New Career

[Lamby]

I am a new nurse that got into a pilot OR nurse residency program. I signed a 2 year contract with the hospital and unfortunately hate it. There are many reasons (toxic environment/people, bad management) just all together hate doing it. I dread going to work. It is stressful beyond belief and most of the time, every bad situation is beyond your control. I want a career change. However, before I do decide to just walk out, I want to know that I didn't have any other options.

I would be interested in forensic nursing, but through everything I have read, nothing really gives me any info as to how to get into it. Any thoughts?

I do not want to go back for my masters just fyi.

I am curious about other positions that allow me to not truly physically care for the patient.

I am desperate. I have a nursing degree, but don't want to truly be a nurse. I cannot work on the floor.

Is there a magical desk job?

Maybe even hospice care?

This is a mess but i'm open to anything. Are there nursing positions providing indirect care that are achievable for a new grad?

[Coffee Nurse, BSN, RN]

Two questions: 1) how long have you been working, and 2) what makes you think you "cannot" work on a floor? OR nursing is a very specific beast and a far cry from floor nursing, plus the problems you cite are ones specific to your place of employment rather than related to patient care in general. Only you can know your own situation of course, but from what you've written here I think you're being pretty quick to throw in the towel completely on nursing.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

You can run away from the job you are currently in, but what will you do when the next work environment proves to be stressful as well? It might be better to find ways to build your own resiliency and find ways to respond to stressful work environments. The first 12-18 months of nursing are a steep learning curve and it takes persistence to develop not only nursing skills but team communication skills as well.

[JKL33]

It's not helping that you feel trapped because of the contract that you signed. I would look carefully for a new place and then cut your losses at this one. Now you know more about what you're looking for. Beware the situation where there is a willingness to put more effort into preventing people from leaving than there is in just being the kind of organization where people want to stay.

[LovingLife123]

Why did you get a nursing degree to start with?

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Traditionally, those away-from-the-bedside jobs require either years of experience or a higher degree.

[pommid64]

please help ~ trying to find an affordable school (10,000$ or under per year) that is mostly online for MSN ( that would allow me to sit for NP) that is 2 years ( as opposed to 3 for DNP) I have BSN already. I live in Central FL

[pommid64]

PS I am new to this board and I am sure I probably posted my plea for help in the wrong place - apologies

[roser13, ASN, RN]

PS I am new to this board and I am sure I probably posted my plea for help in the wrong place - eapologies

Yes, you should start your own thread instead of posting on someone else's.

[DTWriter]

PS I am new to this board and I am sure I probably posted my plea for help in the wrong place - apologies

Yeah...you need to start a new thread for your own problem.

OP, if you are being for real -

What do you not like about patient care?

[SDANG]

How about a school nurse? Perhaps an office job like a medical assistant? Insurance company? Pharmaceutical sales?

[chacha82, ADN, BSN]

Hospice care requires you to care for the patient...quite a bit...

You do not have to do bedside nursing. There are desk jobs available for nurses, but I think you need significant acute care experience to be competitive. Why not try clinic? I loved urgent care when I worked it, the pace is not "easy" but it was better controlled than floor nursing.