I hate nursing

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I started an ADN nursing program over a year ago and graduate in May. I have the highest average in class, and I really seem to be doing well. However; I hate everything nursing, I really only started the program because I was bored, and now I feel to far invested to quite. I have to keep telling myself that this is a great job, but in reallity this job holds a lot of responsibility, "crappy responsibility." In addition I feel tremendous pressure from my family, my husband, and my husbands family to finish and work. It's not like I don't already have a BSN from another university, and my husband makes an excellent salary, I don't have to work. I keep hoping that all the pretentious people in class with their over enthusiastic "I love nursing" attitude will be non-existent in the workplace. This is me just venting, but if you have any productive advice or have felt this way I would love a response. However; if you are just wanting to tell me how terrible I am, please keep it to yourself.

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Specializes in Rural; Critical Care; Emergency.

Hate is an emotion. I learned along the way that I hated every new job I started. Hated the staff, hated the policies, hated the work. But after about 2 or 3 months, I really liked it. So I finally decided it was me and not them! Once I realized that, I still thought everything at the new job could be much improved, but the intense feeling was gone. It got less with each new place. [we traveled about so I moved a lot and had a lot of jobs]

Hope this helps!

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The only advice I have to offer is that you graduate, take the NCLEX, and get your license, then maintain the license in an active status. You can always do what you want to do as far as your career goes. Nobody says you have to work as a nurse. A friend of mine got a BSN, then promptly became an overseas missionary. Someone else went on to medical school. Hey, if you want you can work in Wal Mart or at McDonalds. It's your work life. But you are keeping a card in your hand if you maintain a nursing license. You never know what life will bring and some day you may want or need to go with nursing. Good luck with whatever you decide. And congratulations for getting into and completing nursing school. That is an accomplishment you should always be proud of, no matter what you do.

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what is your other bachelor's in?

and are there other reasons you decided to pursue nursing? other positive aspects you enjoyed at any time during your schooling you can focus on? try to remember them if you can. this could just be a phase. but if you get to the point when you are sure you hate nursing, and it's a permanent feeling, well... you have to figure out what *is* going to bring you happiness and pursue it. what would you rather be doing? you are living your life, not your relatives. you can find employment better suited to you. i wouldn't want to rely on a husband entirely for income though, that doesn't seem smart to me. but that's personal opinion.

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I doubt you are a horrible person but with an attitiude like that I wouldn't want to work with you. If you know you won't like it, find something else, your attitude will spill over to your coworkers and simply poison the environment.

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In my opinion, in order to be successful in the workforce you have to be somewhat passionate about what you do and I think that with an attitude like yours you will be a cancer in the workplace. I'm not telling you to quit school, since you graduate in May but I would suggest that even after you graduate if you still hate what you are doing, then I would look for a new career. To be a nurse you have to work long hours, deal with sick people, and have a lot of stress in your life so if you're not passionate about it then your quality of life will go down which will affect your personal life as well. So you should finish school and give working a shot, because like you said your husband makes enough for you not to work so if you need to quit all you will lose is a few months! But you will still have a degree to show for it!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

My husband does very well also, and I don't have to work either. However, I would at minimum use your other Bachelor's degree and get a job. Not to sound like a pessimist, but what happens if you two split? At least you'd have something there to support yourself. Definitely don't depend on your spouse, people get into trouble that way.

Are you sure there's no field of nursing that you like....even a little? It stinks that you've worked this hard and now you don't want to use the degree. Good luck with what you decide.

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Specializes in M/S,TELE,ORTHO,ER.

Are you sure you have investigated the many career paths you could choose? There are specialties in which you do not perform bedside nursing. Nursing informatics or case management come to mind.Insurance companies hire nurses.

It's your life and you don't have to like anything. But please, do not take a direct patient care position if you still feel this way when you graduate.

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At this point I'd finish up, get my license, and at least have it if I had to go to work as a nurse for whatever reason. Get it done then move on. If you don't have to work, then don't. But what DO you want to do? That is probably something you need to figure out...what's your plan? Where do you want your life to be in 5 years? 10 years?

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I switched to nursing because I hated my previous job as a manager. I hated going into to work, I hated my staff and I hated what I was promoting. It was no way to live. I think you should stop worrying about everyone else and figure out what it is that you do like and go do that. I would hate to have someone who hated nursing taking care of me.

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I would suggest that you stay in school and graduate - you might regret it if you don't. And it sounds like you are good at what you are doing if you are one of the best in the program.

Once you graduate, maybe you should sit down and really think about whether this is the career for you. What is it exactly that you hate about nursing? Not all nurses have to be syrupy sweet and overly enthusiastic about their job. But if you don't find any sense of fulfillment in nursing, or have any passion for it at all (doesnt mean you have to loooove it), you might want to rethink! Do you want to be miserable? Would you want to be the patient being cared for by a nurse who hates nursing? Probably not.

That being said, there are SO many options in nursing. Decide what it is you hate about nursing - if you do some research, I'm sure you will find that there are jobs that don't involve whatever those things are. Good luck!

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Hmmmm.....question for you, OP---

You stated "It's not like I don't already have a BSN from another university"

A B.S.N. is a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Why would you be attending an A.D.N. program if you already have a B.S.N.? If you have a prior Bachelor's Degree, you would just refer to it as a B.S. or a B.A.

As for advice....seems pretty cut and dry. If you hate it, don't do it.

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