Do you hate nursing?

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This for everyone who is ready to throw in the towel. Every "I hate nursing" post is one I can relate to. I was there. I hope this brings you hope, and offers a new type of nursing for your consideration.

I lived a miserable existence through 1 year in sub-acute rehab (SNF), a year on night shift med-surg, and 2 years in the OR. I decided to give it one last shot or walk away for good, and applied to my childhood family practice. After 9 months of rooming patients/telephone triage/refills/prior auths (which was tedious but I didn't hate), an internal position opened up for quality improvement nurse.

It's like nothing I've ever done before! It's a desk job with patient interaction. I do hospital follow-up phone calls to reconcile meds and make sure our patients are stable/safe back at home (and troubleshoot if they're not). Whether it was just a simple lap chole, or a new dx CHF on top of a host of other chronic conditions, I get to call. I have the complete hospital record available for review, and this is what keeps me learning as I try to make sure I'm asking all the right questions.

I teach diabetes classes -- group and individual -- with the support of our in-house pharmacist for med management.

I meet with patients one-on-one with for motivational interviewing related to diet and lifestyle change. I get to take a full 45-60 minutes for these conversations.

This is not an opportunity I would have found by searching job boards. It's an internal position, and one that works well for my lifestyle and personality. I love pathophys and primary prevention. I have reasonably well managed anxiety and depression (which were not at all managed when I was working acute care). I haven't called out sick in 2 years, whereas in all my other positions I was calling out at least once every 3 months. Many primary care practices have these types of positions, and prefer to hire internally for applicants who are already fluent in their charting systems and workflows.

I hope this gives you hope.

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Your post should be I love nursing.

There are only about 1,000 different kinds of nursing jobs. Not every nurse is able or capable to easily switch jobs as you were. But the options are there.

The computer keeps capitalizing nursing jobs, I can't edit out?

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Specializes in LTC & Rehab Supervision.

I hope I never have this viewpoint of nursing. ?

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Specializes in Cardiology.

No, I dont hate nursing but Im just about done with the floor. 4 years is enough and its only going to get worse, not better.

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This is awesome!

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Specializes in Operating Room, PACU.

Wow, thank you for this....

On 9/28/2019 at 9:50 AM, rn&run said:

This for everyone who is ready to throw in the towel. Every "I hate nursing" post is one I can relate to. I was there. I hope this brings you hope, and offers a new type of nursing for your consideration.

I lived a miserable existence through 1 year in sub-acute rehab (SNF), a year on night shift med-surg, and 2 years in the OR. I decided to give it one last shot or walk away for good, and applied to my childhood family practice. After 9 months of rooming patients/telephone triage/refills/prior auths (which was tedious but I didn't hate), an internal position opened up for quality improvement nurse.

It's like nothing I've ever done before! It's a desk job with patient interaction. I do hospital follow-up phone calls to reconcile meds and make sure our patients are stable/safe back at home (and troubleshoot if they're not). Whether it was just a simple lap chole, or a new dx CHF on top of a host of other chronic conditions, I get to call. I have the complete hospital record available for review, and this is what keeps me learning as I try to make sure I'm asking all the right questions.

I teach diabetes classes -- group and individual -- with the support of our in-house pharmacist for med management.

I meet with patients one-on-one with for motivational interviewing related to diet and lifestyle change. I get to take a full 45-60 minutes for these conversations.

This is not an opportunity I would have found by searching job boards. It's an internal position, and one that works well for my lifestyle and personality. I love pathophys and primary prevention. I have reasonably well managed anxiety and depression (which were not at all managed when I was working acute care). I haven't called out sick in 2 years, whereas in all my other positions I was calling out at least once every 3 months. Many primary care practices have these types of positions, and prefer to hire internally for applicants who are already fluent in their charting systems and workflows.

I hope this gives you hope.

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