I am in the same boat. It is awful on the floor. I just switched to hospice nursing after a year in med surf and I find it soooo much more relaxed, rewarding, and well, fun. Families are grateful for your help. Patients are appreciative of you. Comfort is the goal and that is an easy one to focus on and to achieve usually.
Don't try the PVT. I got 150 questions, left there feeling confident and then checked and I could enter my credit card just fine (maybe b/c using ipad?), sending me into despair. Anyway, I did pass and I wish I wouldn't have listened to all the credit card bs