Noel777

At my previous job in Ohio that maximum was 16 hours, with at least 8 hours in between shifts. Night shift people working 12 hours could not be mandated. The worst, in my opinion, was second shift people working 3p-11p could be mandated until 7a (how terrible!)

Hello, I decided to join this website and start a thread because I am desperately in need of opinions from my fellow RNs. I have been an RN for about two years. My first year of nursing I worked on a mother/baby unit (I thought babies were my passion). However, due to multiple reasons (night-shift, getting called-in on a regular basis, the monotony of postpartum care, etc.) I became bored/disappointed with the unit and began to dread going into work every night. I became nervous as I felt like I was already burnt-out on nursing and it was only my first year. I decided it was best to look for another job. I landed a job on a med-surg unit at a hospital closer to home (my current job). Although med-surg isn't necessarily my passion, I thought it would be best to expand my skills/knowledge as a nurse. It is day-shift, close to home, less on-call hours...sounds like the perfect job, right? This is where I'm struggling. I already hate this job too. I thought my hatred towards my first job was due to different circumstances, but now that I hate this job, could it be that being an RN is not my calling? Has anyone else felt this way? What did you do about it? I mean, I know most people aren't super excited about going to work everyday, but I can't imagine feeling this dread to go to work everyday for the rest of my life. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of hating my job but being too embarrassed to quit and start a new career outside of nursing since nursing school consumed 4 years of my life and my family and friends were so supportive and excited for me every step of the way. Should I stick it out or quit? Thank you, New and Confused