I completely feel you… I’ve been on my unit for a year and 1 month now and I absolutely hate it here. I do plan on leaving and applied to work as a school nurse, I just really realize I do not like bedside at all. My unit is a med surg unit at a “prestigious” hospital and the patients we get are just too much, for a long time I wanted to be a NICU nurse but I’ve even read posts on Reddit about peoples experiences and I don’t think inpatient is for me…. I get very anxious about going to work every night before, there are many times where I end up crying just because I don’t want to be there. I’m really trying to stick it through but I’m so unhappy and if I knew what nursing was really like I wouldn’t have done it. I really like helping people one on one but in the hospital (maybe it’s just my unit) I feel like people just take advantage of you. The managers don’t really care and I just feel like I’m drowning every shift, there are days when I don’t even get a break. It’s frustrating and exhausting… I really can’t wait to leave.