What To Do About a Career! (Is anyone around tonight??)

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Aug 28, 2005

You're 20, young, single, and w/ an excellent profession.

Go see part of the states you haven't seen before.

I love a good adventure!

~faith,

Timothy.

Cute_CNA, CNA · Aug 28, 2005

Congrats on becoming an RN!

I doubt that it's because you're a bad nurse. Some environments are just crappy. Scrape some $$$ together and look around. Don't quit until you have something else lined up. I hear that being a nurse is good job security.

jerryh55 · Aug 28, 2005

Did your boyfriend come back to you once you came back ?? Sounds like he isn't very supportive. How does he feel about you moving away?? I think the above has it right. Lots of places out there to see. Enjoy it, by yourself if you have to. Don't let him keep you tied there if you feel this way.

Have A Great Day And Be safe

Jerry

cnolan · Aug 28, 2005

Did your boyfriend come back to you once you came back ?? Sounds like he isn't very supportive. How does he feel about you moving away?? I think the above has it right. Lots of places out there to see. Enjoy it, by yourself if you have to. Don't let him keep you tied there if you feel this way.
Have A Great Day And Be safe
Jerry

Nah, I'm single.

No ties.

sunnyjohn · Aug 28, 2005

Move. 20 is a great age! Explore! See the world!

I know how scary it can be to go out on your own. You do have the security of you nursing degree to help you make a living. :lol2:

I've moved many times and never have I regretted it.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Aug 28, 2005

It's hard to give up the familiar and move. I've done it several times and it's tough to say goodbye, let go and move. It's lonely too.

But knowing when to leave a bad situation, or move to greener pastures is what we do.

Good luck!

stidget99 · Aug 28, 2005

Ahhhhhhhh, I feel for you. But if you go elsewhere to work, it doesn't mean that you can never come back (don't burn bridges at your current hosp).

Did you ever consider doing the travel nurse thing??? Just an idea. There is a forum on here specifically for traveler's. I urge you to check into it.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Aug 28, 2005

Move. 20 is a great age! Explore! See the world!
I know how scary it can be to go out on your own. You do have the security of you nursing degree to help you make a living.
I've moved many times and never have I regretted it.

I would do this . You are so young and already with a nursing degree.

GrnHonu99, RN · Aug 28, 2005

I've graduated about four months ago, and I'm working as an RN in a small urban hospital. (Small enough that we ship out the bad folks) I am currently working in the ICU/CCU. I've lived around here my whole life and am looking to potentially move. The only problem is...I'm terrified. I'm terrified to pick up and leave and head out into that great unknown- I went away to school and my boyfriend (at the time) broke up with me my first day away, so I transferred home and have been here ever since.
Any encouragement would help!
I just don't know what to do- I do know that the hospital I'm working at is so poorly managed that I'll burn out by the time I'm 21. (I'm 20 now) When I thought about leaving the ICU, my manager told my preceptor to "Not bother giving me any type of orientatio because I wasn't staying anyway" and to "Not waste her time on me". *sigh* When our assistant manager bid out of the Unit for a manager position, the Unit manager brought her things out in a box and told her to "Get out today if you're so worried about leaving".
I just...I don't know. The way I've been treated kind of makes me not even want to be a nurse, because maybe I'm just...bad at it. *sigh*

It is hard to move away from home for the first time. I left for college right after hs when I was 18. It was a shocker and at times I wanted to go home but I stuck it out and after awhile I became very comfortable with my new found independance. My boyfriend in hs also broke up with me not even a month after I left for college...it gave me a rough start too. There is a lot of world out there, no shame in seeing a little of it...im 24 now and finished my BA at Ohio State and last year moved home...Im finishing up my masters degree here then I want to travel. You are soo young with such a great career already:) Go out and have fun...thats what your 20's are for..atleast ive heard:)

William_SRNA · Aug 28, 2005

I've graduated about four months ago, and I'm working as an RN in a small urban hospital. (Small enough that we ship out the bad folks) I am currently working in the ICU/CCU. I've lived around here my whole life and am looking to potentially move. The only problem is...I'm terrified. I'm terrified to pick up and leave and head out into that great unknown- I went away to school and my boyfriend (at the time) broke up with me my first day away, so I transferred home and have been here ever since.
Any encouragement would help!
Don't let a boyfriend run your life

SmilingBluEyes · Aug 28, 2005

It's hard to move on and leave what you know, I know this.

I have lived all over the country, being military and now a military wife.

But you obviously cannot bloom where you are currently planted.

SO plant yourself someplace else where YOU CAN GROW!

Now I don't pretend it's easy------but it you know anyone else where, maybe you can try exploring where they are------try a "mini vacation" or something.

I wish you well----I feel your pain. Take the risk, explore the possibilities in other places. GOOD LUCK!