Registered: Jan 2005
Location: maryland
Posts: 3

Job Story: I cry when i get home....I am so unhappy with my new nursing job

i have been a nurse for 25 ys, and i am ashamed to say that i am still a nurse since i hated it from day one. now i really hate it because there is more work/responsibilities/ungrateful pts/families, angry doctors and hospitals trying to force nurses into becoming salaried employees to prevent having to pay overtime. i tell all young people do not go into nursing. so many of my friends\s are on antidepressants, having back,knee, or hip surgery. With all of these fat butt patients it's very difficult to excape back injuries. Go back to school and get another career !

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Registered: Jun 2006
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I am not in orientation.. i still have one yr left of nsg school.. but im doing an externship in nyc .. dont wanna say the name but its a very prestigious cancer center... im on a very difficult floor but im getting the hang of it.. except, my preceptor is terrible... just an awful person!! i cry every day while im there (in the bathroom) and then when i get home.. and i can hardly enjoy my days off b/c im counting down the hours till i have to be there again!!! i dont know what to do!!!!! i dont want to make waves there... im new and still feel very awkward there. she just does NOT like me.. i try small talk w/ her she barely talks back.. but seconds later will walk over to other people (RN's) and tell them everything that I was just asking about.. im not on her level i guess.. she treats me like im an idiot.. my very first day she asked me a trick med-math question.... she's moody, she treats me like im her gopher.. made me go down to get her some soup she wanted.. and gave me practically ALL change to pay for it.. ANDDDDDDDDD short changed me... i just dread going in every time i have to.. and i really need some advice... !!! it's making me HATE HATE HATE nursing now.. i dont know what to do please somebody help, aghhhh!!!!

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Registered: Oct 2007
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Why not just quit and find a better job while you are still young. Please, for your own sanity, QUIT NOW. I could care less if ALL the nurses quit! I HATE THE JOB WITH A PASSION!!!!!!!!!!! I quit while I was still in nursing school and have never looked back. They bEGGED me to stay, because I was a great student - "one of the good ones" they told me. They ran me off! I have NEVER regretted my decision to quit. There is a reason why there is a shortage!

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Registered: Feb 2008
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The same thing happened to me with my first nursing job (med-surg unit, nasty preceptor who wanted me to hurry up, then called a meeting to put me on the hot seat with management). Do not feel bad in any way. You are doing your best and you do not want to hurt anyone. If only others had patient safety in mind as you do. Experience has taught me that most, if not all, of those peaceful, happy nurses you see on the unit appear that way because they are cutting corners. It is not possible to do the work properly with the current conditions of understaffing, etc. I would get out of nursing and find something that will give you job satisfaction, peace of mind, and allow you to keep your sanity. That is what I finally did after four years as a R.N. and I have never regretted it!

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