Any nurses that don't regret becoming a nurse?

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I have been reading a lot of negative discussions about the nursing field and I must admit, I've considered changing my career path. Problem is, I can't see myself doing anything else. Please tell me that there are nurses out there that like their job!

Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

I don't regret becoming a nurse at all. I don't regret that I was an LPN for 11 years before becoming an RN either. I have grown and seen a lot of things. I've learned more about myself, and I have many people who trust me and trust in me. It's a good feeling. I love what I do.

Specializes in Gerontology RN-BC and FNP MSN student.

I feel nursing is a calling for me. I started as a candy striper feeding patients in the burn unit when I was in seventh grade. I graduated nursing school when I was nineteen, that was twenty years ago. I still love it and would not do anything else. I am a nurse at heart with hands and feet for the Lord.

Specializes in "Wound care - geriatric care.
Sometimes people are unhappy with their employment situation so much that they stop loving nursing.

I nearly quit nursing due to the stress, insane demands and lack of breaks at my former job.

Now I work for a good company with fair staffing ratios, friendly employees and adequate supplies.

I love being a nurse again.

Yes. Everyplace has it's own spirits and until you find the place that fits you never feel like you fit in, so you think is nursing but is not. When you find your place the world changes and the ugly face on the wall now looks like beauty, that hallway that used to look spooky looks nice...remember that song...when you're strange the world is strange, nobody knows your name, when your're strange...

Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

I have NEVER regretted becoming a nurse. I HAVE cried and screamed and cussed after a very rough shift...but NEVER EVER regretted being a nurse!!! :nurse: til my last breath :dead:

Specializes in Med-surge, hospice, LTC, tele, rehab.

I don't hate being a nurse, I just hate the hospital I work at. It is a rare day if the nurses ever get breaks. We are pulled from our home units 2 or 3 days a week and never have any continuity of care for our patients. The way they pull nurses isn't fair and they never rotate it and I even have seniority on my unit. And they always pull you to the unit you like the least of course. I may as well be in the float pool.

The units are constantly short staffed and even then, they will send a nurse or a CNA home in the middle of a shift and dump even more patients on you when you are already stretched thin. The management where I work really does suck and couldn't care less about the employees. No one has our backs at all. Employee satisfaction/retention is at the bottom of the barrel of priorities at my facility. Saving a penny is the priority, even when it puts patient safety at risk. It has made me lose all respect for my place of employment and the management.

I constantly feel that I can't even take care of my patients right because of the way things are there. If we tell them we need more help on the floor because we are all drowning, we are told, "too bad, there isn't anyone." Management won't lift a finger to help you on the floor. It feels unsafe at times. I have to leave things for the next shift and I have never done that before. It makes me feel like I am a terrible nurse. I'm very frustrated with my job and want to go elsewhere.

I feel proud to say I never regretted the day I pursued Nursing as my profession. I thought it was my responsibility to graduate and practice but little did I know it will change me and the people around me. There are almost a huge percent of chances in the verge of breaking down especially when I'm in my younger years. People are right this place is one where you can vent out, and for that you can start all over again the next day. Nursing is also a calling I guess the reason why I continue to work even when your ready to give up.

I have this love/hate relationship with nursing. Some days are great and some are awful. If you really want to be a nurse, then go ahead. It is HARD work on even the best days. It's tough out there for new grads, older nurses, and just about everyone in between. One thing that I wasn't prepared for when I became a nurse was the elitism and constant competition with other nurses. I don't mean just competition for jobs, but assignments, desirable shifts, opportunities, etc. Nurses are constantly trying to one-up each other. It's a lot like high school.

I am so happy that i made the career change from being a chef to become a registered nurse. I have loved every minute of it even when it is frustrating and I'm rushed off my feet wondering how I'm going to get everything done for my shift. I have worked in vascular surgical, general medicine and last week changed direction and am now in the neonatal unit. I am so scared that my best is not going to be good enough and that I'm not going to remember all I need to learn-and I still love nursing. The diversity and challenges are beyond anything I have ever known in any other walk of life.

Specializes in Emergency.
There are days I HATE my job...

But seven years later, damn it, I still LOVE my career!

THIS! Overall, after 5 years in the ER, I still sometimes can't believe they actually pay me to do this stuff.

I love being a nurse. However, there are good days and bad days. For me, the good outweighs the bad. For others the bad outweighs the good. People come to nursing for various reasons. I do think it takes a special person to stay in nursing despite the ups and downs of the field.

Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.

I like my career, but hate my job (most of the time). True bedside nursing, med/surg/telemetry, has lost its appeal. It is much more difficult than any ICU. I can say this because I have worked the Nine Circles of ICU, and none of them compare to what I go through now.

The nursing world has changed. If I can not land an easy ER or ICU job somewhere, then I am going to go insane.

This said, I do not regret my career, just the decisions that I made along the way.

Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

I also love being a nurse. Been in bad jobs and great jobs. Right now I love where I am. Nursing is rewarding and I love that I know so much about the human body. I have saved lives. I wish I had done it way sooner.

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