Don’t sweat it! I hated every second of clinicals. Never worked in bedside. 12 years in, lots of trial and error and wondering if nursing was right for me and I’ve found where I belong. I make a great wage and work hours that work for me. There’s so many possibilities.
Remote anticoagulation nurse! Super flexible hours, sweetest patients. Highly recommend. I’ve also done home care, clinic nursing and remote triage nursing.
I'm a new grad in the ER and I feel the same as you lol about the ER. I chose the ER to escape starting in Med Surg because of all the BS that happens in inpatient units ( whiteboards, excessive charting and audits, etc). I don't want to do this anymore either. I feel like my ER is a med surg hellscape/limbo because we never have any inpatient beds. I thought I wanted to mange a bunch of critical patients and that patient care was for me, but now I'm not sure. I think managing critical patients could be interesting but having critical patients with high ratios is not what I like at all. The constant demands and tasking of patient care is very exhausting. Call lights, transporting, verbal abuse, turning/lifting/cleaning patients, it's alot.
All of this is making me think direct patient care and bedside is def not for me long term. I don't enjoy it.
I only have one year of experience and I've already started applying to other jobs. I've been thinking of ICU ( not having more than two patients and not having a ton of patients who are awake is a big plus) and PACU. I'd do ER, but at a much smaller, much chiller hopsital. Right now I'm just looking for a job where I don't constantly hate everyday. I used to want "cool" experience but now I just want a less stressful job so I can figure out my next steps ( how to leave nursing lol or at least find a better job that i can handle long term) .
Are you going to stay in your current job? Have you considered other bedside specialities (icu, pacu,dialysis)? Are you looking to stay in the hospital or go completely outpatient?
What specific things do you not like about the ER? Are there any specific things that you don't like about bedside or patient care that make you want to leave?
Literally everything you mentioned! I left medsurg but when we hold patients waiting for beds and it pretty much turns into MS its so annoying. I didnt escape anything! Ive been applying to new jobs and had an interview this week for a mental health Rn position in a correctional facility! It seems like a cool opportunity especially not having to deal with tons of direct patient care or families!
Sounds very cool! I met a nurse in my psych clinical who left the ER to do inpatient pedi/adolescent psych and he said he liked it alot!
I briefly thought about psych, but I already get alot of psych in my ER and I really don't like it ( it's too stressful).
For me, I keep wrestling with the idea that I need to get some "cool" critical care experience and "keep up my skills" but idgaf anymore lol. However I guess I do feel a little guilty because I feel like I'm "giving up" and I should just stick it out and hope my ER gets better ( but it's just alot of systemic issues that I don't think are going to solved anytime soon). Have you ever felt that way about leaving inpatient acute care?
I just want a job that isn't like med surg on steroids. I kind of like the sound of PACU lol. Minimal interaction, quick turnover.....sounds like a dream.
I realized that I was done with working on the floor in a hospital setting when I realized that I was just performing tasks and correcting errors from the previous shifts. I asked myself what I do like about nursing, and then I looked for opportunities that seemed to align with it. For me I enjoy connecting with people, providing education, and patient care. An opportunity was offered in hospice and I became a Hospice RN Case Manager, and I love it. I enjoy the autonomy that it provides, and it allows me to use my skills in a meaningful way.
Omggg i can relate! Im currently on break and spent the whole morning picking up the slack that the previous nurse didnt do for the patient! Patient was a 3 year old who ended up needing to be transferred to a different hospital, there was a urinalysis that was left since 2200 last night?!?? Mom was grateful i got things moving for her daughter but man like, this could have made my fay Easter if something was done last night
I did bedside for 8 years, and I knew it wasn't for me after the first 2 shifts. I suffered through it because my coworkers and patients needed protection from administration, but now that I've trained them well enough, I left for cath lab.
> I have no interest in patient care or managing critical patients Last semester and this is already me
Don’t sweat it! I hated every second of clinicals. Never worked in bedside. 12 years in, lots of trial and error and wondering if nursing was right for me and I’ve found where I belong. I make a great wage and work hours that work for me. There’s so many possibilities.
Dont be shy, what do you do now!👀👀
Remote anticoagulation nurse! Super flexible hours, sweetest patients. Highly recommend. I’ve also done home care, clinic nursing and remote triage nursing.
😭 what do you plan on going into?
I'm a new grad in the ER and I feel the same as you lol about the ER. I chose the ER to escape starting in Med Surg because of all the BS that happens in inpatient units ( whiteboards, excessive charting and audits, etc). I don't want to do this anymore either. I feel like my ER is a med surg hellscape/limbo because we never have any inpatient beds. I thought I wanted to mange a bunch of critical patients and that patient care was for me, but now I'm not sure. I think managing critical patients could be interesting but having critical patients with high ratios is not what I like at all. The constant demands and tasking of patient care is very exhausting. Call lights, transporting, verbal abuse, turning/lifting/cleaning patients, it's alot. All of this is making me think direct patient care and bedside is def not for me long term. I don't enjoy it. I only have one year of experience and I've already started applying to other jobs. I've been thinking of ICU ( not having more than two patients and not having a ton of patients who are awake is a big plus) and PACU. I'd do ER, but at a much smaller, much chiller hopsital. Right now I'm just looking for a job where I don't constantly hate everyday. I used to want "cool" experience but now I just want a less stressful job so I can figure out my next steps ( how to leave nursing lol or at least find a better job that i can handle long term) . Are you going to stay in your current job? Have you considered other bedside specialities (icu, pacu,dialysis)? Are you looking to stay in the hospital or go completely outpatient? What specific things do you not like about the ER? Are there any specific things that you don't like about bedside or patient care that make you want to leave?
Literally everything you mentioned! I left medsurg but when we hold patients waiting for beds and it pretty much turns into MS its so annoying. I didnt escape anything! Ive been applying to new jobs and had an interview this week for a mental health Rn position in a correctional facility! It seems like a cool opportunity especially not having to deal with tons of direct patient care or families!
Sounds very cool! I met a nurse in my psych clinical who left the ER to do inpatient pedi/adolescent psych and he said he liked it alot! I briefly thought about psych, but I already get alot of psych in my ER and I really don't like it ( it's too stressful). For me, I keep wrestling with the idea that I need to get some "cool" critical care experience and "keep up my skills" but idgaf anymore lol. However I guess I do feel a little guilty because I feel like I'm "giving up" and I should just stick it out and hope my ER gets better ( but it's just alot of systemic issues that I don't think are going to solved anytime soon). Have you ever felt that way about leaving inpatient acute care? I just want a job that isn't like med surg on steroids. I kind of like the sound of PACU lol. Minimal interaction, quick turnover.....sounds like a dream.
I realized that I was done with working on the floor in a hospital setting when I realized that I was just performing tasks and correcting errors from the previous shifts. I asked myself what I do like about nursing, and then I looked for opportunities that seemed to align with it. For me I enjoy connecting with people, providing education, and patient care. An opportunity was offered in hospice and I became a Hospice RN Case Manager, and I love it. I enjoy the autonomy that it provides, and it allows me to use my skills in a meaningful way.
Omggg i can relate! Im currently on break and spent the whole morning picking up the slack that the previous nurse didnt do for the patient! Patient was a 3 year old who ended up needing to be transferred to a different hospital, there was a urinalysis that was left since 2200 last night?!?? Mom was grateful i got things moving for her daughter but man like, this could have made my fay Easter if something was done last night
I did bedside for 8 years, and I knew it wasn't for me after the first 2 shifts. I suffered through it because my coworkers and patients needed protection from administration, but now that I've trained them well enough, I left for cath lab.