ladyauston

Hi everyone, I've seen multiple threads on here about leaving bedside nursing and am unfortunately feeling that way myself now. I have been a nurse for 4 years now and mostly worked med surg/stepdown units. I did the travel nurse gig for about 2 years and have decided to go back to get my MSN this fall to eventually get out of bedside. However, I recently started a job in the area as a Float RN for a small hospital. My first day on the floor was this past week taking care of patients with a preceptor (while I'm in training) and I think it finally hit me how burnout I am with working at the bedside. I'm trying to stay positive but I literally dread going into work every day. Like right now, I have no passion to even go into work today. Is there any advice anyone could give me about finding a job that is not at bedside? Is it possible to work from home as a nurse? I never thought burn out could be this bad but I definitely feel it. And I don't want to do it anymore if I'm not passionate about my job.

Hi everyone, I've been an RN now for about 4 years. I worked a med/surg unit for my first year as a new grad. Then specialized in Neuro ICU for a year after that and have been working as a travel RN since. I enjoyed travel nursing for the first year but lately I can tell I'm getting the stereotypical burn out that most nurses feel. As I've seen from other threads, I have the same complaints of patients treating the hospital like it's a hotel and mainly feeling like a medication dispenser. I want to use my knowledge/education for more than just that. I'm in the process now of considering going back to grad school and furthering my BSN into a MSN as a Nurse Educator or Nurse Practitioner. What's holding me back is the fact that it's costly to go back to school. I'm still paying for undergraduate loans like $50,000 dollars worth...I'm not sure if it's worth the sacrifice to go back and put myself in more debt. Also, I recently got engaged. My fiance is in the military. We want to get married and both have hopes of starting a family next year since I will be turning 30. It's strange but I always wanted to start having kids once I'm 30...If we do have children, it will be most likely me raising/staying home with them since he will be deployed for six months at a time. I don't know how much time this will allow me to be able to pursue a degree while raising a child virtually by myself (well, at least while he is deployed). I guess I just worry that I'm taking on too many things at once and military life is hard enough without adding on that stress. Currently, my fiance is deployed so I headed south for the winter since we are stationed in the North East. My travel assignment ends this Spring and as the new year approaches I I'm in the midst of deciding when I get back home if I should try and find a job that consists of something outside the hospital and be content with that. Or should I go back to school even if I do get pregnant while earning my Masters?

Hello, I graduated a year ago and have been working orthopedics/neurosurgery. I mainly took the job for experience. My goal is to eventually be able to work at Duke or MUSC in the southeast. Right now I live two hours from Charleston which is where MUSC is located. Some other nurses have given me the advice to go ahead and find a job there like Healthsouth or at a nursing home. They say it's easier to get to where you want to be if you live there. My only problem is I'm picky and don't want anything to hurt my chances of getting to where I want to be. My other option is to transfer floors to work trauma ICU at the hospital I'm at now for another year then try to apply for a job at MUSC or Duke in a year from now since that will be the preferred 2 years experience I need. I'm conflicted and thought maybe the experienced nurses on here could give me advice. Thank you!

Hello, I'll be taking the ATI comprehensive form A 2013 version in a couple of weeks. I already took form B and didn't pass by missing 5 questions. We are required to have a pass rate of 95% and above in my program. I came in at a 91%. I felt like I did all I could to study my first time and even took all of spring break to study. I wanted to ask had anyone taken this version and any tips to study would much be appreciated. I saw other discussion forms on the ATI comprehensive but all were related to the 2010 version.