I hate nursing..

It's almost laughable - I like when staff coach the patient by asking the ill patient who is lying in his/her bed not giving half a $!%# about these survey questions, "So would you say you'd 'DEFINITELY' recommend this hospital to a friend?" It's a steaming load of baloney, to use a polite word. Yes, they are MUCH more interested in customer satisfaction surveys and graphs than they are about actually improving the safety of the workplace, including staffing levels. Better to capture how pts feel about the hospital food than about safe staffing, ya know...

For all of you who said that you hate nursing, I have to ask why you went into it in the first place...

Was it to help people? Was it for the money? The job security? The flexible schedule?

Try and remember why you got into it in the first place, and focus on that, rather than you coworker's bad attitudes, or the management's "customer service" initiatives. I personally went into nursing because I wanted to work three 12-hour shifts a week. That's it. You don't find a whole lot of jobs these days that allow you that kind of flexibility with your schedule, much less decent paying ones. So, when I get stressed, or ticked off at a coworker, I just think ahead to my next four day stretch with no work stress, no bad attitudes, and no management. Works like a charm. That said, 9 times out of 10, I love my job, my floor, and my coworkers, and wouldn't change a thing!

Hi, I sometimes feel the same way about my job, but I am trying to see it as a learning opportunity. I am trying to weigh what I like and dislike about my job, and find which direction to go with my career. Try and look at it more objectively, likes/dislikes of the nursing jobs you have had. Take a Myers-Briggs personality assessment, look at other specialties, and work toward a new goal. In the end, you can always quit and do something else, but you worked so hard to get here. I recently realized and accepted that I do not like floor nursing, though I am doing it now. I like one on one if that be: ICU, OR, Case manager, school nurse, occupational heath, ect. I just have to find the right fit. I ordered this book "Building and Managing A Career in Nursing," by Miller, its a Sigma Theta Taubook. It hasn't come in yet, but I am hoping it will give me some guidance. I wish we had a course in career planning in our BScN program Alot of new grads and seasoned nurses for that matter, seem to have similar feelings; feeling like they are stuck in a rut. Btw, I will let you know if the book is worth buying

"I ordered this book "Building and Managing A Career in Nursing," by Miller, its a Sigma Theta Taubook/Nurse Week recommended book. It hasn't come in yet, but I am hoping it will give me some guidance"

-I recieved the book this morning, and I haven't stopped reading it. I would recommend it to anyone in a nursing career rut, or wanting some more direction for change or advancement, new grad and seasoned nurse alike. I would suggest reading it, and doing a lot of self-reflecting & personality analysis as suggested in the book.

I thought I was the only one who felt this way. So your not alone. I also I'm trying another specialty and see how that works

I never really dreaded going to work, but I didn't really get used to it until I had been working for a few months.

I worked in the hospital for 2 years and left. Things do not always "get better" or easier. After 2 years I was still dreading going into work, I hated the stress, it just wasn't worth it to me, I was even taking an anti anxiety pill to get through work! I have always been laid back, so maybe it just wasn't a good fit for me.

Now I work in psych and its great. I can honestly say that I do love my job I don't dread going in at all, I like most of my coworkers and staff, I like my patients, I do a lot of paperwork (which I personally like....better than running around like a chicken with my head cut off stressed out of my mind), etc. I like to talk and listen and get to really know patients so this is a great place for me (most of our patients stay for about a year).

I probably will never go back into the hospital if I can help it.

Look OUTSIDE the hospital, look at different psych nursing jobs, residential treatment centers (that is what I do--I actually have fun at work), detox centers, etc.

I'm glad I'm not alone! I have begun to hate nursing. I was always proud of my nursing degree and the fact that I am in a helping profession. Over the last three years, however, I have gotten a little bitter. It's becoming almost impossible in the hospital setting now. I am sick of the pressure to keep surveys coming. Personally, I think it is rude to shove a survey under a sick person's nose and say, "Hey, fill this out." I don't need a survey to know I'm a good nurse. My patients know I care about them and want a good outcome, and they thank me for my care. I rarely get mentioned on a survey because I don't give them one. Certain nurses I know have to be making their patients fill those things out at gunpoint, because their names always get mentioned. These very same people are the ones that won't rotate IV sites, won't take off orders that have been sitting on the chart all day, AND their patients are filthy when I walk in. So, I guess I'm sick of all the bull we are being subjected to. I hope all of you find your niche. I hope things get better. I am thinking about changing careers altogether. It's just not working for me anymore. It's sad. I'm a good nurse. I'm just so tired of all the fiery hoops I have to jump through to get to what matters - the patient.

i just have to add my and for hospital bedside nursing. i have been in the hospital setting for over 2 years at the bedside and i will echo what many nurses here have already typed: it does not get 'easier'. for me, my tolerance hasn't even budged i just go in get steamed about the same thing shift after shift then go home.
i feel stressed out beyond belief. spinning my wheels. and feeling totally isolated in the work that i do.
i suppose i could change my specialty however: do i really think the floors in my specialty arent experiencing short staff, inane mgmt demands, snippy or all-out-rude coworkers and piles of stress? hate to be negative nelly but i see no solution other than get out of this profession all together.
i agree with the poster who said maybe the best nurses, the ones who actually care about their patients and not just the paycheck-run to burnout earlier.

It sounds like you hate oncology. So move to another unit. I too hated oncology and steered clear of it for years. You may just be realizing the real toll that all nursing takes, the emotional drag on your soul. You will probably find your own way to cope or move to another career. There is a lot you can do with a degree in nursing. If you could be specific about what you don't like,such as too much physical work, or to much patient contact then you could scope out units that better agree with you. I started in a total joint unit and found out real quick that ortho is too heavy physically for me. Good luck to you.