NewRNal

I need some advice. I've been an RN now for almost a year and have been working on med/surg floor for 7 months. I love my job co workers are great, management is awesome etc. etc. The problem is that I'm a very petite person (4"11, 90lbs), and my floor requires a lot of lifting and pulling. I'm finding this extremely difficult for me, and I usually go home with a sore back and it takes about a day to recover. I'm thinking maybe I should try pediatrics. My question is, how hard would it be for me to make the change from adults to peds? Are children more challenging? Would it be harder to get into pediatrics since I have no experience?

I too am a new grad and I already quit my first job as a nurse after 1 month. I also felt sick to my stomach every morning before work and while I was there I couldn't wait to leave. I swore all the nurses hated me including my preceptor. I decided to inform my manager one day that I was not returning to work (that is how much I hated it!). My manager told me that I was going through a "hazing" process and that every new nurse goes through it. Well, I thought that was a load of crap. After that job I spent 2 months at home, depressed and filled with self doubt because I felt I just wasted 4 years in school. Well, now I've picked my self back up and next week I will begin my new job at a new hospital. Hopefully this time I will have a positive outcome.

I too am a new grad, and already quit my first job after 1 month. Like you, I felt sick to my stomach every morning before work and while I was there I couldn't wait to leave and I was sure all the other nurses hated me including my preceptor. I ended up telling my nurse manager one day that I was not returning to work (that's how much I hated it!). She told me that I was going through a "hazing" process and that I would have the same experience elsewhere. Well, I thought that was a load of crap. I will begin my new job in a new hospital next week and hopefully this time I will have a positive experience.

I'm glad to know that I am not alone. I hope someone can help me with my dilemma. I graduated from nursing school in May 06 and just recently received by RN license yesterday. As a new grad I was hired to work in the Emergency Room. I was thrilled with this job offer because I decided half way through nursing school that was what I wanted to do. Well after 1 month of working I absolutely hated everything about my job and decided one day I know longer wanted to work there and sent an e-mail to my boss and basically said I was not going back. The problem is I don't know if it was the job itself that I hated so much or if my co workers were the main contributing factor. I found the nurses to be back stabbing and hostile. I have never worked in a hospital before, so when I talked to the nurse manager about what I was feeling she basically said that nurses are like this everywhere so I better just get used to it. So, my question is this: Are nurses like this everywhere you go or is just the ER? I don't know what other department I would like to work in and I am terribly afraid of having the same experience all over again. Any advice?