Green Tea, RN

That is basically you leave controlled substance in patient room unattended, right? It can be taken by anybody.

After working as a nurse for a couple years, I decided to leave nursing for good. I went back to school for a math related graduate degree. I finished my graduate program, and I now work in clinical research. Leaving nursing is one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Good luck.

I used to work in the OR as an RN. I have worked a long shift like you did. I have worked with barely minimum help (this is a regular occurrence especially when I was on call). What I have learned working there was that many incidents are preventable ONLY IF SUFFICIENT STAFF ARE AVAILABLE to begin with. Please stop beating yourself up.

I think I probably see calling off a bit different from you. I do not feel ashamed to call off if I am sick or cannot function at 100% due to mental health. I have seen coworkers who come to work sick or cannot function due to different reasons, cause mess, and expect other people to clean the mess by annoucing excuses. It makes me wonder why they do not simply call off. It does not matter what the excuses are because I perceive showing up at work when you are unable to work as lack of professionalism honestly. I don't see any problem in which you called off.

I have experienced Med Surg and Surgery as an RN (BSN) and decided to leave Nursing for good. I went back to school for a graduate degree in Applied Statistics, and now I work in Clinical Research. You say you know IT. If you learn a programming language like SAS on top, it will be great to work as a Data Analyst in Clinical Research. Your Nursing experiences will not be a waste in the field. I love my job now. Good luck!

You may not wanna hear this, but one of the things I learned when I was working as a nurse was do not help other people to seek something in return. Why? Because it is disappointing or even you may feel it is betrayal when you cannot receive something expected. Pick up a shift only if you need extra money. Help other nurses only if you have extra time and you wanna kill it. It may sound cold, but after all some people will never appreciate no matter what you do.

One of a few pros of working as a nurse is that many nursing jobs are flexible. If you can afford, maybe it is a good idea to be part time on your nursing job and use your extra free time to prepare for what you really wanna do. I left nursing for good. I have a desk job in clinical research now. They definetely leave me alone most of my work time. I tried medsurg and surgery in the past. Nursing was not for me. I became a part timer on my surgery job, and went back to school for my master's degree in STEM. My current job does not require a nursing license, but it is nice to have nursing knowledge since after all I am working in clinical research. I did not waste my BSN since having a bachelor's degree was one of requirements for the admission to graduate school. Good luck finding what you make you feel happy!

Yeah. I know what you mean. I just wanted to say my classmates had a degree such as Engineering, Math, Computer Science, and Statistics in their background.

I have pretty bad social anxiety too. I feel you. I have suffered from it since I was little, and it is one of those things I cannot change no matter what. After working two years as a nurse full-time, I went back to school for a master's degree in a STEM field (I was working part time as a nurse while in school). I left nursing for good. I work as a data analyst in clinical research now. The position does not require an RN, but it is definitely beneficial to have some clinical knowledge. I am really happy now. It was hard to get a master's degree in STEM with a BSN because all of my classmates had a degree in STEM in their background, but to me just thinking about working in nursing in the rest of my career (30+ years) was much more painful. Good luck!

Death is scary. I am also concerned to get something irreversible, like permanent damage in the lungs, and you may have to live the rest of the life with respiratory issues. It is a new virus. We do not know the long term effects yet in case of infection. Only time will tell.

Coronavirus may not kill healthy young people even if they get infected, but it does not necessarily mean they can live the rest of your life healthy. They may survive from the virus, but they may have to live the rest of the lives with permanent damage in their lungs. We are just not yet to know the long term effects.

I saw you listed psychology and nursing. What about others? Why don't you go to the field of engineering, computer science, or statistics?

When I was a nursing student, I almost passed out by watching circumcision on a newborn baby. The baby boy was agitated and made me nauseated and dizzy. I became a surgical nurse a couple years later. I have never passed out. I think you will get over with it.

I found I made a mistake choosing nursing after I got into a nursing program. I graduated anyway and became a nurse. I have been a nurse for four years (a year of med surg and the rest in the OR). I am in school for a non-nursing degree now and work part time. I will leave nursing for good once I get this degree, but in retrospect I am glad that I did not quit nursing school or being a nurse abruptly because many nursing jobs are flexible schedule wise once you have experience (it helps me financially). As other people say, I would recommend you to finish a year of your med surg at least. Good luck.

You should really watch how your management reacts and acts to the safety issues you have experienced and reported. If they do nothing or do not back you up, maybe you should look for a new job. The culture most likely will not be changed without management's help. Furthermore, they may not be doing their job to begin with if they do nothing for the safety issues. It should not be circulator's responsibility to discipline doctors.