What was I thinking

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I have been an RN for 30 years and continue to wonder why I did this to myself. After 30 years, I have gotten to the point salarywise that I can't afford to leave or do anything else. It's really depressing. Any suggestions? I wish I'd been an accountant! Being closed up in an office for 12 hours by myself crunching numbers sounds pretty appealing.

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Wow 30 years, that's awesome. Congrats! Honestly I don't think you hated it that much if you could hold it out for 30 years!!!:rolleyes:

But hey, you can always get one of hose office nursing jobs if you want to work in an office, you don't have to go become an accountant at this point.:rolleyes:

(Personally I cant imagine anything worse than siting all by yourself in an office, crunching numbers all day (and I consider myself somewhat of a loner/introvert most of the time). I've worked in an office before and it was so monotonous and boring that I literally wanted to kill myself against those cubicle dividers... it was boring (in terms of flack of mental stimulation, not the amount of busy work I had to do), not to mention completely unrewarding, I felt like I wasn't making any difference in anyone's life, and therefore felt completely useless...:crying2: I'm so happy I found nursing! :yeah: No I just need to get through the nursing school part, and I'm good! :D )

Oh puleeze :rolleyes:. Nursing school is nothing like actually being a nurse. I'd like to see how you are faring in a couple years when you find out what an overload of stress it can really be.

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I've been a nurse 25 years. Do you really hate nursing that much or do you just need a break?

I sometimes think I want to do something different too, but am afraid to make the change. I've been a floor nurse for so long that I'm not sure I could do office nursing or something that involves mostly paperwork.

The 12 hr shifts are getting harder as I get older and I'm not that old, but do I want to work 5 days a week for 8 hr.

At least I do have choices. I'm going to stay put for now because I still enjoy patient care and I work with a great group of people on my unit.

About every 6 months I take a vacation even if I don't go any where and that seems to help.

I imagine everyone gets tired of their jobs from time to time, even accountants. Nursing is stressful, hard work, but overall, I still enjoy it.

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