Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

[purplegal]

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?

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

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.

While I cannot speak to the less affluent SO portion of your post, I did spend about a dozen years of my adulthood alone. I took vacations alone or with girlfriends. Some of my best memories are from vacations I took with girlfriends!

[TrishaRNSCCU]

I love what you said about ICU nurses! I found my passion as an ICU nurse and I love pathophysiology, machines, drips, tubes, and lines!

However, my first nursing job was psych, which was not my strong point in school, and I excelled at it and became an admissions nurse in the ER with psych patients. It's a totally different scope and I respect the nurses that can do it for a lifetime. I pick up shifts to help out, but ICU is what makes my heart smile. If I get bored with ICU ever than I will try ER, Surgery, or float pool. That's one thing about nursing, we can always try something new.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

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.

So...

Let's go on a vacation together!