Give me some hope...Is ANYONE happy being a nurse??

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I have T-20 days to make a HUGE decision. I am already in the radiography program and have been in my clinical rotations for 6 months however I have discovered that I am more interested in nursing and realized that there are many more opportunities. I want to make the jump but I am discouraged by many things I am reading here. I want to believe that these miseries are the minority but I need some feed back! If you still enjoy nursing please let me know!

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Specializes in MDS/ UR.

Follow YOUR heart and gut feeling.

It is your life.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

Your decision to go into nursing should never be based on what others on here feel about the profession. Remember, people come on here to vent, but there are many of us who love what we do.

I agree that with nursing there are more opportunities, but that among others things should be your deciding factor.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

We can't tell you what to do.

I do love my job.

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Nursing makes me happy because there is money to be made. As you say, there are certainly A LOT more opportunities in nursing.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

I love my job. That said, at this particular time, I would not recommend anyone go to nursing school unless they have an uncle who is the CEO of the local hospital. Otherwise, the financial risks are not worth the very great possibility of not getting a job for months or even years after graduation.

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Specializes in Public Health.

Most people only go through the trouble of posting when they have a problem. That's the issue with yelp and the like, people jump to complain.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Onc.

No one ever posts "and nothing happened".

Knowing what the job market is like in your area is important but if being a nurse is where your heart is I say go for it.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgical ICU.

I love what I do.. Don't get me wrong, there are things and days I am at my wits end but I still love it.

Follow your heart

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Internet folks cannot/should not be the basis for your life's decisions.

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My radiology friends are happier than my nursing friends and make excellent money too. At my facility, hardly any turnover in employees. But they are limited in where they can work. More opportunities in nursing. I have a coworker that started in radiology and is now a nurse. She works in the er and radiology prn.

You can do both if you wish

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I LOVE being a nurse. Plan wisely, get into a hospital as a cna asap, and know it may be difficult to find a job depending on where you live. As others have said just because someone else loves/hates something doesn't mean you will feel the same.

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