Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

allnurses

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Discussion

Dissatisfied RN

Hello!

Not sure how to begin. Graduated from school in June 2013 and started a week later in a hybrid neuro step down/neuro ICU. I stayed on the atepdown side for 3-4 months and was quickly transitioned in to the ICU part of the unit. I catch on fast and after 6 months I found myself very bored with what I was doing. If I got a "boring" assignment I would quickly become miserable. I enjoyed taking care of our sicker patients and would become frustrated if I had an assignment in the atepdown unit.. But all staff were required to work both sides. After about a year into my job I decided to bid for a position in our larger med/surg ICU in our facility. Oct 2014 I blew through my orientation and was taking assignments on my own. Fast foward four months and I am already bored with my job/patient population. I crave complicated diagnosis and "sick patients"...I just don't feel full filled at work anymore.

I have only been here for 4 months so far and I know I cannot leave after such a short time.. But I hate being so dissatisfied with my job. Has anyone else found they too have a "craving" for action as a nurse? I have less than 2 years of nursing experience and have already become bored in the ICU...

Another local hospital has a trauma center/sicu but that would require me to change hospitals which isn't ideal but I can't go to work everyday feeling this way!

What is next for me? Not sure where to go from here. Any advice appreciated.

Featured Replies

Ever considered something like a level 1 trauma ER or flight nursing? Seems you're an adrenaline junkie and that should be a good fit!

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Add a Comment

Currently Reading 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.