After long period of reflexion...that is 4 years or nursing...i am finally realizing that nursing is eehhh...I did nursing as second degree...i started as pre-med and then finally switched to accelerated nursing. I was happy of being a nurse did work hard for the first two years of nursing...i should say extra hard...trying to learn and so on...with all the certifications...LOL...all i ever wanted to do was ICU but got discouraged by all the horor stories from co-workers but then again i did the switch anyhow in different hospital...then i find out it's really nothing like I have thought...thought it would be harder more challenging...but it really is not...in fact it is way way easier...so here I am seeking for something really challenging so i switched to the float pool...love the float pool...love the fact i can go to different places and not deal with non-sense of each unit with constant complaining nurses for little things...and my life is stress free now...when i go home i do things like go shopping instead of sleep...so beautiful...
so now i am starting to understand what is really going on in nursing...i kind of understand why nursing is so stressful when it should not be...I have never thought of being a nurse for the rest of my life...I decided to do 5 years of bedside and move on...get my masters and even my PHD while the hospital is paying for my tuition...perfect gig...so the problem arises when nurses take bedside nursing as their career and stick with it for the rest of their life...bottom line is nursing really isnt as complicated or as something that requires a huge skill set...thats why we have a two year nursing doing the same thing as a 4 year nursing...all the certifications and all the knowledge...no matter what...we dont really use it...looks good on paper...I got it all BLS, ACLS, CCRN and doing masters now...nothing really has changed...i am still doing the same things...we are just a glorified baby sitters...that's how i feel...so i now get it why all the nurses complain constantly...hospitals dont run without nurses...so smart the nurses are complaining about every little things to raise their salary and have less work load...it trully is a nice deal at the end of the day...thats why the old eats the young...because the young (including me) with high level of energy will screw up the system that the old has been engaging in...I was thinking that may be i was not good enough nurse LOL LOL.
You either can choose to play the game for the rest of your life...doing these non-sense logic...ruining many of energetic, smart, young people's lives with non-sense politics and constantly worrying...or use nursing as stepping stone to do something else...no burn out, no non-sense...travel and become APN and then u deal with another problem...competion with residents LOL LOL never ending cycle...but its much better than dealing with nurses...
Thats my 2 cents on nursing...i am at the end of my patience for nursing as a career...
Jmeng, I'm not in denial. I agree with a lot of what your saying.
Also, like MentalHealthRN..I have to agree that I love the patients and pretty much hate everything else.
You're allowed to state your opinion and I encourage you to keep posting on here. What you're feeling is not uncommon in the least. However, we are on a nursing forum, so you may receive some biased replies for those who are gung-ho about this field Don't let it shake ya. :)
may be I am being young and restless...whatever it is, it's not for everyone. Someone told me may be i am not being humble...The truth is that I am not upfront like this at work...I am as humble as it could be...I just do my job and leave...but always worrying whether my actions have offended anyone else...where as my energy should have been concentrated on my patients and my job...but sometimes i need to vent off...but anyhow thanks for all ur inputs
Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.
Clearly nursing is not or you...or you are burned out. Either way it is probably time for you to move on.
So, I appreciate your post and your honesty but many nurses do not have that experience or opinion of nursing.
I have been a nurse for more than 30 years, in many different areas, with a variety of responsibilities and skill sets. When I relocated it was easier for me to find a good job than it was for other family members. Nursing paid my bills when my husband was unemployed (still does that), taught me the value of life and taught me the value of death.
When I worked for a bad employer I questioned my desire to be a nurse...so I changed employers and BANG my love of nursing returned.
Good luck to you...find something you like/love to do and do it. No point in slaving in a despised career for the next 45 years.
After long period of reflexion...that is 4 years or nursing...i am finally realizing that nursing is eehhh...I did nursing as second degree...i started as pre-med and then finally switched to accelerated nursing. I was happy of being a nurse did work hard for the first two years of nursing...i should say extra hard...trying to learn and so on...with all the certifications...LOL...all i ever wanted to do was ICU but got discouraged by all the horor stories from co-workers but then again i did the switch anyhow in different hospital...then i find out it's really nothing like I have thought...thought it would be harder more challenging...but it really is not...in fact it is way way easier...
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After long period of reflexion...that is 4 years or nursing...i am finally realizing that nursing is eehhh...I did nursing as second degree...i started as pre-med and then finally switched to accelerated nursing. I was happy of being a nurse did work hard for the first two years of nursing...i should say extra hard...trying to learn and so on...with all the certifications...LOL...all i ever wanted to do was ICU but got discouraged by all the horor stories from co-workers but then again i did the switch anyhow in different hospital...then i find out it's really nothing like I have thought...thought it would be harder more challenging...but it really is not...in fact it is way way easier...so here I am seeking for something really challenging so i switched to the float pool...love the float pool...love the fact i can go to different places and not deal with non-sense of each unit with constant complaining nurses for little things...and my life is stress free now...when i go home i do things like go shopping instead of sleep...so beautiful...
so now i am starting to understand what is really going on in nursing...i kind of understand why nursing is so stressful when it should not be...I have never thought of being a nurse for the rest of my life...I decided to do 5 years of bedside and move on...get my masters and even my PHD while the hospital is paying for my tuition...perfect gig...so the problem arises when nurses take bedside nursing as their career and stick with it for the rest of their life...bottom line is nursing really isnt as complicated or as something that requires a huge skill set...thats why we have a two year nursing doing the same thing as a 4 year nursing...all the certifications and all the knowledge...no matter what...we dont really use it...looks good on paper...I got it all BLS, ACLS, CCRN and doing masters now...nothing really has changed...i am still doing the same things...we are just a glorified baby sitters...that's how i feel...so i now get it why all the nurses complain constantly...hospitals dont run without nurses...so smart the nurses are complaining about every little things to raise their salary and have less work load...it trully is a nice deal at the end of the day...thats why the old eats the young...because the young (including me) with high level of energy will screw up the system that the old has been engaging in...I was thinking that may be i was not good enough nurse LOL LOL.
You either can choose to play the game for the rest of your life...doing these non-sense logic...ruining many of energetic, smart, young people's lives with non-sense politics and constantly worrying...or use nursing as stepping stone to do something else...no burn out, no non-sense...travel and become APN and then u deal with another problem...competion with residents LOL LOL never ending cycle...but its much better than dealing with nurses...
Thats my 2 cents on nursing...i am at the end of my patience for nursing as a career...
Don't let it shake ya. :)
wooh, BSN, RN
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Maybe the older nurses aren't mean to the younger nurses. Maybe their just mean to younger nurses who think that they're smarter than everyone else.