Any happy psych nurses?

[Hsmommy]

Hi, I just started psych 6months ago and feel very discouraged in this field. I was a Nicu nurse for 2.5 years at a terrible facility, loved what I did, hated the place and admin. by God's grace I believed this psych pos opened up for me and I thought trying something new would diversify my skills. but I didn't realize or was told many things that psych requires, take downs, patients from jail, all the enormous documentation following restraints/seclusions. And I didn't realize how difficult it would be to manage the pts and mental health aides. Well I believe I should be thankful for having this job still bc of the economy and it's with a great hospital. But at night I'm assigned 25 pts and in charge of mental health aides, there's constant staffing problems. I'm just feeling that maybe I should go back to Nicu or try postpartum since there are no Nicu openings right now. But the other part of me wonders if I'm really giving psych a fair chance. Should I wait the full year and then decide? Should I try a different dept in psych? Should I try transfer into Nicu or postpartum if possible? Please nurses, advice would be surely helpful! Thanks all and happy new year!

[Mashira]

https://allnurses.com/first-year-after/a-happy-thread-544633.html