I'm in my third semster of nursing school will be graduating in December with a BSN and just got a job working at a local big hospital here in Atlanta, Ga as a tech. I'm at near wits with nursing and haven't even began to work. I hate going to work as a tech because the environment is so gloomy. I hate the 12 hour shifts there so long and exhausting. Its so much paperwork and charting. The nurses and the techs are always running around like chickens with their heads cut off. They seem to complete tasks simply to "cover their a##" and are always getting chewed out by management, families, doctors, and who ever else thinks everything they do should be absolutely perfect. It takes me forever to get tasks done, my feet hurt, all i want to do is sleep and when i'm not sleeping i'm studying. Nurses sre so fake and they look down on each other and talk about each other in the breakroom. Nobody really wants to help and look at you sideways if you ask for help and when you do something wrong people say "Why didn't you ask for help". I don't think being a nurse is any less stressful than being a tech. Medical equipment never works, supplies always out, staffing always short. I'm not looking forward to the verbal abuse and physical exhaustion. I'm so lost and depressed. People tell me it'll get better, but I'm not sure if I can deal with this for 5 or even 10 years. I like the scientific aspects of nursing and learning about disease processes but I hate patient care. It's so strenuous and time consuming.