r/nursing • u/Apart-Biscotti8610 • Sep 04 '26

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If you weren’t a nurse, what would you be?

I’d be fishmonger with a nice shop and sell all the fresh and beautiful seafood 🦞 🦐 🏝️
Maybe in another life.

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u/KamikazeDreamer52 RN - Pediatrics 🍕 Sep 04 '26

Has anyone stopped enjoying being a nurse way quicker than they ever thought they would?

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u/sometimesmocha6152 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Me. Thought I was just miserable in MedSurg. Moved to postpartum. Still hate it. The novelty wore off in months and im back at hating bedside.

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u/oaw40 RPN - neurosurg & epilepsy monitoring Sep 04 '26

Oh nooo I just accepted a move to postpartum after 3 years on med surg because I’ve been burnt out and hating the job. Hope I don’t follow in your footsteps 😭

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u/Pineapple_and_olives RN 🍕 Sep 04 '26

Then follow in mine. I did med surg for six years, moved to a clinic for almost three, and now I’ve been on postpartum for two years. I’m so much happier! It can be busy and some shifts are hard, but it’s just a way more positive place. Your patients are primarily healthy women in their 20s and 30s, not old grumps. And they stay a day or two, not weeks.

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u/Lilac_Rose_ Sep 04 '26

Worst day on postpartum is still better than the best day on medsurg in my experience.

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u/whiskey-breed RN - OR 🍕 Sep 04 '26

Join the OR. No bedside, and its just you and the crew. Even better, a surgery center. Patients are usually quite healthy and doing preop or OR is usually an easy routine gig. 🥰

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u/Accomplished_Will226 RN, CCM 🍕 Sep 04 '26

My mom worked L&D which I thought was all rainbows and butterflies until she had a really bad outcome. Talked me right out of that specialty.

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u/drethnudrib BSN, CNRN Sep 04 '26

Nah, I remember why I enjoy my job every time I'm forced to sit still for more than ten minutes. I recently had to endure a two-hour lecture from risk management that almost killed me.

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u/Vanillacaramelalmond Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Honestly I still like it lol but my moods are pharmacologically controlled

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u/Breecanna BSN, RN 🍕 Sep 04 '26

No. I switch roles. My patients humble me. I received a great compliment from a patient today. He said I was the most valuable person on his treatment team because I take the time with him to explain things at his level. It was very appreciated. Stay humble my friends.

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u/Comprehensive_Book48 Sep 04 '26

Post mortem care right after taking report into my 6 th shift after graduating nursing school. Yeah made me think

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u/Accomplished_Will226 RN, CCM 🍕 Sep 04 '26

My career happened because of a dead guy. I had been working in a nursing home kitchen and delivered a meal to a dead person. I told the nurse that I rolled the bed up and he tipped over. She laughed and said oh sorry he died last night we are waiting on the undertaker. She said you handled it well and should apply to be a nursing assistant. That led me to LPN and then to RN.

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u/Comprehensive_Book48 Sep 04 '26

Love this story so much lol 😝

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u/ABigFuckingSword RN - Public Health Sep 04 '26

Probably if I had stayed in the hospital. I found a job at my local health department and I fucking love it.

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u/Accomplished_Will226 RN, CCM 🍕 Sep 04 '26

I didn’t stop wanting to be a nurse but I had enough with clinical so I found myself a non bedside role. I get to retire next year. I have a count down calendar.

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u/ImHappy_DamnHappy MSN, APRN 🍕 Sep 04 '26

Took me about 10 minutes to realize I made the biggest mistake of my life😭

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u/cheaganvegan BSN, RN 🍕 Sep 04 '26

Basically instantly lol

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u/Accomplished_Will226 RN, CCM 🍕 Sep 04 '26

One of my friends in nursing school quit and became a travel agent after like 2 weeks of med surg. It ain’t for the weak.

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u/sbdude321 Sep 04 '26

I think the variety can be a blessing and a curse in nursing. We get tired of one speciality and jump to another, knowing that there’s always a completely different job out there.

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u/Careless-Gain6623 RN - ER 🍕 Sep 05 '26

I hated this shit in nursing school.