New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

[IcySageNurse]

Hello everyone,Just need some advice on leaving a hospital job for office work. I just graduated a few months ago, and took a job in a hospital. At first I absolutely loved it, but now I hate it and no longer want to work in a hospital. I find the work demeaning and labor intensive - boosting, cleaning excrement, etc. My ultimate goal is to be an FNP, so I don't plan to be a RN for long before I go back to school. My concerns whether office work in a primary care clinic is good enough training to be an FNP? I feel like skill wise, I'll be doing less, but I will get to see more and work closely with other FNPs. I have been offered a job in a primary care office, and I need advice if I should do this or not.

[BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN]

I always find it humorous to read how others like to feel demeaned just by reading someone else's opinion of their own experiences. YES OF COURSE nursing can feel demeaning. There is a fine line in all healthcare and if your job makes you feel this way, I'd tend to understand your feelings.

Get a kick out of the "I love to clean up poop" pledges ...Ah such a badge of honor and respect. LOL. Nowhere but nursing is there this kind of crazy, nowhere.

Interesting take. I realize the OP has made a decision (a poor one, IMO, but what's done is done), but moving away from the OPs personal situation, I am more interested in the meta discussion here. I don't share the point of view alluded to with this comment, and I didn't see this line of thinking demonstrated anywhere in this thread. Is there a reason you brought it up here and I'm missing it? I'm just wondering where this is coming from. The only demeaning I see was pointed out to be written in the original post, and need not be rehashed. I'm curious as to what you mean by your first sentence netglow.

I can't say I enjoyed cleaning up unpleasant messes, but I don't really remember hating it. I just did it and moved on. While I have had many a GI bleeder and fresh ostomy in my day, skin and GI assessment and patient care are direct nursing functions, and it didn't occur to me to resent the patient for it. The actual contact with emesis and stool was really a negligible part of my role and really wasn't a very big deal at all; therefore I am a bit perplexed and stunned that someone would commit, what is in this case due to the long term goal, essentially a career suicide, over it. That is some powerful discomfort!

[IcySageNurse]

The actual contact with emesis and stool was really a negligible part of my role and really wasn't a very big deal at all; therefore I am a bit perplexed and stunned that someone would commit, what is in this case due to the long term goal, essentially a career suicide, over it. That is some powerful discomfort!

I think it's a little strong to tell someone who is switching from a hospital job to a primary care office they are committing career suicide. If I plan on working in a primary care office as an FNP, I will at least have experience working in one. I'm sure many FNPs worked in an office, and considering how many direct entry FNP programs there are now, there are a ton of FNPs who didn't work at all before school!!

[BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN]

I wasn't telling you anything of the kind; I was speaking to netglow, and inquiring about his/her post as quoted. S/he commented that some discussed their appreciation for that kind of work as a "badge of honor." I can't say that I did that, though that while I didn't look forward to it especially, it wasn't significant enough to potentially harm my career in order to avoid it. And yes, I do think you are conceivably harming your career with this move. I don't know why you should care at all what I think, but you did inquire after opinions, and thus, received some. You have made an independent decision I think will not serve you well in the long run, but of course it is yours alone to make. Good luck.

As I said, I am aiming to move beyond your personal situation please, and into a meta discussion now.

[IcySageNurse]

As I said, I am aiming to move beyond your personal situation please, and into a meta discussion now.

Thank you for your input, but this is my thread and it is about my personal situation. You're essentially asking to hijack my thread, and I politely ask that we do not move into a related meta discussion. If that is your perogative, please start your own thread on such a topic.

[BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN]

Thank you for your input, but this is my thread and it is about my personal situation. You're essentially asking to hijack my thread, and I politely ask that we do not move into a related meta discussion. If that is your perogative, please start your own thread on such a topic.

I understood you to have said that your situation has resolved itself, rendering it moot. These things take on a life of their own.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Closing thread as OP received advice and made their career decision.