You're not giving up.
You're pivoting.

You entered the medical field to make a difference. That desire remains — but the chronic understaffing, forced double shifts, and widespread burnout are forcing you to reconsider your future.

The skills you've built as a nurse — coordinating care between doctors, pharmacists, labs, and admin, managing multiple patients simultaneously, making high-stakes decisions under pressure — those were the precise capabilities that command $90K–$150K+ income in Project Management. You've been doing it in scrubs without the title or the pay that comes with it.