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No kids and no plans to have them anytime soon. Just a really supportive husband and pets. Thanks for your post :)

I don't pretend nursing was my first career choice. Now that I am a nurse, I know I chose this profession for the short term as a stepping stone to something else down the road. I am not sure what down the road is yet but I knew before starting nursing school I did not want to ultimately be and remain a nurse or in nursing long term. That being said, I knew early on if I were to be a nurse I wanted to work in NICU or mom/baby or something in women's health. I was lucky for the first two years as an RN to work in both. But the invasive hospital schedule led me to a clinic job currently. So why am I typing? I have an opportunity to go back to the hospital and work in the specialty I enjoy. My dilemma is I work the best schedule ever in the clinic. No w/e, no holidays, done at 5 everyday and no haggling over vacation or time off. I can take as much time off as I want when I want without worrying about seniority etc. But I do not like my specialty and do not feel challenged in my job at all. Plus, I would make more money in the hospital than in the clinic. So I am wondering what others would choose. Door number one we have the clinic with a schedule that is great and does not interfere at all with life outside of work and ability to take time off when needed. Door number two the hospital job I want which I absolutely love and would make more money. The catch is I give up great schedule in clinic for nights, w/e, every other holiday in the hospital. But the pay is better and in this economy we could use the money. I would love people's thoughts. I know it ultimately boils down to my choice but I would like other's insights. better schedule/job I have no interest or passion doing or crappy schedule/better pay/job I would love to have (FYI I have worked in this position before so I know what the job is). Thanks for your input!

I am done. Not officially because I need to figure out my next move, but I am done with healthcare, not just nursing. I have realized that my personality does not fit this profession. I am not a patient or tolerant person. I entered healthcare because I enjoy the knowledge base of the human body and teaching others about their bodies in an effort to promote personal health management. I am done with it because their is no accountability or responsibility in our healthcare system and it is not encouraged or fostered. Our system is built on encouraging people to go to the doctor and expect that they and the system will take care of them. Again, no accountability and no responsibility. And I am sick of it. I might stick around if our society actually fostered preventive healthcare and paid trained professionals to empower the masses to be responsible for their health. But I don't see that becoming the norm any time soon. I should have been a librarian. Any ideas of professions where you don't have to work with people at all???

I haven't had the interview yet but I will keep you posted.

Hi there. I have an ADN in nursing with an MS in psychology. At the encouragement of my nurse manager, I applied for a nurse educator position at my hospital. I didn't think I was qualified for the job but applied anyway and have an interview. I am a little nervous about how to go about the interview process since I don't have an MSN. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated :)

I have been offered to train as a diabetes educator and become certified in the future. Just wanted to here from those of you that are and what a typical week at work looks like for you. What are the positives and negatives? What is the salary. Thanks

what do you mean assisted living?

Just wondering what an RN can do to start their own business or work from their home. Tired of working for corporate a** holes who suck the life out of you and make you continuously work with fewer resources for their bottom line. I would like to work from home or be an independent contractor but am not sure where to start.

Sounds heavenly.

I am really hoping to get a clinic job asap and get off of nights. I like my job and my crew on nights but I just can't do this hospital schedule anymore. I feel like if I could get off nights, I could then refocus my energy and start to delve deeper into what I am so desperately searching for. I think I want to stay in healthcare, just not as a bedside nurse working in a 24/7 hospital. Thanks again for all the replies. I feel less crazy since others have stated they have felt the same way!!!!

I here ya. I don't hate nursing, I hate bedside nursing and working in the hospital with a passion. My mental, emotional, and physical health has sufferred. Even now I sit here and want to call into work because I work a 12 and have only slept 4 hours in the last 36 hours. Awesome. At least you have school to look forward to. I am the breadwinner and have no options right now. I am thankful to have a job but working as a staff RN sucks the life right out of you. I have decided the schedule for nurses sucks and it was contributes to burn out. Nursing is the most demanding job of every part of you and yet there is no respite. Holidays, every other weekend, call. eves, nights and on and on. This job constantly interferes with my life outside of work. And that is the rub. I think if I just worked m-f 8-5 or even 4 10's with none of the extra BS of holidays, weekends, eves and nights I would love my job. It's the fact that I can't even enjoy my life outside of work because of how my schedule interferes. With how horrible nursing can be no matter how passionate, you need to be able to leave work and enjoy life outside of work and have that opportunity. That only comes when you have been doing this for 20+ years and don't have to do holidays, we, nights, call, etc. but by then more than half your life is gone. Screw this. Good luck in grad school

There is currently a clinic day position available that I have applied to. Is there any way I can talk to my NM or HR about being placed in this job considering I am having such difficulties with NOC's? Can they do that? I know seniority is seniority but this is a hospital wide and community wide position posting. What are my options with that? Any thoughts?

Pedicurn, you are a premium member. Can NOC's cause this? I mean I am not blind to feeling there are some other underlying issues I need to figure out, but when I was on orientation for on days I don't remember hating life this much. And, when I have a few days off in a row and get back onto a little bit of day schedule, I feel better, more motivated, just overall in a better mood. How much of what I am feeling can I attribute to NOC's?

Thanks!!! I am having a hard time determining if it's working NOC's that is causing this. Do you know if working nights can cause someone to feel this way mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Yes. I have a huge problem with this. I feel like I have all of this knowledge to share but feel more like a glorified waitress. Every time before I leave a room I always ask "Is there anything else I can do for you while I am in here. Or is there anything else that you need?" I swear I said the same thing when I worked as a waitress!!!!!