Really sad :(

[NOLAmommy3]

Hey Everyone,

I just graduated from nursing school in May and I am super excited to be a new nurse. Throughout nursing school, I saw myself as either a L&D nurse or a NICU nurse. I precepted in the NICU during my last semester and I absolutely loved it. I kept telling myself that I would not just take "any job" and that I would wait for one that I really loved. Well...the job market is pretty tight and I felt stressed about taking a job to help support my family, so I took a med-surg type job and I hate it!! For the first few weeks I cried after every shift because it's just not my passion. While my co-workers are super friendly and helpful, and the patients have been great, I just can't see myself doing this long-term. I feel like I have lost my passion for nursing because this is not what I really want to do. At my facility, I have the option to transfer after 6 months if a position becomes available. It seems like forever because I miss my mommas and my babies!! Anyone else start in a different field and then switch? Any advice for making myself more marketable for L&D/NICU? I hate the idea of leaving my unit after such a short time, but I don't want to get burnt out so early in my career. Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading!!

[loriangel14, RN]

I will probably hate myself for posting this.......BUT, honestly "really sad"!

I hesitated to even read the post. I assumed it was going to be a "really sad" story about mother baby death, hydrocephalus, women with many miscarriages finally carries baby to term and it is still born. Sheesh it is so easy to go on and on and on with "really sad" ob/gyn stories.

A new grad not getting right into her dream job!

I agree. Did the OP not ever look at the job market? How spoiled is today's younger generation that they consider it "sad" that they didn't get what they wanted right away? Try laying on the floor and have a good tantrum.That should help.

[sandi1743]

you should be learning so much in med-surg - issues that will come up in OB/GYN care - look at it that way and when a position comes up apply for it and use your current work as proof to your dedication to overall health of mama's and babies.