honestly, how soon will you leave bedside nursing...

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hey RNs/LPNs...

I'm still within the new RN group, but so far I hate bedside nursing 99% of the time. I'm going to try to suck it up (and maybe switch units) for another year or 2... but after that, I think I'm out...

Honestly, I feel like I went to school and studied hard, but I'm treated like a waitress at a bad restaurant... I also hate the structure of medicine in the hospital environment. I hate that med students can write orders for patients, and I'm expected to follow them even if they don't make sense... I hate that hospitals/healthcare are all about the bottom line... I hate the crazy shifts/hours. I hate missing my family and friends...I dont know.. I just want out.

How many of you think you'll leave bedside nursing. And when?

i made it two years in the SICU....hated it beyond words. I now work outpatient with psych kids. I love it. It's funny that there both Nursing Jobs, but have as much similarity to a astronaut and cashier. that is what i love about nursing....you don't like what you do, you can find another job doing something totally different without taking a major pay cut. not that many professions you can say that about!

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Six more months and I'm done. I'm going back to outpatient chemical addiction prison, or inpatient detox. I felt like I needed to get some acute care experience since my prior jobs were in LTC/SNF and MMTP. Well, here I am working in acute care and what a mistake it has been. The working conditions are miserable: my co-workers suck, my hospital has some of the rudest most condescending MDs I have ever had the non-privilege of working with, and my nurse manager is completely indifferent to the chaos and lateral violence but is quick to be punitive. There is nothing to keep me here once I get the magical 1 year acute care experience everyone was harping at me to get. There are easier ways to make a living. NEVER AGAIN.[/quote']

I feel the same way, I'm interested in correctional nursing but will admit makes me slight bit nervous. I worked on a md surg floor for a few months hated it, now I'm back at psych working with children. On my floor we never had CNA us nurses did it all wow, it was too much to handle. My anxiety wa through the roof... Good luck :)

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Specializes in Allergy and Immunology.

I work in a clinic currently. I was an LPN for a little over 3 years up until Feb. 2013. I got my ADN/RN in Feb. I really had no desire to get that hospital bedside experience. But sometimes I wonder if I can really handle it. But I do like my hours although the pay isn't as good as it would be in the hospital. But after reading stories like this.....:dead: I think I will stay at my nice little clinic. I hated Med/Surg clinicals with a passion. I don't think the added money would= happiness.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I also really hate all of the yelling that goes on in general. I mean once and a while sure ok... but it is SO unprofessional!

I know! Its like the patients don't realize they are speaking to a well educated, paid, respected professional with that mouth!

Ohhh, you mean the MDs......?

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Specializes in Operating Room, LTAC.

I'm leaving bedside after 9 months. Hello to the operating room!

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Specializes in Step Down, Cath Lab, Health Coach, Education.

This is a late post but I am a new nurse, I wanted to know did you ever leave the bedside?

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On 6/23/2015 at 5:09 PM, Nei77 said:

This is a late post but I am a new nurse, I wanted to know did you ever leave the bedside?

Hey, I’m super curious as to which route you took? Did you leave bedside? I’m a new grad. I know this is like five years late.

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