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I just need to vent away my feelings today at work. It was so horrible that i feel like a walking robot that keeps on going and going and ignoring my time to eat lunch and bathroom because the workload is just too much to handle! I was literaly cryi...

I want to get out of bedside nursing. What can I do with my degree? I have a BSN and less than a year of acute care experience. I want to do something different now. I think my body and mind cant handle the stress of bedside nursing anymore. My ...

Anyone applying to CSULA's ANP or FNP program for fall 2013? I need some info regarding these program. Is it possible to be a full time student and work at the same time? How hard is the program? How many students do they admit every year? If any...

Im looking into moving around West Hollywood area and wanting to apply as an RN at the Veteran's Hospital in West L.A.... Does anyone know how much is the salary for an RN with more than 1 year experience? What is the nurse to patient ratio in their...

Personally, once the economy gets better, i'll look for other jobs that is non bedside nursing related. Its jus.t too much on a busy med surg floor

Hello all, m/s nurses out there, how many pt admit and discharges on your typical shift? And just curious what state r you in. Thnx.

Med Surg bedside nursing will suck a life out of you until you're completely physical, emotional, and mentally drained out. We call it BEYOND CRAZINESS at work.

The honest answer is YES, it is really that bad! I work on a medsurg floor and I dont like it. Im only doing it for experience then i want to go to a specialty unit. If you dont believe me, see it yourself to believe it. When you do your clinical...

Is nursing degree worth it for me? I would say yes because I worked so hard for this degree. But u know what, I dont want to do this forever. Im tired of being so stress so much. I want to be my old self again like happy, energetic, and not depress a...

i got off work today 2 hours past my clock out time to chart. I am so burned out. I was literally on my feet the whole entire 12 hour shift. Doing this doing that. call lights here call light there. Family complains, md orders, blah blah blah. S...

90% of times its like this. I regret coming into this unit cause I have no choice. I need to get experience somehow. most of the good units or they call it a retirement unit where no one quits rarely have any openings. So the only ones left out is m...

Be careful what u wish for cause someday, it might just bite u in the back. Read thread # 2 carefully. Consider yourself been warned.

Wow. Thanks for all the wonderful comments. At least were not the only ones in similar situation. I just hope that all of us will get thru this crap and find something that we really enjoy. If its still bedside nursing, then maybe transfer to a d...

Anyone transferred from medsurg/tele to the OR? How was the transition like? Did u like it? The reason is because im sick and tired of medsurg/tele unit and wants somethin different for a change. I want to be able to go to work and dont feel like so...

I wouldnt stop pursuing what she really wanted to do. Nursing as u know is a very stressful job. Unlike being a PT tech is way less stressful. Maybe she can pursue being a PT. If I would have known long time ago, I would have choose being a PT than R...

This is why many rns leave the profession once the economy gets better. It speaks for itself. I guess for now make the best out of it or find a better unit where u can be more comfortable.

No, theyre all the same. It doesnt get any better except when they send you home early due to low patient census. Other than that, its the same bs.

Nursing shortage is a myth. If u dont believe me, ask the thousands of unemployed nurses across the nation.

Whenever I get a chance to flex my time or call in sick, i do it. Why? Because i know the hospital i work for doesnt care about me. I'm just there as another body to work for them and so they can make profits. Hospitals are business. Business mea...

In the near future, many students who went to nursing for the wrong reason will write on this site complaining about their debt and how nursing is not really what they think it is. I can truly say that the only way to find out if nursing is right for...

Im thinking of getting out of nursing but dont know where I can use my degree outside the field. Has anyone done this before? Im completely dissatisfied with nursing. I dont see it being me. If I would have known what im getting myself into, I would ...

I thought about grad school like MSN, but its too expensive. I might not even get a job as an NP without enough acute experience.

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas. Im just afraid that with this bad economy, those jobs might be hard to get into (as if nursing is easy to get into without experience).

Im dissapointed they deduct so much in my paycheck every 2 weeks. I dont even make that much since I have less than a year experience. Then when I think about those patients that come to the hospital treating me like their own personal servant and o...

The first sentence says it all. I want to be true to myself and not feel miserable everytime I go work. I want to do something I can feel proud of and feel respected. Its either I take my MSN or move out of nursing. Im leaning towards getting out ca...