Burnout or bad career choice?

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I’m here seeking some advice!

I’ve worked in the hospital and clinic setting, and have just recently ventured into the home health field. From my first year in the hospital, I started to hate my job, moved to clinic thinking that’s where I would like to be...ended up hating that too. And now that I’m in home health and I can’t stand it either ? I’ve really discovered that my passion is in interior design. I feel guilty that I went into nursing and wasted my time doing this, only to have recently discovered what makes me really happy.

Nursing is nothing that I expected it to be. I’m tired of waiting on people hand and foot to be disrespected and unappreciated. Im so tired of watching people abuse the system every day. Drug seekers, people who want you to be their maid, being hateful, noncompliant, filthy, I just can’t stand it! I’m struggling because I don’t know if I’m burnt out or if I chose the wrong career path. And I don’t know where to go from here ?

Does anyone else feel the same way?

Yes. I think other jobs also have some level or even significant level of burnout. A lot is due to time management at work and in your daily life. Hang in there!

Specializes in Cardiology.

Go work for a medical device company. That is the future.

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