Nurseheidi321

Thanks everyone for the responses. I told myself I would stick post partum out for more than a year to really see if I like it. Although I feel like when everyone says just stay put to see if you even like it, I agree to an aspect but why spend 2-3 years at something I don't feel is right in my heart? I want to be happy to go to work, not hate it. Giving myself sometime to become more competent is important I just can't see myself forcing a feeling or forcing staying into clinical nursing

I worked in trauma the longest... For a year and a half as a new grad with my BSN. I wanted to stay with it as long as possible to get experienced as new nurse. Up to the year and half was all I could make it. I literally dreaded going to work. I had 6 to 7 patients all which seemed high accuity to me. Ie all needed help with getting up, turning, toileting ect and pain meds every 2 hours. I never had time to chart and ended up leaving 2 hours after my shift was done. And this was almost every nurse that worked on my floor. Even experienced nurses. So I ended up going to dialysis nursing out of desperation to leave trauma. (No disrespect to any dialysis nursing, it was just not for me) I ended up working from 4:30 am to 8 pm 4 days a week in dialysis and never saw my family. So from there I am now in post partum. It's only been a month so I need to give myself time to adjust. I just feel as though if i already do not like 3 different types of clinical nurse jobs what is next?

Maybe case management is something I would like. I would just like nursing job that still gives time for a family and not the crazy weekend night shift hours. I want to be happy in a career but I am also the type that wants my outside life to be balanced as well.

I meant no disrespect by office nurses.... At all. It does sound like a lot of work. I guess what more I meant by it was that I still want to feel like I am making a difference and by the sounds of it, it is still a very rewarding job

I went straight out of high school for nursing school. I am 24 and nursing is all I have done so far. I just know I cannot see myself doing hospital nursing for the rest of my career.

hello there! So I am not sure what to do.... I have been a nurse for about 2 and half years now and I hate it.... I have done trauma/Ortho nursing in a level 2 trauma hospital.... Hated that and the night time hours and so I switched to dialysis nursing for the day shift position. I did not like that either and now I am doing post partum nursing night shift. I am just sick of the inconstancy of my schedule and the constant anxiety of charting and finishing things up before I can finally go home. I don't want to feel this way already about nursing and my job. I know there are non clinical RN jobs such as telephonic and working for insurance companies but I don't think I would like that either. I feel like non clinical RN jobs would not pay a lot. I am not sure what to do. I still want to be looked upon as if I am making a difference and not just "oh you're a nurse who works in an office". I am not sure where to go with my nursing career.... Any advise from anyone? And I know some people are going to say why did I go into nursing if I don't like patient care? I don't mind it but I don't want to do it for much longer. Patients are too demanding, I don't like the hours and I like slower paced atmosphere.