Did I make a huge mistake?! NP Life...

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I have never posted here before but I need advice from other professionals as I regret my life choices. I was an ER nurse then a Critical Care nurse for 5 years before deciding I wanted to further my education and scope of practice by becoming a provider - I've worked with excellent NPs and I chose to go for Acute Care NP and FNP with the hopes of Landing an ICU or hospitalist position with the FNP title just to fall back on ... got a promising job right out of school as an "ACNP Hospitalist" but once I started I felt like merely an overpaid scribe for the MD... I gave it time because credentialing and training take time, and to build a trust with the MD ... Almost a year in and I feel as if I'm losing my NP skills that I never use.. This was not the job description I agreed to

I am so done with being an NP I have honestly considered going back to the CCU I worked in ... titrating drips, CPR, fresh hearts, LVADS, TPA, IABPs, educating new nurses, loved all of it, especially the adrenaline and felt as if I made a difference... and now I'm signing an order for zofran because someone has a tummy ache because I get the calls that aren't considered important enough for the MD, but I'm a "hospitalist" because I write progress notes and sit in a hospital while I order Tylenol and stool softners and make sure patients have am labs who need them...

Sorry for the Vent Please tell me I didn't waste my time,money, and sanity for this? Any other ACNPs that can give me hope that this is not actually what I have to look forward to. Any advise would be greatly appreciated

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Btw I usually enjoy a glass of wine after a stressful day - ignore my grammar and run-on sentences, today I am enjoying vodka ;-)

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