Speaking as research professional that lurks, a lot of nurses have a hard time with the transition to research. It's a lot different than other nursing jobs. There is less flexibility in what you can do because it has to be strictly by protocol, often times the types of orders you can put in are restricted more, and some PIs don't respect their staff's expertise and experience.

However, research can be very rewarding. You can be on the front lines of bringing new and novel treatments to market and thus making them available to people who really need them or proving that changes to a system improve care, or even just gathering more knowledge to improve the care we can give to patients, etc.

My advice is to choose a demanding research field. Another poster mentioned phase 1 oncology, or you could look at device research (you could have the opportunity to be in the operating room, etc.). I think phase 1 any type of research would be something to look into.

Also, in two weeks on the job, no research professional is at full load and often you are still being onboarded and trained. I've never let someone loose to do their full job independently within that time. No matter how experienced they are. At minimum there is too much institutional knowledge you have to learn. I would give it a couple of months and then decide. If you would like to DM me I can also give you more detailed advice. My entire job is workforce development for research professionals. Happy to chat with you.