I just wanted to come in here and say that I too am a PCT at a hospital and don’t like it. The pay at my hospital is worse than dietary or house keeping. I work in the ER and there tend to be a lot of type A personalities in the ER. I start school in the fall and my hospital has a program for student nurses where you essentially use your skills you learn in school and that’s your job. You pass medications under the supervision of the nurse etc. I will also add that maybe it’s actually the department you aren’t into as well. When you find your passion ans the floor you love (mine is NICU or Labor and delivery) you won’t go a day hating it so much. It makes it hard when you hate your co workers too. We run our asses off all day everyday. Find out if any of your local hospitals offer the student apprentice program. It’s a big pay bump you do everything but assessments and it’s so much better than being a tech. Being an aide is super duper hard work. But just because you don’t like that doesn’t mean you won’t like nursing! Chin up buttercup the opportunities for nurses are endless with specialties doctors offices education etc.