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You all are giving me great feedback. Thanks a ton!

Hey everyone, I'm sorry I did not post this in the new grad forum, but I figured posting here would ensure I got the most replies. I'm graduating from my RN program in August and likely taking my boards early in September. 1. Is it too early to post my resume on Monster/Jobs.com/etc. ? 2. When posting a resume on one of these sites, is it necessary to include a cover letter? (I'm not being specific in which hospital I would like to work. I'm more or less just trying to land a decent position as a new grad.) Any advice is greatly appreciated!

You've all given me some awesome answers. You're all awesome, period. I'll suck it up and keep an open mind. It wasn't so much bad clinical experiences, those have been pretty good, for the most part. It is just the amount of work and stress my program lays on the students. I understand the career is stressful, requires time management/priority setting, and tons of critical thinking..... but why does the schooling need to be almost impossible at times?

Hey everyone, I need some HONEST advice from some seasoned nurses. I'm 23, halfway through a 2-year ADN RN program here. I have a Bachelor's Degree in speech/language pathology, but did not pursue grad school to be an SLP because my undergrad coursework was so tedious, and I was never once able to work directly with a client/patient, as we do in nursing school. I went into the RN program here for several reasons: 1. Chasing the "big money, for such little hours" that nurses supposedly make 2. I felt like there would be more job opportunities for an RN than a speech pathologist 3. I felt like I would have a more profound effect on the lives of others working as a nurse, as opposed to an SLP Now I'm halfway through this program, right in the middle of some very difficult med/surg material....AND I HATE IT!!!!! I've got great grades, and I do fine in clinical. My patients and classmates seem to love me. But here I am, depressed, as nursing school has completely consumed my entire life.....and for some reason, I'm afraid that this is as good as it gets. I'm afraid I'm going to hate nursing.... If I would have went to grad school for speech pathology, I'd be starting my clinical fellowship right now, making between 40-70k a year, and not worrying about passing the wrong meds to someone I'm in a hole right now, please help!!!