Stir Crazy!!!!!

smileysenior · Jul 19, 2006

I felt ur pain before I started working.....I was bored and broke. Now I have been working a little more than a month.......I have 5 patients on a med/tele unit and I would KILL to have some free time! True, I am getting faster and better at time management and making money, but I am going through reality shocks..........it aint like it was in school. I come home crying sometimes and wanting to quit. Nursing is so underpaid for the stresses of the job, I am constantly fearful that I will do something and lose my license (which I havent gotten yet, took NCLEX yesterday). I am just.....ready to go work elsewhere. Not to rain on ur parade............but just enjoy ur time off and try to make time for fun when u start working.....because it's really rough. I like caring for patients but..........this job can be overwhelming.

bruinlaura · Jul 20, 2006

Wow. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. I know i'm going to wish for freedom once I start working, but at this point in time I am just so bored. I wish you the best and it sounds like you are already improving and growing as a nurse. Keep up the good work. (If you are looking for something to help relieve stress, facials and pedicures work great for me).

Oh, and you didn't rain on a parade, just a pity party

wannabemw · Jul 21, 2006

yep, I'm going stir crazy & I don't graduate until 26 AUG! I'm going stir crazy b/c I am currently laid up with a bum ankle (bad sprain 2w ago, dumb accident, tripped in the house & it gave out) & no wt bearing until Aug 1! = No CLINICALS allowed! AGGGRRRR! I asked out using a wheelchair but was told "no." & was told that I can't be a "safe nurse" if my patient were to need turning or fell. I can't even work in my ortho boot!

My NM is on vacation or I'd be hanging out with her at least 1d this week. Oh well, I am attempting to study more, get ahead of classwk & designing my leadership project. But this free time has made it so I am f***off more than I should be.

I am going to get a 2nd opinion! I have 7 clinicals to complete my rotation & have ben told I will be able to "participate" in pinning, & get an incomplete, & if need be I will complete my rotation in SEPT. I hate this!

This all = no diploma, delayed NCLEX testing & lost time job searching.

I need to stop my complaining... it could be a lot worse, I know, but I am STILL GOING OTTA MY MIND!

Thanks for letting me vent

Congrats & Good Luck!

~MJ

lynskifinRN · Jul 21, 2006

WOW!! I can't believe that I am not the only one feeling this way!! What a relief! Job Search isn't going as I had hoped and I have lost my motivation. So I find myself reading the forums and surfin' the net instead going outside and enjoying my summer. Thanks for letting me vent...

bruinlaura · Jul 21, 2006

I'm glad I'm not the only one too!

DolphinRN84, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Jul 24, 2006

Hi! I'm definitely in the same boat as well. I mean I graduated in May, just passed the boards....AND I STILL HAVE NO JOB!! Even the hospital I worked at for almost 2 years didn't work out...I'm going insane too.....i just want to start working and start paying back my loans....