Basically I'm a nurse, qualified three years ago and honestly I've hated it from the get go and my biggest regret is listening to everyone and sticking it out. I absolute HATE it. It makes me so miserable, I don't enjoy barely any aspect of it and especially now that I've got my little boy I don't want to be miserable around him because of work. I hate the stress. I hate coming home and being unable to sleep and feeling like a terrible nurse because I simply didn't have the time, staff or resources to do everything I wanted to do for my patients. It's so stressful and it really started to impact my mental health. I know every job has it's stressed but I do actually work well under pressure but I absolutely hate the life or death type of stress.
So what are my options? I really don't want to return to work as a nurse. I'm happy to stay in the NHS but I'd love to do something in admin - would that be possible? Believe me I've considered all different areas of nursing but the bottom line is I do not want to be a nurse anymore. It just is not for me at all. Failing that, I guess I'll have to work as an NHS month for at least 3 months after my maternity leave. If that's the case does anyone have any job/alternative career ideas?
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I don't want to be a nurse anymore!
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jadericho · 02/08/2018 19:01
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