years. There must have been a time period before that when you actually enjoyed your position. There will be things and people that you can point to, that you will have warm memories of, and thus warm parting words.

Build on those memories and make sure that you leave a positive impression.

Finally you should say why you are leaving. Many people leave positions because there is someone there that they can no longer work with. It’s best not to go there in a resignation letter. Give politically correct reasons, such as you need a change, or you would like to spend more time with your family.

Always keep your future in mind when composing the letter. There is always a chance of bumping into these people again, so keeping things positive is always best.