Stir Crazy!!!!!

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.

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

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

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...

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

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....