Depressed about new job-hate it- quit???

[ajaxgirl]

I started a new job and I hate it. I have been there over a month but I didn't like it from the start. There are many rude people (surgeons and a really crabby nurse or two). I have been spoken to rudely and this place is like a factory. It's an OR job which I have one before and I have enjoyed the OR in the past---just not this place. They do many small cases a day --like 18 and Im exhausted when I get home. I fall asleep on the sofa at 8pm.

With all that aside, I just hate this place. Even the other nurses feel this way. I never told them I felt this way. I can barely force myself out of bed in the morning. I feel this job will make me depressed. Some mornings I want to cry. I wish I never started this job.

I have witnessed surgeons yell at nurses and I know it could be me next. I dont have a thin skin per say but I dont like to be scolded like a kid either.

My old OR was wonderful, but it closed down. I am willing to try different areas of nursing. I start to worry what if I quit and hate the next job. My last job was LTC and apart from working straight nights-I liked it.

Really, I just want to quit this place before I get really depressed. BUT I feel guilty. They spent money to train me and some of the nurses and the supervisor are wonderful.

What should I do?

[LeLeeFNP]

i say get out of there. Its not worth it if you are that unhappy. It's tough out here for NEW nurses, not experienced ones. You should be able to find a place you are happy with.

[gmw1975]

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time. But deciding whether or not to leave is something only you can do. There are plenty of factors to consider such as; how easily you could find another job, whether or not quitting would burn bridges that could come back to bite you in the butt later, how high you are on the seniority list in case of layoffs (you never know in this economy), etc. I'd sit down one night and make a pro's and con's list. That always helps me see the big picture a little more clearer. Best of luck with whatever you decide!