Tell me why you regret about becoming a Nurse

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If you could do it again,what career would you choose to pursue instead of Nursing?What are your reasons?

I would have been a lawyer. I hate lawyers, but they have the POWER over doctors, nurses and hospital administration.

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Specializes in clinic, ortho/neuro, trauma, college.

I regret not doing it sooner. Being a mother and going back to school was nothing compared to working 3-12s in a row. In my late 30s, I was honestly unprepared for how exhausting it all was. Had I done it sooner and gotten some great experience under my belt, I think I'd be better positioned to stay in a field I really liked. Don't get me wrong, I love being in college health, but I'm worried about my future prospects. With 2 years at the bedside and having already stepped away from the hospital? How hard will it be for me to find something else? For now I'm enjoying the normal working hours and new patient population.

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Don't regret a thing.

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No regrets here.

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I would become a welder.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

I don't regret becoming a nurse, though my answer might have been different several months ago. That being said, if I were to go back and do things all over again, I would be a professional musician in an orchestra and I would also give private music lessons and teach on the college level. I wish I'd had more confidence in myself when I was younger and had the support and push from my parents. Still, being a nurse is a rather nice gig when you get through the first awful year and find your niche. And now that I don't spend my time outside of work dreading going back into work, I have time to concentrate on music. :-)

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No I absolutely would not have become a nurse if I knew then, what I know now. Rather, what I feel now, I knew I would feel. Everyday I dream up of how to leave this career, but I feel like, well, I'm a nurse, may as well stick with it and get more education so maybe it will suck less.

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Yes. Exactly. I work in the OR and the disrespect and disgust I get from some surgeons literally makes me feel like the lowest piece of you know what in the world. I get treated like a housekeeper sometimes. (no disrespect to housekeepers but I am a professional, and educated, so please treat me as such.) It's really bad when a surgeon embarrasses you in front of a patient, I have never felt lower than that situation.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

I feel like nursing took way more from me than gave back to me. Working emergency and trauma changed me as a person and I don't like it. Its one of the reasons I had to leave and find a new specialty

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I feel like nursing took way more from me than gave back to me. Working emergency and trauma changed me as a person and I don't like it. Its one of the reasons I had to leave and find a new specialty

I hear you. Trauma is hard. I left my previous job because I felt I wasn't cut out for the "trauma that could come crashing through the doors." I didn't become a nurse to be stressed out and nervous! So I now work in ambulatory. Still stressful, but at least no one comes in bleeding out =)

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I regret not being able to do it longer. :sorry:

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I hear you. Trauma is hard. I left my previous job because I felt I wasn't cut out for the "trauma that could come crashing through the doors." I didn't become a nurse to be stressed out and nervous! So I now work in ambulatory. Still stressful, but at least no one comes in bleeding out =)

I'm not saying I could do it but what did you expect from trauma?

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