mykr

DON'T DO IT! Become a PA but don't become a nurse!!

NO! You are not a coward. You have to do what's best for you and your family. It's sad to say this but many health care facilities think nurses are disposable. If one of us drops dead, they'll just find someone else to replace us. Best of Luck!

I'm sorry to hear that you hate nursing. Unfortunately, I'm right there with you. Nurses are underpaid and treated like crap. I would never recommend the field of nursing to anyone. With that said, I suggest you find an area of nursing that you like. For example, research, simulation, Medical Records, etc. I will never go back to floor nursing. I enjoy working with patients. It's the incivility I can't tolerate. Good Luck to you!!

I have to agree with the complaints about how nurses treat each other. The incivility between many female nurses makes me regret going into nursing. It's worse than high school. When I worked in the OR at a Centura Health facility. We had one nurse that played everyone against each other. She was a horrible person. She even turned doctors against the nurses just to make herself look like the most qualified nurse. The turn over of nurses was insane. The sad part was, they kept the nurse that caused all the incivility, and made her the OR nurse manager. My advice to all you nurses out there that think it's funny, and cute to backstab your co-workers, and refuse to help them, GET OUT OF NURSING!! Nursing is about being a team player!! Patients deserve better!! Incivility in nursing has to stop!!