klong05

No I really do understand. Nursing is all I know and it's all I have ever wanted to do that's why it's so devastating. I don't know where else to even start. My game plan was to go back to Rn school but at this point I'm not so sure...thanks for the encouraging words...

Ok, I have been an lpn since I was 19. 5 years later I hate nursing. It's not at all what I expected. I love people I'm very compassionate and loving. I put 150% into everything I do. I can't say the same about a lot of other nurses. In just 5 years I'm burnt out. I still feel very new. There is so much to know and we aren't exposed to it frequently enough, that I forget. I feel like everything is an accident waiting to happen and the world is so sue crazy. I'm not assertive enough and find myself being taking advantage of.I can't win, it seems like no matter what we do its not good enough we either we are over medicating or not medicating enough. Nursing is killing my body, between lifting patients and working night shift . my body is taking a toll. I have a lot of working years ahead of me and I want to enjoy, I need a career change and I don't know where to start.HELP