Is nursing burn out really that bad?

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I graduated from LPN school and took my NCLEX yesterday. Further down the road, I want to study for an RN. Nursing school is an expensive, hard journey which I am reconsidering due to all the negativity associated with the work environment where nurses are leaving the profession in droves.

I can understand the understaffing can be a problem but is it like this in almost every nursing specialty?

My goal is to work as an operating room RN. Would it still be understaffed?

Are there fields where I wouldn't have to deal with the massive understaffing yet still make great money?

I would really appreciate it if someone experienced can shed some light on what really goes on. 

Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
nursingcand said:

Theres nothing on here that indicates I didn't know the difference between LPN vs RNs. 

Oh, there definitely is evidence that you are naive in this thread.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

Oh, there definitely is evidence that you are naive in this thread.  

Even an inexperienced person can tell when an RN is tooting her own horn. Thats the last type of person on earth I would trust to believe in. 

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nursingcand said:

Even an inexperienced person can tell when an RN is tooting her own horn. Thats the last type of person on earth I would trust to believe in. 

No, not all people are good at discerning conceit.  Whom you trust is not really relevant to whether or not you fully appreciate the difference between RNs and LPNs, right?

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toomuchbaloney said:

No, not all people are good at discerning conceit.  Whom you trust is not really relevant to whether or not you fully appreciate the difference between RNs and LPNs, right?

All of this began when a nurse  was offended I said nursing really wasn't the most difficult thing I ever been through and that I have studied for harder exams. Then she tried over exaggerating her own scope of practice to try to make up for her bruised go.

Yea, we get it. RNs do get to use some of your judgement, but you will never make any real major decisions on your own. So please take a seat. 

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nursingcand said:

All of this began when a nurse  was offended I said nursing really wasn't the most difficult thing I ever been through and that I have studied for harder exams. Then she tried over exaggerating her own scope of practice to try to make up for her bruised go.

Yea, we get it. RNs do get to use some of your judgement, but you will never make any real major decisions on your own. So please take a seat. 

There's that evidence that you don't fully understand again.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

There's that evidence that you don't fully understand again.  

I don't think it really matters because my original point was... your judgement will never come close to the judgement required of a doctor. This was my initial point and only point. 

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