I hate nursing!!!

[OverlyStressedRN]

Hello all. I have a serious problem. I have been a nurse a little over two years. I have worked the first year as a Med/Surg nurse, and now I am a field nurse in Home Health and Hospice. I am seriously considering just quitting all together. I have true anxiety when I have to do patient care. Hospice care especially. Of course I can do it , but I have a serious anxiety. It has affected my sleeping, my resting and my personality (my husband says) I would like to try my hand at Oasis coordinator for home health but nothing in my area exists for this that I can find. I would like to try a office position but not sure what those intail. Please someone I need some help before I go ! Thanks.

[CSULBNurse]

OverlystressedRN,

I know what you're going through. I remembered I hated nursing the second or third semester of nursing school. I dreaded to go to clinical, my nursing instructor gave me nightmare about how mean and stupid they can be. Despite being a student at one most well known nursing schools in California, I still hated nursing. Now that I have a bachelor degree in nursing, I hope I can use this degree to pursue a higher education that's not related to nursing, such as medical school, dental school or pharmacy school. People say, being a nurse, there are so many options; it's true that there are a lot of options, including options that are not related to the field of nursing. Just gotta think outside the box. And even though the options I mention above is not for you, just do something else. Life is too short to live doing you hate to your gut. I know how painful that is, because I also hated nursing to my gut.

[bellabellabijou]

After 35 years i hate nursing. I hate it. Period. Like right now...I'm listening to this crazy lady yapping and yapping and yapping and I'm suppose to pretend I give a crap. Smile, nod, and wished she'd just shut up, concentrate on waking up and get the hell out of here. She should have been gone a long time ago but she loves the attention. That's why she's here every other week with her disease of the week so that we can all fawn and poo poo over her. And her family is no better. They dribble and dribble on and on about all the family illnesses and all the misery and pain in their lives. Like I care. I don't. I never will. And then we have the Director of Misery coming around floating the latest form and note we must complete, drumming in our heads the latest patient satisfaction scores which are far more important than the fact that we have to sit and listen to patients like this idiot woman and her family. We deserve medals.

[kaewing2003]

I am a utilization management nurse and I work from home and the pay is wonderful. I make more working from home with almost no liability then I did working as a bedside nurse in Cardiac Pediatric Critical Care. I do miss patient care though, so I am perusing a position with Hospice as an admissions nurse. I will work PRN for Hospice for now, but, at least I will be able to keep my clinical skills sharp good luck finding what you love!

[kaewing2003]

Definately time for a new line of work bellabellabijou...no one should be that miserable at work. And in the long run everyone suffers.

[tsomargotte]

I hate nursing, too. But it's a paycheck, and a relatively decent one. Try to DO LESS. I try not to do any extra work or overtime. I try to avoid getting involved in another nurse's self-made disaster. I try to hide when the staff goes looking for me to do extra work that they should know how to do, but don't. I try to exit a room quickly if a patient starts to drain my emotional energy. I try to avoid 'drink the Kool-Aid' meetings. I try to avoid all department representatives that constantly hunt me down to ask my advice. There are TONS of ways to destress your shift. These are just a few suggestions.

[FeliciaRNCPN]

I would like to try a office position but not sure what those intail. Please someone I need some help before I go ! Thanks.

I used to work in a pediatrician's office as a new grad and loved my job. My schedule was M-F 8-5 and usually just one Saturday a month 8-12. I did a lot of telephone triage, calling about test results, making appointments and coordinating care with specialists. I also gave immunizations, respiratory treatments, patient teaching and pretty much anything else the providers needed. I ultimately moved to acute care but my first job will also hold a place in my heart. Don't give up you have so many options.

[Workitinurfava, BSN, RN]

Try case management or is that what you do now?