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Thank you for sharing these important points! I'll definitely consider these and more on next job search and interview.

Excellent call GM2RN!! Bladder scan!

Wow! First of all I have to say great job in getting back into your profession! Really! I'm almost at that point as well where I'm strongly considering going back to work after resigning 2 years ago to treat major depression and anxiety and simply live life with as little stress as possible (impossible with 4 kids). But you were strong enough to go back and handle your business. Props! It's hard to work in a place where you don't feel valued. You said there are no other nearby facilities? Keep your eyes open and don't rule out facilities an hour away. Perhaps you'd do better with a travel agency so you can relocate and start someplace new. If those are not options for you because you have a young child and need to stay close to your support system then it sounds like you can either tough it out where you are or find another job to pay your bills just while you're still in school then later on make that move. Good luck

I, too didn't love my job. In the beginning, I did. I thought it was challenging and fun. I was hard on myself but I used available resources and stuck it out until I felt more confident and competent jn the workplace. Then with a death in the family, birth of a third child, and noc shift depression, it gradually but steadily all fell apart. Or I fell apart. I dreaded going in so much that I couldn't even sleep the day before while I was off just anticipating the pain of going in the next night. It affected me so negatively that my husband and children suffered. I started calling in sick so frequently because I couldn't make myself go in. That guilt made me feel even worse. I took several months off work to seek tx for major depression and then with support of my husband decided I belonged at home to raise my kids. I felt so much relief when I finally resigned. It's been 2 years now and I feel the profession tugging at me to give it another try. It may not have been the right time in my life back then but I'm glad I gave it my best shot and I'm grateful to have my nursing license. I'm considering taking a refresher course to see how it makes me feel. I'm hoping the reasons I chose this profession in the first place will come rushing back and I can return to practice nursing once again. Hopefully, as my lifelong career.

I, too didn't love my job. In the beginning, I did. I thought it was challenging and fun. I was hard on myself but I used available resources and stuck it out until I felt more confident and competent jn the workplace. Then with a death in the family, birth of a third child, and noc shift depression, it gradually but steadily all fell apart. Or I fell apart. I dreaded going in so much that I couldn't even sleep the day before while I was off just anticipating the pain of going in the next night. It affected me so negatively that my husband and children suffered. I started calling in sick so frequently because I could make myself go in. That guilt made me feel even worse. I took several months off work to seek tx for major depression and then with support of my husband decided I belonged at home to raise my kids. I felt so much relief when I finally resigned. It's been 2 years now and I feel the profession tugging at me to give it another try. It may not have been the right time in my life back then but I'm glad I gave it my best shot and I'm grateful to have my nursing license. I'm considering taking a refresher course to see how it makes me feel. I'm hoping the reasons I chose this profession in the first place will come rushing back and I can return to practice nursing once again. Hopefully, as my lifelong career.