Im a nurse and most nurses seem to agree 2 years is the mark when you become proficient.
I passed the nclex but there are so many things you only learn by doing and living it, not reading it on a book or on a lecture by a nurse who stopped working with patients 20 years ago.
This sucks because until then your coworkers are not going to fully trust you and, in my case, they want me to do things their way, because otherwise it’s wrong. Add 6 nurses to the mix that feel entitled to this and you’ll understand why Im burning out: every one of them feels entitled to correct me, but the way one works contradicts how the next one does.
I wonder if this is a rite of passage across industries and workplaces and if in some industries it takes way less than 2 years to be proficient.
If this is how life is, how do I survive till year 2?
I know people who quit medical jobs, like nurse in a big hospital, to do another job that’s equally shitty. Quitting by itself makes sense, as most of them won’t be promoted to a manager, statistically speaking.
I think, what they really should consider is to find a better hospital (instead of becoming a massager or a cashier).
Maybe smaller hospitals have less stress. The way I change my job is to contact friends and gather information about their workplaces.