Okay nurse friends I need some advice... bad... So I graduated from LPN school May of 2018. I began working in a LTC/ SNF and loved it the first year, but bad management took over and my second year was horrible. As most of you know, LPNs can do so much in LTC and the facility runs on LPNs.. So I got accepted into LPN-RN school (it's an online year program) back in August of 2020. I decided to leave LTC beacuse I was getting burnt out on it and for my sake of gaining more experience elsewhere. I applied to a hospital and got hired the beginning of November for night shift float pool. At first the hospital wasn't bad and I somewhat enjoyed it but after about a month I hated it.. (they limit what LPN can/can't do and you have to ask an RN to do most things and they get irritated with helping you)
I started RN school Jan 11th and must I say it's the worst program organizational wise I have ever seen. I also hate the hospital even more and it's very difficult for me to even go into work. Night shift is also taking a toll on me and even though I went down to 2 nights a week, I feel like I miss so much. I also feel with school I have no interest or desire to be in this profession. I have always had a dream to do interior design growing up but I got into LPN school right out of high school so I didn't give myself much time to consider other options..
I am currently stuck on what I should do. I feel so deep and stuck in nursing and don't want to be a disappointment to anyone for quitting, but I just don't know if I want to be a nurse anymore.
If I were in your shoes I would keep working a an LVN in order to keep skills active and go back to Interior Design school. If you are already burned out and not interested in nursing it will only get worse, esp working hospital or SNF. In order to work nursing jobs that are not bedside you will need BSN so just keep that in mind in your decision making process. If your passion is Interior Design, and you have the option (which you do), then I would follow that dream!
Daisy4RN
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If I were in your shoes I would keep working a an LVN in order to keep skills active and go back to Interior Design school. If you are already burned out and not interested in nursing it will only get worse, esp working hospital or SNF. In order to work nursing jobs that are not bedside you will need BSN so just keep that in mind in your decision making process. If your passion is Interior Design, and you have the option (which you do), then I would follow that dream!
Good luck!!