Hello everyone, first off I just want to explain my situation. I've been an LPN working in a hospital for 2 years now, just got my RN in July and I got a job in the same hospital I was working in. In the beginning when I worked as an LPN in the hospital, I ddn't really like it and was always stressed and anxious going into work. I thought I would like it more being an RN thinking I would have more say and more knowledge on my patients. I am currently training and am 5 weeks in with my preceptor. Right now, I HATE IT...even when I was in school I thought to myself "I don;t want to work in the hospital as an RN" because I always saw how stressed out the RN's were and I never wanted that. The reason why I took the position was because I did get it right away, and thought I was lucky that I got an RN job right away, and I do have bills to pay as well. But at this point I;m just thinking is it worth the stress to be unhappy about going into work? I don;t want to quit but I do want to loom for other jobs but I don;t even know where to start. I want to work somewhere outpatient, or just something with less stress that I would be happy to do! I love the nursing field, I just hate the hospital. The only thing I like is the pay and the hours but I just feel so lost right now, and kind of like a failure. I want to stick it out for a while, but I just know I don't want my nursing future to be in the hospital setting. And, if I leave now I don't want that to look bad on resume if I leave too soon, is this true? I just really don't like the stress they put on us in the hospital where you are supposed to know everything about your patient, but when it's so busy how is that possible? I feel like I quickly forget things about my patients and I'm not confident in my assessment skills either, I feel like I do the basic assessments but I'm not getting the big picture about my patients and I feel petrified to be on my own in the end. Going from LPN is a little easier than no experience at all, but I hate having all the responsibility.Sorry to vent so much, but I am in dire need of some advice