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What can you do with a nursing degree if you dont want to nurse any more?

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EachandEveryone · 16/10/2018 19:09

My poor friend is so stressed i hate seeing her like this. She went back to uni as a mature student and I positively encouraged her as i know shes a wonderful nurse. Its only been a year and she hates it, hates the 12 hour shifts and the way the off duties done, hates the back stabbing amongst staff and being treated like a child. Apparently they regularly get pulled into the office to do little tests under the guise of audits. Her manager is amazing but cant control the way the staff talk to each other. She adores her alzeimers patients thats not the problem. She just wants to be away from the wards but doesnt want to travel more than 45 mins tonwork. Shes physically sick the night before and has an appointment at the gp (she is already on meds) Any ideas?

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mrsjackrussell · 17/10/2018 12:12

Ex nurse here who felt just like your friend.
Theatres or recovery would be much better than the wards.
How about the immunisation teams who go round to the schools? That's a 9-5 job. Good fun too.

3out · 17/10/2018 19:09

Public Health nursing (usually office hours, occasionally on-call too), Infection Prevention, Occupational Health, Practice Education Facilitator
Even just changing wards might make the world of difference

EachandEveryone · 17/10/2018 20:04

I don’t think she wants to come out of the nhs due to the mat leave she will be hoping to take in the next year

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NocturneGmajor · 17/10/2018 20:09

Recognising it’s the other nurses not the nursing helped me. Less contact with nurses community nursing

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