A totally different career path please

[spp2423]

I graduated in May 09 with my BSN. I can honestly say that for me, nursing was the WORST career choice I could have ever made. I had family members try to talk me out of even going to nursing school, but I didn't listen, so here I am- jobless and miserbale. I worked one month and 2 weeks on a med-surg floor and then I quit. I can't handle nursing. I literally cried my self to sleep at nite, woke up crying the next morning, and squalled all the way to work on my hour long drive & all the way back home. I made myself so sick that I couldn't eat. It was horrible. I wish I wouldn't have stayed in nursing school, but I did b/c I thought I could maybe work in a dr's office.I love working with geriatric patients, and so I'd thought about going into speech therapy. But now I'm not so sure. I've also looked into medical coding. My cousin does that and I like it because its a lot of repetition. If you already have your BSN- what else is available to you that doesn't require actual in-hospital pt care? I've also thought about medical transcription - just wondering if anyone knows how hard it would be for someone like me to get a job in those areas? Or if anyone else has any other job ideas that I could do with the degree I already have?

[trenesser]

Ladies, the year of med-surg Rn is such horse **** I have had enough. My fellow graduates in 95 were made charge nurse in small hospitals while I was in an internship program in MICU in a large Houston Medical Center Hospital. I was not prepared and was petrified the whole 3 months. I realized my limitations and took a serious look at other possible options. I am now well paid occupational health nurse in a large chemical plant in Houston, TX. Network and look at other options. Our requirements have lowered somewhat but the rewards are just as great.

How can I find out what chemical plants are hiring for an Occupational Nurse?Do I have to go through an agency?