I quit nursing to work at a grocery store, it pays my bills, I have simplified my life and I am so much happier. Less stress, good easy hours and no more heart palpitations and high Blood pressure. Every nurse needs to live on less, quit nursing and start living a good quality of life. Hospitals do not care about nurses, they only want more patients to make them more money. Sad.
I only worked as an lpn for 3 years and I hated it. Finished my bachelor's in Business Management. Now I'm a business analyst making around 90k and get to work from home.
Look for schools that hold AMBA, Equis or AACSB. No one cares if you get an associates from a CC before completing a 4 year. Tbh though, if you have undergrad in something else, try and get an MBA to accept you
Interesting very interesting 🤔 honestly the reason why I'm going towards LPN is because they make the most decent amount of money when starting out compared to other trades. I don't know what else to do all else to look for anymore I'm lost.
@itsDjjayy Yes that's true . When nurses graduate they start out with a nice rate. But for me I wanted a job that I can see myself still doing in my 60s. I could not see my self being 60 and still being a shift worker, pulling a med cart, and also dealing with all the mental & physical needs as a nurse, bs from staff members.
I quit in 2021 and I am now in tech, working on a health plan project that enrolls providers in a network. It's a totally different world and I am loving it. Pay is great, pay raises are awesome as I add more experience and skills, great work-life balance, no emergencies, more sleep, no commute/work-at-home. I have a great team, no bullying.
This is exactly my predicament. I left my field and am now trying to decide which career to move to next. I got burned out with nursing. Close friends and family oftentimes only look at money and tend to view it as a cardinal sin to not nurse. I don't just want to make money. I want to be happy!!!!
We in the same boat. I did 6months for nhs and left I mentally couldn’t take the stress no more and the long hours, even leaving later than my shift. Trying to get into an apprenticeship in digital marketing or content creation but it’s not easy. I currently work as a nanny 4days a week, but it’s a temporary position for me for a year until I get into apprenticeship for 2024 then I will quit the nanny job.
I’ve been a bedside nurse for 41 years. 39 years were full time with last 2 years as part time after working on a covid unit for 2 years. I have 3 years 4 months until I turn 65. I need to work because I need the health insurance. I’m out on my 65 th birthday when I can get Medicare. I counting my shifts until retirement.
I saved up a ton of money and left 9 months ago. Told myself I was gonna give myself 1 year to do whatever I want and really figure out what I wanted in life. I started a few business, got into tech, built some websites and got a few clients. Got really interested in coding, ended up taking some self paced web development lessons and now I will be applying for a coding boot camp with hopes to become a software engineer and build apps one day! Coding is SO FUN and I love debugging and fixing stuff. I’m glad I left because I never felt fulfilled or had fun being a nurse or even throughout nursing school years ago. It was always stressful but now my stress goes away whenever i code or debug. I wish I discovered the world of entrepreneurship, tech and web development earlier.
I'm also interested in coding. I want to be a web/software developer. I get discouraged when people tell me a bootcamp is not enough and I need a Computer Science degree. The problem is I haven't taken math since HS and I am now 33! Lol. I was thinking of maybe an Associates in Web Development.
I would have loved to have gone to fashion design school instead of nursing school but it was 5000 versus 50,000. I have been a nurse for 16 years and really wished I worked as a fashion designer/stylist or buyer for a big company!
Thank you for bringing this up. I feel like a lot of people boast about "quitting nursing" and that's not a realistic option when you are a sole supporter of a family.
I am a nurse and I have seen many people quit nursing and in some cases it wasn’t about the money because there are so many other careers that support families (IT and business make a lot more than nurses)
It's a struggle! 😩🙏🏾 Some days it's not about the money, I'll take months off and then go back. I may have to give up my extras like shopping, etc, but it's always worth it
I just recently quit a very toxic nursing job. I honestly don’t know exactly what I’ll do next but I’m excited because I trust that with God it’s going to be something good! I need to clear my mind, regain my clarity and truly detox FIRST. I left the bedside about 13/14 years ago. I’ve been a nurse for 29 years now and half of that was at the bedside and this last half in an outpatient setting and baaaaaaaby! when I tell you “nursing while black” ain’t easy TRUST AND BELIEVE ME. Especially when you’re a good nurse, competent, compassionate and mind your own business versus gossiping with and about everybody else on top of patients liking you and requests you to be their nurse for the day. Oh they hate that. But These young immature “other people” are some of the most unkind, non empathetic and non compassionate nurses I have ever met/worked with on top of having a narcissistic manager. She forced my hand so I walked. They can have nursing! Like no one and no job has that much control over my life or my mental and physical well-being. I love patient care and oncology patients but I CHOOSE ME😊
Gah! This is what I want to do. I side stepped into nursing to get my foot in the world of healthcare, to make more money than I was making and to gain an understanding of the healthcare field. But realizing that my true passion and goal is naturopathy. How was your education and business going?
I am a nursing field case manager for a Worker’s Comp. insurance carrier and I love it. I do not do patient care at all. I just manage the medical side of their workers comp claim. I go to appointments with the injured worker and report return to work status to the insurance adjuster and ensure that the doctor is only treating the injured body part. I would never do bedside nursing again. And I work out of my home office. You put in a lot of hard work going to school and all of that experience, use it to do something else closely related
Left nursing as soon as I qualified due to being traumatised as a student nurse. And I’m now transitioning into tech. No stress, I can work from home and I don’t have to jeopardise my mental health on a daily basis.
Especially when they trying to justify why they know more than physicians. Thats where i got irritated mostly. One of our nursing masters would get upset when you don't call her with a doctor pronoun
I’m now a homeschooling stay at home mom. We live in 1 income. We downsized and budget. We’re so happy! Best decision ever. I even picked up gardening and I volunteer.
At the peak of Covid I went and got my CDL. I did not want to be forced to get the vaccine so I got out of nursing. My husband is a truck driver so I got my CDL and we did team driving. We did purchase our own truck but it caught fire shortly after purchase. Working for a company together we made $5k per week collectively. I am also study real estate, I want to start a UA-cam Channel, and I start dropshipping….And a few other things I have in mind . Side note: I no longer do team driving with my husband. It was overwhelming with our 2 kids ( one being a baby). .
Wow! We hv similar ideas. I want to get into drop shipping, start a UA-cam channel, develop a skin product (for eczema), also start an assisted living facility. I'm also starting FNP school in a month or so. 😩 Let me know if you wanna share tips!
OMG! I've been an RN for over 12 years thinking this whole time that I was unlucky that I never got the chance to work in the hospital. Initially it was because I was in ASN, and then years after that it was due to my lack of experience in that area. I have been back and forth between Correctional nursing and Psych nursing, and now I feel blessed. I'm thankful to my fellow for warning me, because I don't feel as nearly as stressed as many of the rest of you say you are or have been. Thank you my fellow nurse, because no matter whatever you do you will always be a nurse. I wish the best with the rest of your driving career.
I feel this. I am a telephonic case manager and keeping up with all these metrics and SLA’s is unreal. On top of that feeling like a telemarketer to gain people’s interest. uggh
Former nurse practitioner been nursing since 1996 started as a CNA, LPN, RN and NP..worked pandemic saved my money invested in 5 STRs in 5 different states where I had my NP license..been out of nursing since 2022 best decision I ever made GOD IS FAITHFUL!
Almost gone. I started a residential trash removal company. Just 7 months in and hopefully by the end of the year I can leave healthcare completely. I understand you completely on leaving one bedside for another healthcare job. I be wanting to scream you DID not leave nursing ma'am 😂
I am doing nothing but am extremely happy. peace of mind ,no anxiety,no palpitations,no stress ,no money,no hardwork, nothing. I am happy with what I have done, though right now I have nothing to do but at least have a hope that I will do something that is best for me one day
I’m definitely making my quitting plan. I finished Dec 2021. Got a horrible job for an RN right out of school at a rehab hospital. I had aides with no job description that would help me, leaving me to do everything. I am still trapped due to taking a contract. NEVER TAKE JOBS OFFERING BONUSES! I learned the hard way. I’m thinking of reducing back to an aide or clerk or one of my old jobs as a lab assistant. Anything is better than this. Paycheck can never make up for how horrible it is. 😮good luck people.
I heard to take the money but save it or have enough to cover it if you want to leave. They can't force you to stay if you have the money to buy your way out
I've been a nurse for almost ten years. While I still keep a PRN job, I enjoy working at a pet grooming salon and helping my friend with her decorating and party planning job. It seems to be a nice balance for me 😊
I was a nurse not very stressed my first 15 years. Later I left nursing to become a babysitter due to the stress. Not only did management not care about our stressful conditions the families lost respect for the profession. I pray daily for all nurse regardless of their specialty your a gift God bless
I'm changing to Independent insurance adjusting. It's like a hush hush field. Not too many people are talking about it. They make $150k and up per year. I'm still learning about it
I heard about that. I that when nurses call the patients to check up on them as a routine procedure...medication compliance...stuff like thst??..my professor from nursing school told me about that...at least I think thats what ur talking about...could u elaborate??
I left nursing to work at Progressive Auto insurance. Flexible hours. I can pick up my kids and drop them off at school. I get out of work early if staffing allows. I get paid fairly despite the pay cut. I am off 3 days straight a week. I can use pto as I please and always approved. And most important I work 100% remote and on top of that I am extremly happy where I am at now. I dont think I ever want to go back to floor nursing. My job is central loss. I take new claims and set up rentals, tows and repairs for customers. Jobs easy cake and routine.
@@KendraRN you got this. Money comes and goes. But your health wont. The stress and depression nursing gave me was not worth the paychecks every two weeks. With my current job now I feel free and happier and being home around the family and kids is everything. Rather than be around back stabbing coworkers and rude ass patients
I am married so I had my husband's income and health insurance to depend on, otherwise I don't think I would have been able to quit nursing at 50 years old. I ended up flipping homes here in Florida. It was nice to take something nasty and turn it into a diamond.
I just retired early (I'm only 55) after 31 years as an RN at the bedside on an incredibly busy and heavy cardiac-neuro unit, before that I was a CNA while going to nursing school. During my 30+ year nursing career I was also the sole in home care giver for both my parents until they passed away (I promised them both they would never spend a moment in a nursing home after what I had seen as a CNA). I have spent my entire adult life as a caregiver and have largely neglected myself putting everyone's needs above my own, I am physically and emotionally exhausted!! After decades of 12 hour shifts and heavy neuro patients my back is permanently messed up, I'm also currently waiting to have knee replacement surgery. Most people do not realize the physical and emotional toll nursing takes on you. My advice is if you are feeling drawn to something else go for it, nursing will always be there for you to fall back on but you won't always be young. Explore and experience while you can, once you are physically limited after years of bedside nursing it's too late.
Me too! I want to leave but have mortgage, bills to pay and family to support so I need to hear from people that have left the profession entirely as in given up their nursing registration and found a career/ job that pays similarly
I'm not a nurse. I'm on the path. I'm a CNA2. I have balled my eyes out because becoming a nurse has been a dream of mine. It sucks because working as a CNA has really burnt me out. Now getting my RN BSN is like...but why? I love taking cate of ppl. I love seeing the progress. I love the silent thank yous from trach patients that can't talk. The squeeze of the hand when you cover them and make them comfortable. But it hurts. I hurt. The burnout. The stress. The over looking. I just don't know. ...
Sis. I'm in the same boat. I too do CNA in the hospital setting. And, I also began my career in nursing. But before I decided to go full in and apply to nursing school, something told me to wait. After seeing how stressful it really is in person, glory to God, I'm starting to question as well. Do I want to be burntout as a living. Even though there is other settings to work in as a nurse, do i want to find out? Or just switch completely. Here for the comments, and i find this one. Same here sis
I graduated VN school in 98, bridged to ADN in 2004. Worst mistake of my life. I was happier as an LVN in the clinic. I now do pediatric home health part time 24 hours weekly. It's either that or quit nursing.
I became a massage therapist and I absolutely love it! I have great hours, can spend time with my son and can still help people. ❤❤ my advice: you can always return to Nursing try something else if your burned out.
Was only a nurse for 1-2 years quit due to burn out as a grad. My superviser was another grad due to low staffing. Really unsafe conditions. I saved up money, worked a bit in hospitality and then travelled the world. Now I’m back at home hoping to start another career!
Speaking of aviation in my field we see a lot of former nurses. It seems to be a good transition for them. I'm a flight attendant. And all the former nurses and even active nurses that I work with at my airline seem to love it The transition to flying. It's way less stress (although it has its own brand of stress). It has way more flexibility. And their skills are very valuable when we have a medical emergency on the plane. And I'm sure that resume definitely helps them during the interview process.
I quit midwifery (I live in Ireland), I work as an usher in a concert hall and I love it! The lack of stress outweighs the money worries. I know I can only do this as I live in a two income household though. We also have two small children so it is unrealistic for me to work as midwife now as my entire salary would go to childcare… now I work part time in the evenings and we can manage without childcare. Another stress relieved. I completely burned out as a midwife, I worked in the hospital system for 12 years. I’d love to think I’ll go back at some stage but right now I can’t even contemplate it as it is overwhelming
Oh wow! I love that you found something that does not stress you out as much and allow you to be home with the children. I’d love to visit Ireland one of these days. ❤️
Administration work.Sitting my Behind down after 23 years of Nursing.Working doubles and 7am to 7pm.I am Mon-Friday only 8-4:30. Spending time with family and Enjoying my life doing things I Didn't have time to do.Pray about it.I Did.God Bless you.
@@KendraRN Yes,But when you Pray and God leads you it's peaceful.After so many years killing our bodies and messing with our health.Sometimes CHANGE is good.🙂
If you don't mind sharing, what kind of administration work? If the Lord wills I want to leave bedside too. And also would like to try a mon-fri schedule.
@@nicoleallen4519 I applied for Amazon as well but it was far from my house and I did not have a car at the time so Dunkin it was🤣. People have no clue how toxic the nursing field is😩
I was a CNA not a nurse and I went to education and I educate children who have disabilities mainly autism and cerebral palsy, I enjoy it it isn't for everyone but I know I never thought I'd be able to do it or love it so much I enjoy it a lot makes me feel like I have meaning.
I'm not an RN, but an LPN from long term care after 21 years- a place where things went from bad to worse. I now work in a plasma donation center. I'm still using my nursing license just in case a donor has an adverse reaction and I do health assessments This area isn't medical because we're technically not giving medical care. They explain to us it's a part of manufacturing, manufacturing medicines from the plasma. I make $3.00 less than what I was making in the nursing home. In long term care you're assigned 30 patients on a unit to provide care for. These patients were sickly, with acute and chronic illnesses. They had Alzheimer's, dementia, psychiatric diagnoses, total care patients, and behaviors. Some abled body enough to call a taxi to go get drunk and or do drugs and come back to the nursing home for us to take care of them. Many of the patients were mean and verbally and physically abusive to the staff.
I’m not a nurse, but I have worked in the healthcare industry for 2 years now. I saw nurses quitting to become Clinical Data Scientists. I’ve heard it pays very good.
If a job is keeping you from meeting YOUR basic needs then you have to think twice. I was running 🏃♂️ on the floor like a headless chicken. Nway i was on a Medsurg floor. You can try other units. It's not bad everywhere.
Quitting nurse is something I think about constantly now. I have been an RN for 19 years and can’t see myself doing this for much longer. I’m so tired and burnt out. I am unhappy. Looking at the comments to get ideas and praying for guidance.
I have retired since but I would dance in a club when nursing burned me out. I made $25-$5000 a night on average in Texas or traveling as a dancer. The pandemic is when I hung up my heels and went back to nursing full time. I’m 28 so I feel like I have aged out of dancing so I won’t be going back for a while. I like nursing because I’m not getting drunk or entertaining people idc about. Also dancing made me really tough and direct so I don’t get a lot of crap in the hospitals from co workers or patients. 🤷🏼♀️
I've been an ER nurse for 23 years. Became an ED Manager the last 2 years of my career and recently resigned. I'm now working for a niche fragrance company. I took a paycut but I'm fulfilled and glad that I did what was best for me!
I left during the peak of Covid ( 2019) and went into working at a funeral home, doing hair and makeup. I left bedside due to stress and not being valued.
I moved from the bedside 13 years ago and became a Coder/ Documentation Specialist now I am outside of healthcare pursuing entrepreneurship 100% full time. However, I did it in steps form bedside, remote another phase as a coder/appeals nurse and now Entrepreneur. I refused to go back to school and get more student loan debt so I got certifications instead. I have a BSN in nursing .
I'm following for the comments. I'm a 4th semester BSN student and HATE it. I don't want to be a nurse, but I'm trapped. I'm 38 and almost $50k in debt from this program, not to mention having blown my inheritance moving across the country to go to school. I respect the profession, but it's absolutely not for me. But I feel trapped that the only way I can pay all this off is to work in it. I'm trying to find other options
Considering leaving due to the way healthcare is run. It’s a sad state of our States. Thinking about becoming a driver… trading one stress for another. I need to find my joy~~ because Nursing has little joy for this soul. 😢
I personally had enough. The idea of returning back to nursing give me anxiety. I hate it to the core. I have no idea what to do next but I know whatever it is , I want to interaction with people as such, I don’t want to be in My feet all day. I’m going through premenopause and lower back pain so I must consider that.
It took another masters to become a librarian. I had to for my mental and physical health get off the hamster wheel of moving from speicalty to speciality, which included becoming a NP. Healthcare is broken. I make less money, but completely enjoy my working life.. In full disclosure, I work an occasional per diem. Make nursing your side hustle!. Cultivate a second option from yourself. Often NP school is not the answer I don't understand why nurses believe that they are trapped in a profession that is not serving them, as if they are in a cult that they can't escape. Liberate yourself fom the golden handcuffs. It will be life changing.
Not a nurse but I'm a housekeeper and I'm starting to get burnout of it. Management here is understanding and reasonable. Pay, benefits, and schedule in current job are better than the last two. Don't have to with patients or visitors. I like it but I'm getting tired of the position. Plus working at a hospital was just to help me get by during COVID after college. Want to write as I've wrote some stories (short plays) during my earlier years. Gonna look into places that align closely to my goals.
Hey if you have any questions I am an interpreter for the Deaf as well as an RN. Best of luck to you in ASL it is one special field and amazing work. Love my job, where the rubber meets the road is fluctuating schedules and money.
I left for many years. I built an e-bay empire. I did a lot of fun jobs like teaching bellydance and became a massage therapist. I eventually returned to nursing. I left because I wanted to be a full time mom.
Opened up my own business as Certified Holistic Life Coach/Motivational Speaker in all area but specializing in mental health and mental illness, as a suicide survivor. It has been hard but after 18 years of nursing, it was time to fully leave and educate intentionally on all the areas of life that no one wants to speak about. Trauma & PTSD (in nursing forreal).
@@KendraRN Girl… same! Dr. Brian Weiss, Dolores Cannon, and Michael Newton are the authors who inspired me the most. I ended up experiencing my own sessions and was so blown away that I decided I had to become a practitioner myself. I do all of my sessions virtually over zoom so I can work from home and work with clients from all over the world.❤️🙌
One good thing about the nursing field is you will always have a job. Thats it. Go find a job someplace else. You get fired and go back and get abused at the nursing field until you find another job. But to answer your question once you find another job that stomachache that use to hurt will no longer hurt. This is a horrible field. You will be work with a bunch of nurses with narcist personality disorder. I was gaslight and screamed at throughout my whole career as a cna.
Didn’t even start nursing school but I’m a CNA and I listen to nurses complain about their job and pay all the time. I’m thinking of becoming a dietician or getting into healthcare administration.
Down to PT hours going to go PRN in June . Currently working as triage in a clinic after 24+ years in nursing. Going to start chasing my goal of becoming an entrepreneur! The stress mentally, physically, the lack of administration giving a shit about their staff, total disrespect from patients, families, administrators and the public, I’m out
@@jonahbeltran979 I believe you...its just that when I was in nursing school my instructors told me way different but I guess it depends on what u teach...there's levels to it
I want to be an entrepreneur or investor im using travel nursing money to fast track me there so i can ultimately quit, what frustrates me the most is the patient is always right and they want 7 star/michellin star service (lol) the tv is broken the nurse has to fix it, they clog the toilet with tissue paper the nurse scoops them out why? CAUSE EVS WONT DO IT even if its their job the PHLEBOTOMIST CANT GET BLOOD NURSE SIGNS PAPER BECAUSE ULTIMATELY ITS THE NURSES FAULT VERY FRUSTRATING AND VERY WRONG THERE IS NO DIET ORDERS NURSES FAULT WHY? Because we have to freakin tell the doctors to do their job? VERY DEGRADING AND FRUSTRATING SORRY TO SAY I AM ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING 🎉
I''m a school nurse - on the same pay scale as the teachers, so...yes - around here, the starting pay for teachers is `~$48,000. Same benefits, A PENSION, same paid time off. When I started school nursing 14 years ago, I was brought in at $38,650 and have now clawed my way up to $53,400 LOL. But for me, the work/family balance is perfect. One week paid off over Thanksgiving, 2 weeks paid leave over Christmas, 1 week paid leave for Spring Break AND 2 months paid off during the summer. Plus all the random federal holidays, too. AND snow days. Total days worked in a year: 186. If you have young kids, school nursing doesn't pay tons, but not having to find daycare for snow days, breaks and summer is an amazing money saver, plus you get to be with them when they are little - they grow too fast!. My youngest came to school with me everyday for elementary school and I am forever grateful we had that time together.
@@lunar_eclipse_1913 Great idea! I actually used to be a school nurse as well when my oldest was in pre-k. the pay was atrocious at $12/hr but I got free pre-k and like you said, the schedule was perfect and time with my kiddo was priceless.
@@seasonalliving2881 You won't believ this, but lice isn't even a thing anymore. I mean, yes, kids still get lice, but its no longer considered a reportable disease or a thing you exclude kids for. Seriously. I thought all the teachers would quit when that change happened, but like head lice, they stayed. LOL
I just got my bachelor's in nursing. It was luckily paid for by the military, but I have acquired a disability since. I work in the medical field for the military (National Guard) and I HATE it. Currently trying to find my first nursing job that wont be hard on me physically, but it's near impossible to get a remote position.. havent even gotten my first real nursing job and I already want to quit and find something new...
I became an accountant after I left healthcare. It doesn’t pay as well but I found out that working with numbers is far less stressful. I’d say it has been worth it so far.
I give most nurses props. Even my surgeon always said he would be lost without them bc they do so much. I do think people should be a nurse if they hate people. Bc patients see nurses on their worst days. I'm always nice caring bring them gifts to all my amazing nurses who have my back with all my autoimmune diseases. So many of them are incredible and just love and respect nurses. But I know many people who left nursing especially hospital and nursing home bc they were just getting abused mentally and physically. It's a draining job.
After three of my children became dependent on me one paralyzed from the neck down, from Not bc of gangs but of jealousy. The second paralyzed from the waist down due to random stray bullet, and my daughter was told there was nothing wrong with her went home had a stroke, rushed to the hospital had cancer in the brain along with 4 brain surgeries. I felt bc the staff was already head over heels and pulling double shifts were understaffed. The burnout is real regarding awesome nurses. My kids were treated like shit. I brought my kids home. I take care of them myself. Praise all the nurses really about their jobs instead of a paycheck. The bottom line is that your really not getting paid what your really worth. It’s all about a check with the government. I just pray that God sees your awesome deeds and work. The bournout is real. Even as a caregiver. Crying blessings to all of you. The ones know that they gave it there all. And wasn’t in it for a paycheck bc you cared. Y’all should get paid more than your pay grade. The nurses are keeping out families wanting to keep living not the government. We need to protest it’s crazy. Blessings to all the nurses and caregiver. Jesus has built your make up to handle the quest, but HE didn’t condone the stressful situation, no good pay, the government are taking the awesome nurses away from the profession. I believe anyone in the caregiver and nursing should take a year off with GOD blessing to recoup and find the love again.
I retired from the profession because I was on medical leave since 2021 January then I decided after 21 years it's time, I am 63 years old I started a trucking company with my husband and a staffing agency for laborers, nannies, health care, and housekeepers. I also sell African beads for the waist and wrist, slippers, mesh washcloths, beads, and more.
Been a nurse for 20 years and I really wanna leave. Every place I've worked in is so, so toxic. Workplace bullies get away with everything because management won't get rid of them (because of the manpower crunch). I really wanna leave but I'm scared. I'm going to sign up for a canine physiotherapy course (animals are my passion). I hope that leads me somewhere but I'm scared because I have to pay rent and then I have to pay mortgage soon.
Well, I one day sat in regret of being a nurse and wished I was a doctor, took me a while to know you can't get the good benefits out of Nursing if you don't love it. Moreover, leaving nursing is potentially a less flexible life, except you have a good business in mind. I have also accepted that I actually do like caring for people, just hated the politics and some parts of bedside. In reality, it's tough leaving nursing except maybe tech or personal business. I'd advise people to look within themselves and see what they're happy about, this would help you make a good self decision. And yeah, non bedside roles aren't much different from other jobs outside nursing. Management in Healthcare would be easier to get into than managing tech companies.
I have been a bedside nurse for 10 years and I am tired!!! I recently got my masters degree in nursing to teach and will start next month. I’m looking for a side hustle right now and can’t think of anything at the moment. I’m interested in ideas as well!
I burnout in engineering and became a home health aide for 2 years took me that long to recover my mental health and have courage to do sthg new...came to nursing school...realized hospital work would burn me out again even worse...so Im just plannong on skipping bedside to go into home health nurse residency....less pay sure but my sanity has no price. Also works bc im not the sole provider. We r two.
I left being a nurse and now I'm doing food and grocery deliveries on my own schedule (self employed) and also trying to grow an online store...which is difficult for a latin, low income woman.
A good rule of thumb that I just learned about is rather than following your passion, follow your energy. Meaning, pursue things that give you positive energy, rather than things that drain your energy and leave you empty.
Patients treat us like we don't have emotions,make jock on us,man try to flirt us , ledies is also don't respect us..... this job give me anxiety now i will leave this job in end of this year so I can live life,,,,bcz i deserve Respect and peace in my life
I quit nursing to work at a grocery store, it pays my bills, I have simplified my life and I am so much happier. Less stress, good easy hours and no more heart palpitations and high Blood pressure. Every nurse needs to live on less, quit nursing and start living a good quality of life. Hospitals do not care about nurses, they only want more patients to make them more money. Sad.
🙏 Amen
I hear that!
Amen!!! 🙌🏽
Yes
No one understands until you've been in the profession..10 an hr is better than 40 dollars an hr yet your anxious
I only worked as an lpn for 3 years and I hated it. Finished my bachelor's in Business Management. Now I'm a business analyst making around 90k and get to work from home.
Glad you found something that works for you.
I’m thinking of doing that. Does it matter if it’s a community college ?
Look for schools that hold
AMBA, Equis or AACSB. No one cares if you get an associates from a CC before completing a 4 year. Tbh though, if you have undergrad in something else, try and get an MBA to accept you
Interesting very interesting 🤔 honestly the reason why I'm going towards LPN is because they make the most decent amount of money when starting out compared to other trades. I don't know what else to do all else to look for anymore I'm lost.
@itsDjjayy Yes that's true . When nurses graduate they start out with a nice rate. But for me I wanted a job that I can see myself still doing in my 60s. I could not see my self being 60 and still being a shift worker, pulling a med cart, and also dealing with all the mental & physical needs as a nurse, bs from staff members.
I am here for the comments because I want to make a career change!
Kendra you are very smart and one of the best nurse
I quit in 2021 and I am now in tech, working on a health plan project that enrolls providers in a network. It's a totally different world and I am loving it. Pay is great, pay raises are awesome as I add more experience and skills, great work-life balance, no emergencies, more sleep, no commute/work-at-home. I have a great team, no bullying.
Tech sounds like it’s the place to be. I am happy you found a better environment to work in.
Hi! I’m an LPn looking for a career change, could you tell me the title of the job so I can look it up and research? This sounds cool!
This is exactly my predicament. I left my field and am now trying to decide which career to move to next. I got burned out with nursing. Close friends and family oftentimes only look at money and tend to view it as a cardinal sin to not nurse. I don't just want to make money. I want to be happy!!!!
I worked retail and industry jobs after nursing but am now looking to start another career.
We in the same boat. I did 6months for nhs and left I mentally couldn’t take the stress no more and the long hours, even leaving later than my shift. Trying to get into an apprenticeship in digital marketing or content creation but it’s not easy. I currently work as a nanny 4days a week, but it’s a temporary position for me for a year until I get into apprenticeship for 2024 then I will quit the nanny job.
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Now a flight attendant for world's best airline. Emirates Airlines based in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates.
I walked away from the profession after 24 years. I became a plant based holistic health coach. Starting a juicing business.
Wow! I love that. I love wellness overall.
I love this too, where is your business located?
How does one get certified this?
We have the same brain. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Ironic ! Since you were in an industry who pushes man made medication instead of natural god given resources.. happy for you
I’ve been a bedside nurse for 41 years. 39 years were full time with last 2 years as part time after working on a covid unit for 2 years. I have 3 years 4 months until I turn 65. I need to work because I need the health insurance. I’m out on my 65 th birthday when I can get Medicare. I counting my shifts until retirement.
I saved up a ton of money and left 9 months ago. Told myself I was gonna give myself 1 year to do whatever I want and really figure out what I wanted in life. I started a few business, got into tech, built some websites and got a few clients. Got really interested in coding, ended up taking some self paced web development lessons and now I will be applying for a coding boot camp with hopes to become a software engineer and build apps one day! Coding is SO FUN and I love debugging and fixing stuff.
I’m glad I left because I never felt fulfilled or had fun being a nurse or even throughout nursing school years ago. It was always stressful but now my stress goes away whenever i code or debug. I wish I discovered the world of entrepreneurship, tech and web development earlier.
Happy to hear you’ve found something you’re excited about. That is very important.
hi there. do you have a bsn? thank you for sharing your story!
I'm also interested in coding. I want to be a web/software developer. I get discouraged when people tell me a bootcamp is not enough and I need a Computer Science degree. The problem is I haven't taken math since HS and I am now 33! Lol. I was thinking of maybe an Associates in Web Development.
I'm taking an intro CP class at mu community college, focus on python. Let's see how it goes!
I left after one year of practicing and now I’m a social media marketer. Yes I make less money but my quality of life is 1000% better
Quality of life is a priority! Money can’t buy life.
hmmm im assuming schooling is required or no? sounds interesting!
You go girl!! I’m sooo happy for you!
@@perlacardiel2525 school is not required for social media marketing! :)
After 20 years bedside, I’m a stay at home dad.
advice for a new grad nurse mi lord
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Same! After 5 years, and a whole pandemic right after I began, I am now a stay at home mom… a breath of fresh air for the time being.
I’m saving up to go to design school. I can’t be a nurse anymore #burnout😞
What kind of design?
I would have loved to have gone to fashion design school instead of nursing school but it was 5000 versus 50,000. I have been a nurse for 16 years and really wished I worked as a fashion designer/stylist or buyer for a big company!
@@ihearthomecrafting1611 It's not too late😊
@@ihearthomecrafting1611 Keep your dreams alive. You can be a late bloomer.
The garment industry is not any better. There's no job security at all. I was a designer, and now I am going to school to become a nurse 🎉
Thank you for bringing this up. I feel like a lot of people boast about "quitting nursing" and that's not a realistic option when you are a sole supporter of a family.
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Exactly! We want to know how are you making income comparable to nursing. We all can’t just quit, we need income.
I am a nurse and I have seen many people quit nursing and in some cases it wasn’t about the money because there are so many other careers that support families (IT and business make a lot more than nurses)
It's a struggle! 😩🙏🏾 Some days it's not about the money, I'll take months off and then go back. I may have to give up my extras like shopping, etc, but it's always worth it
Yes! Because I couldn't find anything that pays close to the same. Bedside care makes me so depressed.
I just recently quit a very toxic nursing job. I honestly don’t know exactly what I’ll do next but I’m excited because I trust that with God it’s going to be something good!
I need to clear my mind, regain my clarity and truly detox FIRST.
I left the bedside about 13/14 years ago. I’ve been a nurse for 29 years now and half of that was at the bedside and this last half in an outpatient setting and baaaaaaaby! when I tell you “nursing while black” ain’t easy TRUST AND BELIEVE ME.
Especially when you’re a good nurse, competent, compassionate and mind your own business versus gossiping with and about everybody else on top of patients liking you and requests you to be their nurse for the day. Oh they hate that. But
These young immature “other people” are some of the most unkind, non empathetic and non compassionate nurses I have ever met/worked with on top of having a narcissistic manager. She forced my hand so I walked.
They can have nursing!
Like no one and no job has that much control over my life or my mental and physical well-being. I love patient care and oncology patients but I CHOOSE ME😊
Amen and Amen! Well said.
I got my doctorate in naturopathic medicine, and started a herbal supplement business. I am also seeing patients virtually seeking holistic care.
Oh wow! Do you have a website ?
This is what I would like to do
Gah! This is what I want to do. I side stepped into nursing to get my foot in the world of healthcare, to make more money than I was making and to gain an understanding of the healthcare field. But realizing that my true passion and goal is naturopathy. How was your education and business going?
I am a nursing field case manager for a Worker’s Comp. insurance carrier and I love it. I do not do patient care at all. I just manage the medical side of their workers comp claim. I go to appointments with the injured worker and report return to work status to the insurance adjuster and ensure that the doctor is only treating the injured body part. I would never do bedside nursing again. And I work out of my home office. You put in a lot of hard work going to school and all of that experience, use it to do something else closely related
I'm really happy that before I started nursing school, I was a therapist. So if I decide that I'm burning out, I'll go back to my first love
Left nursing as soon as I qualified due to being traumatised as a student nurse. And I’m now transitioning into tech. No stress, I can work from home and I don’t have to jeopardise my mental health on a daily basis.
How is your pay in general?
Especially when they trying to justify why they know more than physicians. Thats where i got irritated mostly. One of our nursing masters would get upset when you don't call her with a doctor pronoun
Left profession after 11years...making over 100,000 in IT sales...my mental state is important
Yup! I’ve been hearing quite a bit of nurses transitioning to IT.
How did you get into IT?
Wow!! I thought about IT alot.
I've been thinking of going into IT
I’m now a homeschooling stay at home mom. We live in 1 income. We downsized and budget. We’re so happy! Best decision ever. I even picked up gardening and I volunteer.
At the peak of Covid I went and got my CDL. I did not want to be forced to get the vaccine so I got out of nursing. My husband is a truck driver so I got my CDL and we did team driving. We did purchase our own truck but it caught fire shortly after purchase. Working for a company together we made $5k per week collectively. I am also study real estate, I want to start a UA-cam Channel, and I start dropshipping….And a few other things I have in mind .
Side note: I no longer do team driving with my husband. It was overwhelming with our 2 kids ( one being a baby). .
How did you learn how to do Amazon drop shipping?
Wow! We hv similar ideas. I want to get into drop shipping, start a UA-cam channel, develop a skin product (for eczema), also start an assisted living facility. I'm also starting FNP school in a month or so. 😩 Let me know if you wanna share tips!
OMG! I've been an RN for over 12 years thinking this whole time that I was unlucky that I never got the chance to work in the hospital. Initially it was because I was in ASN, and then years after that it was due to my lack of experience in that area. I have been back and forth between Correctional nursing and Psych nursing, and now I feel blessed. I'm thankful to my fellow for warning me, because I don't feel as nearly as stressed as many of the rest of you say you are or have been. Thank you my fellow nurse, because no matter whatever you do you will always be a nurse. I wish the best with the rest of your driving career.
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@@chrisharris2367it's not that hard
I switched over to nurse case management thinking it would be less stressful. Boy was I ever wrong!
Why do you say that ?
Same here. Doing that for a homecare agency and I'm burnt out after 6 months.
I feel this. I am a telephonic case manager and keeping up with all these metrics and SLA’s is unreal. On top of that feeling like a telemarketer to gain people’s interest. uggh
Former nurse practitioner been nursing since 1996 started as a CNA, LPN, RN and NP..worked pandemic saved my money invested in 5 STRs in 5 different states where I had my NP license..been out of nursing since 2022 best decision I ever made GOD IS FAITHFUL!
Maybe a dumb question, but what is 5 STRs?
Almost gone. I started a residential trash removal company. Just 7 months in and hopefully by the end of the year I can leave healthcare completely.
I understand you completely on leaving one bedside for another healthcare job. I be wanting to scream you DID not leave nursing ma'am 😂
Lol, those I quit my job as a nurse videos be killing me. Congrats on starting your company, I wish you well! Keep me posted on your progress ❤️
Could you give me advice on how you started that
Girl we all trying to leave! Lord I just pray 🙏🏾
Lol, I need to learn to DJ like hubby, so that I can keep dance. 😂😂
I am an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and I am BURNT out, it's horrible!
@@moneahbarracks6885Psych NP is a very popular go to now.
@@moneahbarracks6885 Do you think being a Family Medicine Doctor or an Internal Medicine Doc would be easier?
I am doing nothing but am extremely happy. peace of mind ,no anxiety,no palpitations,no stress ,no money,no hardwork, nothing. I am happy with what I have done, though right now I have nothing to do but at least have a hope that I will do something that is
best for me one day
I’m definitely making my quitting plan. I finished Dec 2021. Got a horrible job for an RN right out of school at a rehab hospital. I had aides with no job description that would help me, leaving me to do everything. I am still trapped due to taking a contract. NEVER TAKE JOBS OFFERING BONUSES! I learned the hard way. I’m thinking of reducing back to an aide or clerk or one of my old jobs as a lab assistant. Anything is better than this. Paycheck can never make up for how horrible it is. 😮good luck people.
The bigger the bonus the worse the place is.
Wow thanks for the advice😮 wishing you the best
I heard to take the money but save it or have enough to cover it if you want to leave. They can't force you to stay if you have the money to buy your way out
Me scrolling through the comments for ideas
All of us, lol
I've been a nurse for almost ten years. While I still keep a PRN job, I enjoy working at a pet grooming salon and helping my friend with her decorating and party planning job. It seems to be a nice balance for me 😊
I was a nurse not very stressed my first 15 years. Later I left nursing to become a babysitter due to the stress. Not only did management not care about our stressful conditions the families lost respect for the profession. I pray daily for all nurse regardless of their specialty your a gift God bless
I would love to hear more .ur story is interesting to me ?how cn i?
Baby sitting is stressful for some. They do it because 50 an hours is nice to watch 2 kids
I'm changing to Independent insurance adjusting. It's like a hush hush field. Not too many people are talking about it. They make $150k and up per year. I'm still learning about it
Listen!!!! You know the vibe! I know about that industry and wanted to take the course. 🤗🤗🤗
@@KendraRN definitely look into it
I heard about that. I that when nurses call the patients to check up on them as a routine procedure...medication compliance...stuff like thst??..my professor from nursing school told me about that...at least I think thats what ur talking about...could u elaborate??
O im definately looking this up, ive never heard of it.
Please can you give me more info on this? I'm done with nursing. I'm tired, sad, cry almost everyday. Help!
I left nursing to work at Progressive Auto insurance. Flexible hours. I can pick up my kids and drop them off at school. I get out of work early if staffing allows. I get paid fairly despite the pay cut. I am off 3 days straight a week. I can use pto as I please and always approved. And most important I work 100% remote and on top of that I am extremly happy where I am at now. I dont think I ever want to go back to floor nursing. My job is central loss. I take new claims and set up rentals, tows and repairs for customers. Jobs easy cake and routine.
Oh wow, listen, I’m considering my options. Thank you for sharing.
@@KendraRN you got this. Money comes and goes. But your health wont. The stress and depression nursing gave me was not worth the paychecks every two weeks. With my current job now I feel free and happier and being home around the family and kids is everything. Rather than be around back stabbing coworkers and rude ass patients
My mom was a nurse for almost 20 years and quit to sell Antiques on eBay. She had a hard time keeping up with the patient ratio and new technology.
I am married so I had my husband's income and health insurance to depend on, otherwise I don't think I would have been able to quit nursing at 50 years old. I ended up flipping homes here in Florida. It was nice to take something nasty and turn it into a diamond.
The feeling of gratification 😊😊😊
Do you do the work yourself?
But you got to save money while you were an RN in a 2 income household?
I just retired early (I'm only 55) after 31 years as an RN at the bedside on an incredibly busy and heavy cardiac-neuro unit, before that I was a CNA while going to nursing school. During my 30+ year nursing career I was also the sole in home care giver for both my parents until they passed away (I promised them both they would never spend a moment in a nursing home after what I had seen as a CNA). I have spent my entire adult life as a caregiver and have largely neglected myself putting everyone's needs above my own, I am physically and emotionally exhausted!! After decades of 12 hour shifts and heavy neuro patients my back is permanently messed up, I'm also currently waiting to have knee replacement surgery. Most people do not realize the physical and emotional toll nursing takes on you. My advice is if you are feeling drawn to something else go for it, nursing will always be there for you to fall back on but you won't always be young. Explore and experience while you can, once you are physically limited after years of bedside nursing it's too late.
Thank you for sharing your story. I can relate to a lot of what you wrote. Stay well and you’re right, nursing will always be here.
@me me thats real
My mom's doctor said her knees are shot because of nursing.
Will you actually be able to go back to nursing? I thought if you hadn't had any recent nursing experience, they will not hire you.??
@@Katie-vy5rdas it is right now if you have a pulse and a license you can get an rn job
I’m just here for the comments 🍿🍿🍿😊😊😊
Me too sis, lol
Caught this while I causally read all the comments 😂🍿
Me too! I want to leave but have mortgage, bills to pay and family to support so I need to hear from people that have left the profession entirely as in given up their nursing registration and found a career/ job that pays similarly
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I'm not a nurse. I'm on the path. I'm a CNA2. I have balled my eyes out because becoming a nurse has been a dream of mine. It sucks because working as a CNA has really burnt me out. Now getting my RN BSN is like...but why? I love taking cate of ppl. I love seeing the progress. I love the silent thank yous from trach patients that can't talk. The squeeze of the hand when you cover them and make them comfortable. But it hurts. I hurt. The burnout. The stress. The over looking. I just don't know. ...
Sis. I'm in the same boat. I too do CNA in the hospital setting. And, I also began my career in nursing. But before I decided to go full in and apply to nursing school, something told me to wait. After seeing how stressful it really is in person, glory to God, I'm starting to question as well. Do I want to be burntout as a living. Even though there is other settings to work in as a nurse, do i want to find out? Or just switch completely. Here for the comments, and i find this one. Same here sis
U answered the reasons why. Hang in there. God has big plans for u. Your why = the joy of taking care of people. 💓🙌
I graduated VN school in 98, bridged to ADN in 2004. Worst mistake of my life. I was happier as an LVN in the clinic. I now do pediatric home health part time 24 hours weekly. It's either that or quit nursing.
I became a massage therapist and I absolutely love it! I have great hours, can spend time with my son and can still help people. ❤❤ my advice: you can always return to Nursing try something else if your burned out.
Was only a nurse for 1-2 years quit due to burn out as a grad. My superviser was another grad due to low staffing. Really unsafe conditions. I saved up money, worked a bit in hospitality and then travelled the world. Now I’m back at home hoping to start another career!
Clinical Research Associate and I love it. Base pay from 125k upwards with yearly bonuses ranging from 10-20k. Currently making 165k after 3years.
What are the pre reqs
OR RN here. I’ve got a job interview at Costco Monday.
Sounds like a nice change. Sometimes it is necessary.
I was in East Carolina U nursing school and quit. Became a helicopter pilot instead. Flew EMS for a time. lol! Yep sure did.
Speaking of aviation in my field we see a lot of former nurses. It seems to be a good transition for them. I'm a flight attendant. And all the former nurses and even active nurses that I work with at my airline seem to love it The transition to flying. It's way less stress (although it has its own brand of stress). It has way more flexibility. And their skills are very valuable when we have a medical emergency on the plane. And I'm sure that resume definitely helps them during the interview process.
I quit midwifery (I live in Ireland), I work as an usher in a concert hall and I love it! The lack of stress outweighs the money worries. I know I can only do this as I live in a two income household though. We also have two small children so it is unrealistic for me to work as midwife now as my entire salary would go to childcare… now I work part time in the evenings and we can manage without childcare. Another stress relieved. I completely burned out as a midwife, I worked in the hospital system for 12 years. I’d love to think I’ll go back at some stage but right now I can’t even contemplate it as it is overwhelming
Oh wow! I love that you found something that does not stress you out as much and allow you to be home with the children. I’d love to visit Ireland one of these days. ❤️
Thank you so much for asking this!!! Cause every time I ask, most of the time it’s a nurse who jumped from one healthcare pit to another.
I’m so sick of being told to go into pharmaceuticals.
Administration work.Sitting my Behind down after 23 years of Nursing.Working doubles and 7am to 7pm.I am Mon-Friday only 8-4:30. Spending time with family and Enjoying my life doing things I Didn't have time to do.Pray about it.I Did.God Bless you.
M-F… I’m so afraid of that schedule🤦🏾♀️. Wasn’t the adjustment tough?
@@KendraRN Yes,But when you Pray and God leads you it's peaceful.After so many years killing our bodies and messing with our health.Sometimes CHANGE is good.🙂
Amen 🙏
If you don't mind sharing, what kind of administration work? If the Lord wills I want to leave bedside too. And also would like to try a mon-fri schedule.
@@annepal5756 Public schools attendance
I haven’t even made it to my one year Nursiversary and I just obtained my CDLs learner permit. I was so desperate to leave I applied for Dunkin’
😂 YES! I so understand. One year I applied to work at Amazon, and not as a nurse! I was chasing a peace of mind and not money!
@@nicoleallen4519 I applied for Amazon as well but it was far from my house and I did not have a car at the time so Dunkin it was🤣. People have no clue how toxic the nursing field is😩
Dam sis good for you
I was a CNA not a nurse and I went to education and I educate children who have disabilities mainly autism and cerebral palsy, I enjoy it it isn't for everyone but I know I never thought I'd be able to do it or love it so much I enjoy it a lot makes me feel like I have meaning.
There isn’t enough money to pay you for the path you chose! Thank you 🙏🏾
@@KendraRN thank you for your content and to ask others their paths. It is nice of you and to see people who care.
I'm not an RN, but an LPN from long term care after 21 years- a place where things went from bad to worse. I now work in a plasma donation center. I'm still using my nursing license just in case a donor has an adverse reaction and I do health assessments This area isn't medical because we're technically not giving medical care. They explain to us it's a part of manufacturing, manufacturing medicines from the plasma. I make $3.00 less than what I was making in the nursing home. In long term care you're assigned 30 patients on a unit to provide care for. These patients were sickly, with acute and chronic illnesses. They had Alzheimer's, dementia, psychiatric diagnoses, total care patients, and behaviors. Some abled body enough to call a taxi to go get drunk and or do drugs and come back to the nursing home for us to take care of them. Many of the patients were mean and verbally and physically abusive to the staff.
This! Its always "go back to school for your np" or change specialty, where can we go where we dont do nursing period?
Right?! Lol
I’m not a nurse, but I have worked in the healthcare industry for 2 years now. I saw nurses quitting to become Clinical Data Scientists. I’ve heard it pays very good.
Average pay is $125-$150k per year
I've been a nurse for almost 6 months & I'm done lol
I know! So many of us fell that way.
I'm a record breaker then, left after 3 months😂😂
😢 you guys making me nervous
If a job is keeping you from meeting YOUR basic needs then you have to think twice. I was running 🏃♂️ on the floor like a headless chicken. Nway i was on a Medsurg floor. You can try other units. It's not bad everywhere.
@@latireeajones7100 I kept going & I’m glad I did. A bad day does not equal a bad life ❤️
Quitting nurse is something I think about constantly now. I have been an RN for 19 years and can’t see myself doing this for much longer.
I’m so tired and burnt out. I am unhappy.
Looking at the comments to get ideas and praying for guidance.
SAME!!! After 17 years I am so done. I was burned out years ago.
I have retired since but I would dance in a club when nursing burned me out. I made $25-$5000 a night on average in Texas or traveling as a dancer. The pandemic is when I hung up my heels and went back to nursing full time. I’m 28 so I feel like I have aged out of dancing so I won’t be going back for a while. I like nursing because I’m not getting drunk or entertaining people idc about. Also dancing made me really tough and direct so I don’t get a lot of crap in the hospitals from co workers or patients. 🤷🏼♀️
@specialcowgirl69
What do you say or do to not get crap from coworkers or patients? Please inform us.
I've been an ER nurse for 23 years. Became an ED Manager the last 2 years of my career and recently resigned. I'm now working for a niche fragrance company. I took a paycut but I'm fulfilled and glad that I did what was best for me!
Oh wow! That sounds like an awesome change. I’m glad you chose you!
I left during the peak of Covid ( 2019) and went into working at a funeral home, doing hair and makeup. I left bedside due to stress and not being valued.
Are you still doing that?
Yes I am. I'm not making the money I was from the VA Hospital... but I'm happier.
How did you get into this field ?
Did you go to schoop to be a mortician?
U r funny! U thiught about mortician school. You like it?
I’m currently transitioning from a nurse to digital marketing. I told my DON I have about a year of nursing left in me😩
I’ve been a nurse for 28 years and I’m now finishing up my Masters to become a LMFT/LPCC.
I moved from the bedside 13 years ago and became a Coder/ Documentation Specialist now I am outside of healthcare pursuing entrepreneurship 100% full time. However, I did it in steps form bedside, remote another phase as a coder/appeals nurse and now Entrepreneur. I refused to go back to school and get more student loan debt so I got certifications instead. I have a BSN in nursing .
Smart! Thank you for sharing, I hope others see this post and get inspired.
Hi! I was wondering what certifications you did to pursue being a documentation specialist? Thank you for sharing your story
@@terrylina.8366 I am a certified documentation Specialist, CCDS ACDIS, Certified Coder CCS these two get you in the door without an issue for sure.
Is your salary much more than you would have made as full time or even PRN in nursing?@@realnursenews
I'm following for the comments. I'm a 4th semester BSN student and HATE it. I don't want to be a nurse, but I'm trapped. I'm 38 and almost $50k in debt from this program, not to mention having blown my inheritance moving across the country to go to school. I respect the profession, but it's absolutely not for me. But I feel trapped that the only way I can pay all this off is to work in it. I'm trying to find other options
Get the degree, take the boards and go from there. Check out tech jobs with Epic, Cerner and other healthcare tech companies.
Thank you for the advice! I'll look into those@@KendraRN
Considering leaving due to the way healthcare is run. It’s a sad state of our States. Thinking about becoming a driver… trading one stress for another. I need to find my joy~~ because Nursing has little joy for this soul. 😢
I am not a quitter, but I am about to quit
Lol, not unless you have a plan b, c, d
I am honestly so burnt out and idk how much longer I can take
Seek help
I now work in a plasma center doing physicals and immunizations. Feels like a huge step up to me from bedside.
What is that job title? I'm looking for a change @EileenRN203
I personally had enough. The idea of returning back to nursing give me anxiety. I hate it to the core. I have no idea what to do next but I know whatever it is , I want to interaction with people as such, I don’t want to be in
My feet all day. I’m going through premenopause and lower back pain so I must consider that.
Try keto diet or low carb, get off sugar and carbs it helped me with hip and joint pain and feet pain
It took another masters to become a librarian. I had to for my mental and physical health get off the hamster wheel of moving from speicalty to speciality, which included becoming a NP. Healthcare is broken. I make less money, but completely enjoy my working life.. In full disclosure, I work an occasional per diem. Make nursing your side hustle!. Cultivate a second option from yourself. Often NP school is not the answer I don't understand why nurses believe that they are trapped in a profession that is not serving them, as if they are in a cult that they can't escape. Liberate yourself fom the golden handcuffs. It will be life changing.
Quit 2 years ago and retired. i work part time in retail for extra spending money.
Im saving enough money to leave nursing and starting a coffee shop business
I love that idea! I worked at a coffee shop as a barista while in nursing school and loved it! I wish you all the best!
Love this for YOU ❤🎉 ☕️
I am a nursing student and i wanna quit and wish i could do baking
Not a nurse but I'm a housekeeper and I'm starting to get burnout of it. Management here is understanding and reasonable. Pay, benefits, and schedule in current job are better than the last two. Don't have to with patients or visitors. I like it but I'm getting tired of the position. Plus working at a hospital was just to help me get by during COVID after college. Want to write as I've wrote some stories (short plays) during my earlier years. Gonna look into places that align closely to my goals.
Left nursing permanently, NICU. Went back to school to get my business degree in organizational management, with a Christian emphasis.
Totally RETIRED NOW, PTL
I am also taking Sign Language Classes to become a translator ❤
That is what I want to do too.😊
Hey if you have any questions I am an interpreter for the Deaf as well as an RN. Best of luck to you in ASL it is one special field and amazing work. Love my job, where the rubber meets the road is fluctuating schedules and money.
I left for many years. I built an e-bay empire. I did a lot of fun jobs like teaching bellydance and became a massage therapist. I eventually returned to nursing. I left because I wanted to be a full time mom.
That’s amazing! Are you full time nursing now?
@KendraRN YES!!! I Have been back nursing full time for many years. I cannot believe you talked to me! I am such a fan!
Opened up my own business as Certified Holistic Life Coach/Motivational Speaker in all area but specializing in mental health and mental illness, as a suicide survivor. It has been hard but after 18 years of nursing, it was time to fully leave and educate intentionally on all the areas of life that no one wants to speak about. Trauma & PTSD (in nursing forreal).
How did you become certified? ❤️
@@beebolton I went through a certified program online.
I left nursing completely to pursue hypnotherapy specializing in past life regression work. ❤️
Oooohhh wow! I’m so interested in that. I learned a lot reading Dr. Brian Weis’ books.
@@KendraRN Girl… same! Dr. Brian Weiss, Dolores Cannon, and Michael Newton are the authors who inspired me the most. I ended up experiencing my own sessions and was so blown away that I decided I had to become a practitioner myself. I do all of my sessions virtually over zoom so I can work from home and work with clients from all over the world.❤️🙌
Amazing...so many ppl need this type of healing and incite; myself included!
@@BrittanyAurelie Michael Newton 📚 Journey of Souls
NOW THIS IS SOOOO INTERESTING ❤ all of Healthcare needs this service..patients too darn it!!
One good thing about the nursing field is you will always have a job. Thats it. Go find a job someplace else. You get fired and go back and get abused at the nursing field until you find another job.
But to answer your question once you find another job that stomachache that use to hurt will no longer hurt. This is a horrible field. You will be work with a bunch of nurses with narcist personality disorder. I was gaslight and screamed at throughout my whole career as a cna.
Didn’t even start nursing school but I’m a CNA and I listen to nurses complain about their job and pay all the time. I’m thinking of becoming a dietician or getting into healthcare administration.
Down to PT hours going to go PRN in June . Currently working as triage in a clinic after 24+ years in nursing. Going to start chasing my goal of becoming an entrepreneur! The stress mentally, physically, the lack of administration giving a shit about their staff, total disrespect from patients, families, administrators and the public, I’m out
I stopped working September 2022 to pursue daytrading full time. I enjoy it but miss the solid, guaranteed paychecks.
I don’t know much about it but I had a few people tell me it’s what they’re doing.
@@KendraRN Yes!! I've been studying for over 5 years. It's a journey but its worrth it. Better than being on that floor.
I day trade too. Left nursing after 10 yrs. Day trading can be very lucrative if you manage your risk well.
A nursing instructor! Best job ever
It’s very under rated.
yeah right...a broke nursing insrtuctor!!!
@@KendraRN true but if it’s a passion money won’t matter
@@kamonmack9262 I make more now than a floor nurse with 2 jobs so😅 I got a good deal and work all year long…
@@jonahbeltran979 I believe you...its just that when I was in nursing school my instructors told me way different but I guess it depends on what u teach...there's levels to it
I want to be an entrepreneur or investor im using travel nursing money to fast track me there so i can ultimately quit, what frustrates me the most is the patient is always right and they want 7 star/michellin star service (lol) the tv is broken the nurse has to fix it, they clog the toilet with tissue paper the nurse scoops them out why? CAUSE EVS WONT DO IT even if its their job the PHLEBOTOMIST CANT GET BLOOD NURSE SIGNS PAPER BECAUSE ULTIMATELY ITS THE NURSES FAULT VERY FRUSTRATING AND VERY WRONG THERE IS NO DIET ORDERS NURSES FAULT WHY? Because we have to freakin tell the doctors to do their job? VERY DEGRADING AND FRUSTRATING SORRY TO SAY I AM ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING 🎉
The responsibilities are overwhelming. Thank you for bringing up the fact that we are also maintenance too 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Sooo true
I have several clogged toilets working Nights . & I now I wanna switch to a clinic Job instead . Less pay but less stressful also
I really want to be an elementary school teacher but I’m afraid it’s the same BS and less pay.
I''m a school nurse - on the same pay scale as the teachers, so...yes - around here, the starting pay for teachers is `~$48,000. Same benefits, A PENSION, same paid time off. When I started school nursing 14 years ago, I was brought in at $38,650 and have now clawed my way up to $53,400 LOL. But for me, the work/family balance is perfect. One week paid off over Thanksgiving, 2 weeks paid leave over Christmas, 1 week paid leave for Spring Break AND 2 months paid off during the summer. Plus all the random federal holidays, too. AND snow days. Total days worked in a year: 186. If you have young kids, school nursing doesn't pay tons, but not having to find daycare for snow days, breaks and summer is an amazing money saver, plus you get to be with them when they are little - they grow too fast!. My youngest came to school with me everyday for elementary school and I am forever grateful we had that time together.
@@lunar_eclipse_1913 Great idea! I actually used to be a school nurse as well when my oldest was in pre-k. the pay was atrocious at $12/hr but I got free pre-k and like you said, the schedule was perfect and time with my kiddo was priceless.
@@seasonalliving2881 You won't believ this, but lice isn't even a thing anymore. I mean, yes, kids still get lice, but its no longer considered a reportable disease or a thing you exclude kids for. Seriously. I thought all the teachers would quit when that change happened, but like head lice, they stayed. LOL
I just got my bachelor's in nursing. It was luckily paid for by the military, but I have acquired a disability since. I work in the medical field for the military (National Guard) and I HATE it. Currently trying to find my first nursing job that wont be hard on me physically, but it's near impossible to get a remote position.. havent even gotten my first real nursing job and I already want to quit and find something new...
I became an accountant after I left healthcare. It doesn’t pay as well but I found out that working with numbers is far less stressful. I’d say it has been worth it so far.
I give most nurses props. Even my surgeon always said he would be lost without them bc they do so much. I do think people should be a nurse if they hate people. Bc patients see nurses on their worst days. I'm always nice caring bring them gifts to all my amazing nurses who have my back with all my autoimmune diseases. So many of them are incredible and just love and respect nurses. But I know many people who left nursing especially hospital and nursing home bc they were just getting abused mentally and physically. It's a draining job.
We appreciate the kindness. We’re not perfect and most of us are here because we genuinely care for people.
I truly wish i could do something else after 30 years. Im depressed and anxious from LTC. Im afraid i wont be able to pay my bills
The drama honestly understaffed , and now iam just home now haven't figured that out yet :/
The physical toll on our bodies.
After three of my children became dependent on me one paralyzed from the neck down, from Not bc of gangs but of jealousy. The second paralyzed from the waist down due to random stray bullet, and my daughter was told there was nothing wrong with her went home had a stroke, rushed to the hospital had cancer in the brain along with 4 brain surgeries. I felt bc the staff was already head over heels and pulling double shifts were understaffed. The burnout is real regarding awesome nurses. My kids were treated like shit. I brought my kids home. I take care of them myself. Praise all the nurses really about their jobs instead of a paycheck. The bottom line is that your really not getting paid what your really worth. It’s all about a check with the government. I just pray that God sees your awesome deeds and work. The bournout is real. Even as a caregiver. Crying blessings to all of you. The ones know that they gave it there all. And wasn’t in it for a paycheck bc you cared. Y’all should get paid more than your pay grade. The nurses are keeping out families wanting to keep living not the government. We need to protest it’s crazy. Blessings to all the nurses and caregiver. Jesus has built your make up to handle the quest, but HE didn’t condone the stressful situation, no good pay, the government are taking the awesome nurses away from the profession. I believe anyone in the caregiver and nursing should take a year off with GOD blessing to recoup and find the love again.
I know nurses who left nursing to do IT
Yes, one of my friends did the same.
Same here
@@KendraRN how do they like it?
@@KendraRNI would like to know if your friends like it and still at it
I retired from the profession because I was on medical leave since 2021 January then I decided after 21 years it's time, I am 63 years old
I started a trucking company with my husband and a staffing agency for laborers, nannies, health care, and housekeepers. I also sell African beads for the waist and wrist, slippers, mesh washcloths, beads, and more.
Oh wow! Do you have a a website?
I’m An agency nurse what is the name of ur agency?
I left Nursing and to construction design
Oh wow! How’s it going?
Very interesting!
From Perth, Western Australia. I am thinking of doing the same.
Been a nurse for 20 years and I really wanna leave. Every place I've worked in is so, so toxic. Workplace bullies get away with everything because management won't get rid of them (because of the manpower crunch).
I really wanna leave but I'm scared. I'm going to sign up for a canine physiotherapy course (animals are my passion). I hope that leads me somewhere but I'm scared because I have to pay rent and then I have to pay mortgage soon.
Your skin is beautiful.......
Thank you so much!
Please feel free to share your skin care and some makeup routine with us when you are free. Thanks in advance!!
@@KendraRNYeah, you have such a beautiful complexion and a beautiful skin. 😍
@@KendraRN also that pink shirt and the natural make up. Wow l, just amazing.
New chapter, new possibilities - go conquer those career horizons!
I wrote my thesis on this and interviewed people who have left the profession . You may find it interesting
Where can I read it?
Well, I one day sat in regret of being a nurse and wished I was a doctor, took me a while to know you can't get the good benefits out of Nursing if you don't love it.
Moreover, leaving nursing is potentially a less flexible life, except you have a good business in mind. I have also accepted that I actually do like caring for people, just hated the politics and some parts of bedside. In reality, it's tough leaving nursing except maybe tech or personal business.
I'd advise people to look within themselves and see what they're happy about, this would help you make a good self decision. And yeah, non bedside roles aren't much different from other jobs outside nursing. Management in Healthcare would be easier to get into than managing tech companies.
I'm doing nothing...I'm lost😪
Same!
I commend many for having the courage to do so. I am in the South, the stereotypical culture is so draining keeping me stuck,I am totally at a lost
Also same! Lol!
I have been a bedside nurse for 10 years and I am tired!!! I recently got my masters degree in nursing to teach and will start next month. I’m looking for a side hustle right now and can’t think of anything at the moment. I’m interested in ideas as well!
@@africanigbolove clinical instruction isn’t bad at all. I found that the community colleges paid better.
I burnout in engineering and became a home health aide for 2 years took me that long to recover my mental health and have courage to do sthg new...came to nursing school...realized hospital work would burn me out again even worse...so Im just plannong on skipping bedside to go into home health nurse residency....less pay sure but my sanity has no price. Also works bc im not the sole provider. We r two.
Omg you went from an engineer to a home health aide. I know the pay cut was insane to you.
I left being a nurse and now I'm doing food and grocery deliveries on my own schedule (self employed) and also trying to grow an online store...which is difficult for a latin, low income woman.
I am tired of nursing but what else can I do 😢
I'm going through that now! Idk what else to do with my life 😔
There are so many options out there. Start doing your research.
@@queentinadoire6931 lol,cnt go yo school anymore,hate school🤣
Building my empire with insurances since last year, loving it,no stress, working part time nursing.
A good rule of thumb that I just learned about is rather than following your passion, follow your energy. Meaning, pursue things that give you positive energy, rather than things that drain your energy and leave you empty.
Patients treat us like we don't have emotions,make jock on us,man try to flirt us , ledies is also don't respect us..... this job give me anxiety now i will leave this job in end of this year so I can live life,,,,bcz i deserve Respect and peace in my life
I agree, great point!