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I have been a nurse since 2013. I was a CNA prior. I have my masters and it seems pointless. when I first graduated with my bachelors, noone would hire without experience. how do you get it if noone lets you ? so I had to start off in LTC. nightmare. went to post acute rehab.. still bad.. then found a inpatient unit for a hospice.. loved it. stayed with a few hospices in about 3-5 different roles.. then did ER.. went back to hospice , then ortho medsurge, I've done 1:1 in home care for very ill kids... I failed my NP exam twice. I gave up. Im back in hospice but im beyond miserable . there seems to be nothing about nursing that makes me happy. I want to get my PALS back and go back to ER or go into peds.. again it kills me that in the world today hospitals hire new grads at drop of dime and with all my experience ( even as a paramedic prior to CNA) im still getting turned down or stuck in roles I hate. I only loved the bedside inpatient unit for hospice and now I just drive to their homes or facilities for their care and I have to drag myself out of bed. I give good care but the charting and all the petty stuff and driving is exhausting and I still have no money to pay loans, just filed bankruptcy and at 52 and sole provider , I don't know what to do with my life . I just want to be in a job thats exhilarating, fun and people don't back stab you. please help if you can
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I have been a nurse since 2013. I was a CNA prior. I have my masters and it seems pointless. when I first graduated with my bachelors, noone would hire without experience. how do you get it if noone lets you ? so I had to start off in LTC. nightmare. went to post acute rehab.. still bad.. then found a inpatient unit for a hospice.. loved it. stayed with a few hospices in about 3-5 different roles.. then did ER.. went back to hospice , then ortho medsurge, I've done 1:1 in home care for very ill kids... I failed my NP exam twice. I gave up. Im back in hospice but im beyond miserable . there seems to be nothing about nursing that makes me happy. I want to get my PALS back and go back to ER or go into peds.. again it kills me that in the world today hospitals hire new grads at drop of dime and with all my experience ( even as a paramedic prior to CNA) im still getting turned down or stuck in roles I hate. I only loved the bedside inpatient unit for hospice and now I just drive to their homes or facilities for their care and I have to drag myself out of bed. I give good care but the charting and all the petty stuff and driving is exhausting and I still have no money to pay loans, just filed bankruptcy and at 52 and sole provider , I don't know what to do with my life . I just want to be in a job thats exhilarating, fun and people don't back stab you. please help if you can
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