DONE as a 'nurse.' What else is there to do??

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Hi all. I have had a few nursing jobs (Med Surg, Urgent Care, OR Intern), and none of those jobs have worked out. They are letting me go at my OR Intern program and I was let go at my urgent care job. I am told 'you are not task oriented.' All the cooks can't be wrong. Sadly, I am DONE with Nursing.

I am an RN who also has experience in PR, Marketing, and Broadcasting (previous career). What else do you think I can do?? I am looking into Medical Rep. jobs.

It's a shame because I did super in school and passed boards first time out, but I am not a 'multi-tasker.' I cannot work and think at the same time. Doing well in school and PHYSICALLY DOING the job are two entirely different things.

At least I have accepted failure... at least I tried. I wanted to pick all your brains to see what other avenues might be good for me with the PR and Nursing background. THANKS ALL!!

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Specializes in Peds OR as RN, Peds ENT as NP.

What happened in the OR? How long were you there? Scrubbing or circulating? I'm curious...

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

I'm so sorry to hear that! Maybe there are other clinic jobs you could do. Otherwise, maybe check out pharmaceutical companies. That sounds like a great match with your other career backgrounds. Have you thought of home health? Oh, and if you have an interest, I did flu shot clinics last year and it paid fairly well and doesn't require much multi tasking. Good luck!

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Specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

I am so sorry to hear your story. I hope you find your niche. It's hard as hell to go through being let go of an job, and especially when you went through school and worked so hard. Can you further your education and go into some sort of administrative role as an Rn where you don't do bedside nursing? Good luck in whatever you do!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

It sounds like you do well with one task at a time: given an objective, you need to think it through thoroughly, develop a plan and think about how you will implement it. Does that sound accurate?

If so, then with your background in PR, you may do well with a marketing job at a hospital or healthcare facility. Do you have experience with graphic art? Your input as a nurse would be very valuable for layouts, photo shoots, target markets, research data collection, etc.

I hope that you will look upon this experience not as a failure, but as simply choosing a different route. You have gained some incredible knowledge, so none of your experience should be categorized as FAILING. You walked down one sidewalk, fell into a hole, walked down the same sidewalk and fell but climbed out quickly, walked down the same sidewalk and tripped over the hole. It's time to walk down a different street. You are wise to understand and accept that you can still use the tools you have gained in order to seek a more valuable job that suits your strengths.

Keep your chin up. Be confident. I am crossing my fingers for you!

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Wow. All wonderful comments! Thanks everyone! :)

I was in the OR setting for 3 months. Scrubbing and circulating. I thought I was finally starting to get the hang of it and WHAM got word today... nope... you are gone. No issues were ever mentioned except communicate when I have to use the restroom. I personally think they were digging then to stir up the pot. I got fussed out for having to use the bathroom (posted on this in an earlier post). Anyway, as far as PERFORMANCE issues, nothing was ever brought to my attention.

As far as 'doing the one task at a time,' YUP- that is me. You pegged it right!

THANKS EVERYONE for the ideas and support!! :)

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