Go to grad school or jump off a cliff?

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Specializes in Intensive Care and Perianesthesia Care.

I guess I'm just reaching into the dark here, not sure exactly what I'm looking for, but I'm thinking about going to grad school. The idea of going back for another 3 years makes me want to literally dive face first off a ledge into a pile of broken glass, but I feel compelled to do it anyways. When I first started nursing school I knew hands down that I wanted to be an NP, and I still do, it's just the whole school thing really turns me off. BIG TIME! Which is weird, because I got good grades; graduated summa cum laude, sigma theta tau, alpha chi, yadda yadda yadda, and I've done really well in the field; specialty certification, well renowned, advancements, etc. So now I'm at a crossroad where one direction continues on my original path to my long term goal of becoming an NP, or the other that takes me somewhere I would have never guessed I'd be going: complacency... So I don't know. I could remain comfortable in what I do, keep my three 12s a week, actually leave work when I leave work and be satisfied with what I got or I could jump in that broken glass and pick out the shards for the next... three... years... I'm undecided

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Specializes in oncology, MS/tele/stepdown.

Nursing has many options that don't involve going back to school. Changing your mind about what you want to do isn't the same as being complacent. No one on here is going to be able to tell you what you really want. Good luck figuring it out.

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Personally, I'd pick the option that doesn't involve a cliff and broken glass.

The decision doesn't need to be binary: complacency or cliff. Perhaps it's time for you to move from the PACU to another area.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

You have a lot more options than what you are seeing here. If it feels that icky to return to school it probably isn't really time to do so.

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Specializes in Neurosciences, stepdown, acute rehab, LTC.

Yes there are other specialties, CEUs, promotions, credentials that do not require three more years of school. You dont seem to be in the right headspace to do your masters degree. If you do decide to go back later, it's one day at a time.

If you have other hobbies or a family, you can also focus on those more. Complacency is never really mandatory.

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