[jamistlc]

Simply stated absolutately not. that is absourb! I am a LPN and find some who do not respect the education base of my position , I blow them off as ignorant! i went to school graduated in the top ten of my class and have a GPA over 3.0, Only 1/3 of the original members of my graduateing class completed the program and I do not know how many passed the boards, but I do know I did and These are accomplishments that some try to duplicate and many are unsuccessful! Why would I be ashamed?

Peace,
Jami

[jamistlc]

Originally posted by Roberto:
<STRONG>I feel no pride in being a nurse. I look at it as a job and nothing more. When I leave to go home I leave my job behind me and do the things I like to do. I know I'm in a minority when I say this. I feel no shame in being a nurse but I don't feel as if I'm really making a difference. Yes I have saved peoples lives on some occassions but to me that is part of the job. Don't feel bad for me because I don't.</STRONG>

OMG Roberto get a life and some self-esteem! Man you sound like you are on the frindge of burning out! Just think of those who lives are better for knowing you as their nurse and the ones you saved they counted on you and you came through for them! It is more than a job it is a calling! Heck, if it was just a job and a check I was after, there many other jobs and much easier ways to make a living.

Peace my brother, get a grip,
Jami

[Hum'nbird]

Am I proud to be a nurse? I will shout it from the highest mountain......."I AM SO PROUD AND SO FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A NURSE." I also say the beauty of a nurse is reflected in her/his soul. It is the caring that he/she lovingly gives, the passion that he/she shows. The beauty of a nurse with passing years - only grows! Did I always want to be a nurse since I was a little girl? No. My calling came at the tender age of 30 AFTER I had been an executive secretary, bank teller and saleswoman for many years. I will always hold my head high with pride when anyone asks me what I do, I don't care how much money I make or what area of nursing I do. The only thing I feel shame for is how the silk hats (the administrators)use nurses as cheap labor and regard us as the bottom of the food chain. I don't think Joe public sees us that way though. But then again, I am the type of person who would be proud of whatever I did, because "I" chose to be the person "I" am. If I hold myself in the highest regard, so others will see me that way also.

[Mary Edwards-Bailey]

No I would not recommend nursing as a career for the grief the workload the verbal abuse from Dr's supervisors.....no I would not !
I am not ashambed to be a RN however,I am away from clinical nursing I have a wornderful life away from hsopitals, more pay and much more flexiablity

[AnaJane]

Can't help but think about the last time I walked down the hall on one floor I was working...and suddenly felt a sense of being "diminished". The respect that one used to get for being an RN is just not there anymore. The hospital politico's / CEO's, the evidence is there that they simply consider us "task-workers" whom they can blow off. e.g. Nyack, now the nurses at Brockton hosp. in Boston area. Very few people really understand how much we know and how important we are in saving the lives of those in our care. Ignore me. I've been struggling with a decision to leave nursing for good. It's a hard decision because I've always loved being a nurse and always been proud of it before. Now I'm just weary of it all. aka Scarpetta

[martie_k]

There is no shame in nursing. The shame lies with the first fool that turned a humanity service into a profit making business. It's the "just business'" attitude that has ruined nursing. People will always need us. The cold hearted, political, puffed-up greedy fools at the top leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

Wish I were a teacher, better hours,weekends and summers off. Better pay, better retirement.

[Huganurse]

Very proud to be a nurse.

[bellap]

Wow! I just graduated last May and have been working as a nurse for 6 months now. I have read all of the above concerns and I can see how some of us feel the way we do. Where I work doctors try to embarass you by making you think that you are questioning their judgement, when after all, I found it not always up to par. They can also be rude! I find putting them in their place and showing respect helps in this matter. I also agree with the fact that nursing eats their young. I can't believe the things that I hear and see nurses do to each other. When I go home at the end of the shift there are days that I feel good about what I have accomplished and then there are other days when people expect too much from you and don't appreciate anything. I feel that I go out of my way to be a nurse and give the extra TLC when I can. But at times all people do is complain about what you didn't do!!! I have also wanted to be a nurse for a long time but put it off until my late 30's early 40's. I am now 45 and after what I have seen and heard and dealth with in the profession so far, I don't regret it one bit. I can honestly say that it was worth it!

Bellap

[capgirl]

I love what I do, and fortunately, I think I am an effective nurse, despite all the struggle that goes on with staffing,etc. I also think that due to the shortage, the public looks at those of us that are in the trenches everyday with more respect. But the bottom line is that I respect myself, and what I do.