Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

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I graduated from a class of about 60 or so nurses, most of whom have gone onto amazing nursing jobs and are quite successful at them. Some of them are working on ICU and PCUS (AS THEIR FIRST NURSING JOBS!!!), I know one that is working in an IV infusion center (and I can't even start an IV, since my school did not teach it) and more. I've got a new nursing job coming up, after failing my first one, but it's no where near as impressive as these other jobs. I can't help but feel a bit envious that these other new grads are way more successful than I am and much better nurses and people than me. Anyone else feel like this?

Yes! I can get very 7th grade. Jealous of one of my best friends who started working FT at my old PD job. I still LOVE her, but she's working

my job.

:cheeky:

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry, Cardiac/Renal, Ortho,FNP.

Honestly, hogwash! You have no idea how many of these "successful" nurses are sweating bullets inside at their jobs. No job is that "bad" and no job is that "great". It's a job--it's both. YOU ARE FINE b/c you have the key to success...self analysis. If these other people think they "know" it all or enough will inevitably end up in trouble. Nursing is a job where you NEVER know it all or enough for every situation. The best you can do is know enough for most situations and ASK FOR HELP when you are over your head. EVERYONE is over their head at some point. Keep working, keep learning, and keep believing you are good enough or you wouldn't have a license or a job as a nurse. It's true.

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Their successes and failures should not affect who you think you are.

I used to be like this, so I completely understand. However, when I found what I really wanted in life and focused on that, I did not have the time or patience to compare myself to others. Just keep working to go where you want to be!

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It might make you feel better to know that most nurses quit their first job for one reason or another. Some of us take longer to find our place in the system. Some have to make it. That is not because you are a failure. It is because you are a different sort of person. Maybe, you are just out of your element. Unfortunately, you will have to spend a few years in Med Surg, then you can go out and look for a non-bedside job. Believe me, I was not made for the bedside either. I found out early on and moved on to other things.

I don't envy anyone in ICU/Med Surg/OR and so forth. I am a number cruncher and analyst and a researcher. After I paid my dues at Med Surg that is what I am aiming at.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Nope. What a waste of time, talent and energy that should be directed more positively.

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Specializes in telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych.

NEVER !!! I am jealous of the ladies in the gift shop....they get all the perks

and NO STRESS !!! LOL

All nursing areas have their pros and cons whether it is high stress, admin office drama, low staffing, etc etc...

Just do what you like and feel comfortable doing.....stop comparing ....keep looking for your niche.

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I graduated from a class of about 60 or so nurses, most of whom have gone onto amazing nursing jobs and are quite successful at them. Some of them are working on ICU and PCUS (AS THEIR FIRST NURSING JOBS!!!), I know one that is working in an IV infusion center (and I can't even start an IV, since my school did not teach it) and more. I've got a new nursing job coming up, after failing my first one, but it's no where near as impressive as these other jobs. I can't help but feel a bit envious that these other new grads are way more successful than I am and much better nurses and people than me. Anyone else feel like this?

It sounds like you have a perception of those positions as "better" but everyone has their thing. Some nurses act like med-surg nursing is the worse but some people love it. I think OR nursing is the worst but someone here loves it. I can go on and on.

If you are in a position that requires IV starts, you'll learn that skill eventually. I didn't learn IV starts for a couple years because my hospital had an IV team but now, I'm great at them.

There is a place for everyone.

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Specializes in Adult Psych.

I started out in psych and IT WAS THE LAST PLACE I WANTED TO BE but I'm, awesome at psych :up:

but I don't get to do IV's, or catheters, wound vacs... the only time i see wounds is when someone cuts themselves and we slap on a dressing and send them out to be sutured. So I envy other nurses that get to do that, because I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT TOO. So i like my position but i wish i could use more skills! Not totally happy with my position at my facility. I think once i find a great facility I will be completely happy

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Being envious is degrading yourself... I am a nurse by profession for 23 years. But I have been to a lot of different jobs, Rank and File, Supervisor to Manager... Other Jobs that are way beyond my Nursing profession... Why was I able to enter other fields? It is because " I AM A NURSE AND I BELONG TO WHERE I AM NEEDED " So never in my life that I felt envious to other successful nurses because I have my own different success...

I was an Instructor in a Nursing School for about four years... Many of my students now have their own specialties and in fact some are already Chief Nurses in the Hospital... Some have gone abroad and currently more wealthier than me. Yet Never did I felt envious because I know I was part of their success.... and Because For me, YOU WILL NEVER FEEL INSECURE AND ENVIOUS TO ANYONE IF YOU VALUE YOUR WORTH AND IF YOU VALUE YOURSELF.....

Just be yourself, you are precious in your own way..... Being a Nurse if already a gift.

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I'm jealous of your caps. ^

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Specializes in ICU.

I get jealous of other nurses sometimes... but it usually has more to do with their life successes than anything. I started off in my dream specialty because I was willing to relocate 400 miles for it, so there's no envy there. My problem is a lot of nurses I know are dating people who are at their level financially and I'm not. I get jealous watching them take vacations with their equally well-off SO while I sit here and twiddle my thumbs because mine gets upset when I pay for everything, so we just don't go anywhere.

It is making me feel really stagnant that I can't even do anything fun on my days off. So, to all you nurses on my friends list going to Disney, going to Paris, spending a week climbing mountains, going on cruises every couple of months, or going to concerts every other weekend... I hate you. Really.

I swear there are at least three people on my friends list on a fantastic vacation at any given time, and it sucks. If I want to go on a fun vacation, I have to go alone.

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I totally feel like this, and quite a bit. A lot of the time I feel like a horrible nurse, because it seems like my nursing friends know a lot more then me.

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