Missmilo

Thanks and good luck to you. Can't wait to get those 4 days back as well.

I have been an FNP for one year and I just resigned from what was an absolutely terrible job. I have many years ( 20+) of PACU, ICU, CCU and ED experience. As an RN that is. Those willing to hire me as an NP are only offering one terrible job after another. I have spent my life working in hospitals and I miss it soo much. Yet, I can't get a job working in a hospital as an NP. They want 3 years of experience in the area of specialty as an NP. They don't care about my RN background. In fact, most worthwhile jobs want 3 years or more of NP experience. I hate the long hours, rotten pay and poor benefits that seem to be the fate of an office FNP. I hate the office environment period. I feel awful, I regret this more every day and I want to return to hospital RN life.. I want to return to three 12 hour shifts in a PACU or ED as a staff nurse and get my life back. In addition to rotten pay and benefits, My FNP experience was very lonely and beyond boring. I miss the fast pace of the hospital and the camaraderie of fellow nurses. All that time and money on my education will be wasted, but I'm starting not to care about that because I'm so miserable. Has anyone else done this? Has anyone out there quit and gone back? Will I be able to go back? Will hospitals allow it? ANY advice on ditching this career path is greatly appreciated. Thanks.