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Depressed, confused, lost, and not sure if i should even be a nurse! :(

I've been reading around on the boards, and I see alot of new nurses feel the same way I do. The thing is, I was never really that "into" nursing, even during school. I graduated in May, and have passed my boards and have been working in a hospital for over a month. Everyday I wake up and have to go to work, I seriously just want to cry. I know I'd be nervous doing ANY job or career for the first time, but I don't even enjoy hospital nursing that much. I LOVE people and teaching, but I HATE the hospital setting. I have 10 patients and feel pulled in 8492374324 directions and feel like I never really have a grasp about what is going on with them, or that I am putting it all together...I kind of feel like an overly anxious medication dispenser. I know I need to stick it our for awhile and see if it gets better, but I am dying to figure out some kind of plan to either change my nursing career path, or change into another profession completely (even attending community college to become a dental hygientist, radiology tech, or who knows even something random like real estate agent, human resources). I don't care about money, I just want to be happy. But I feel like a failure if I DON'T do nursing, and worry about how I will pay off my nursing school loans while I get training. Maybe getting another type of full time job that is not stressful and leaves me enough time to study??..Basically I just WANT to like my job, and if I'm lucky, even LOVE it...I know I am a hard worker, and a loving, compassionate person... I just feel so lost, miserable, and like a failure because I spent all this time in school to get my BSN, and it's something that doesn't even make me happy. If I am going to stay in nursing, maybe a community health job, public health,parish nursing, or any outpatient care positions would be better, but I know those jobs are hard to find...and am not really sure how to go about it...I could use advice about all of this! I know this post is all disorganized, long, and emotional, but nobody really understands how I'm feeling...my new grad nursing friends like and some even love their jobs. I appreciate any responses or advice.

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