i am a recent graduate with a bs in nursing; since june 2008 to be exact. after passing the boards i was hired for a med/surg floor and have been doing this for 4 months. i am miserably dissapointed because it's not the painted picture of nursing i was thought in nursing school.
in fact, i almost had a breakdown last week from all the pressure involved with the job. that being said, i welcome any suggestions for other areas in nursing because as far as i'm concerned, i deinitely haven't found my niche.
how limited am i with a bs in nursing and only 4 months experience in med/surg? it sounds like one can only get somewhere if they have a masters nowadays. i want to feel good about nursing and find the passion i once had for the profession, however, i can't see that happening with a district of 8-9 patients, doctors pulling from every direction, transporters picking up patients, having to make sure meds are administered on time (and thats if the pharmacy send it up), providing wound care, writing progess notes, picking up orders, attending rounds with md's, providing na's with their assignment sheets, while on the subject of na going to the pharmacy due to insubordination on their part, allowing senior rns to step all over me by always being the last one to take lunch (thats if i take a lunch), apeasing argumentative patient family members who are demanding and the list goes on and on. of course this is all within a 12 hour sift which happens to fly be.
kindly pass on ideas of other possibilties in nursing with my qualifications.:bowingpur
