1st week on job and absolutely hate it!!

[mrw322]

I graduated in July and have tried to get a job in a hospital but unfortunately I was not getting any call backs. I just accepted a job at a ambulatory surgery center and was so excited to start. Well after the 1st week I hate it. Working M-F is completely disrupting my family life and I think a 12 hr shift would be so much better for me. I have reached out to several nurses to help get my foot in the door for a hospital job.... but not sure what to do. My gut tells me this job is just not for me. I just can't quit without another job and I dont feel like it would be very professional to quit after just a few weeks. any advice from others especially working mothers with young children. I am so sad and stressed.

Rae

[mattew]

I complete the lvn program days ago. In 3 weeks I have the NLN PN exit exam. Do you know how to pass this exam.Or someone of you took it, and will post some questions and answer. Or any website for NLN PN free test.

I appreciate much you advise and help

mattew, [email protected]

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

I complete the lvn program days ago. In 3 weeks I have the NLN PN exit exam. Do you know how to pass this exam.Or someone of you took it, and will post some questions and answer. Or any website for NLN PN free test.

I appreciate much you advise and help

mattew, [email protected]

This post is off-topic. The thread is about not liking one's new job. Please confine your posts to the topic at hand. Meanwhile, have you tried Google? I did and it gave me a long list of links.

[Good Morning, Gil]

Exactly what other posters have said. Be careful what you wish for. Most likely, the 12 hr shift position you were to get would be night shift or rotating days/nights. I work 12 hour nights, and it's not easy....not even after 1 1/2 years of doing it. Still messes with your body on your days off, and I feel way more tired than I did when I worked days. I no longer can sleep through the night on my days off...Go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 2 or 3 am wide awake. I am going to try to change my routine somehow to see if that helps, but trying to be a normal "day" person on my days off is hard for me. Some people adjust easier than others, though. For me, I am fine at work, not tired or anything...it's just trying to have a normal life on days off.

Just carefully evaluate your decision. Your job sounds like a dream for a family (but maybe that would just be my dream....low stress and good hours with no holidays, right?). You have to do what works best for you and your family, though. Keep in mind that when you work 12's: for those 3 days or nights....you won't see your family at all. You will drive home, shower, eat, and go to bed. (you may see them for 30 mins or so).