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There are a lot of new grads and nursing school students on this forum as well as seasoned nurses looking for a change. While there are many threads about hating nursing and leaving the career, there are fewer motivational threads for those of us looking for happy endings. So if you are a new nurse, an old nurse, or anywhere in between, and you are happy with your job, why not post a little bit about what you do, why you like it, and how you ended up there!

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I love doing OB! My facility drives me up a wall some days but overall I love the quick turnover of patients because it feels like I'm doing something different every day. I get to spend a lot of time with my patients and I usually hit the door at 7p on the dot. I've been at the same small community hospital since I graduated two years ago. My boss is nice and our main OB/gyn is the best in town. :)

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I'm a student nurse extern in OB right now and I'm truly loving all the information I'm soaking up as well as helping with patient education etc...

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Newer nurse (6 months) on ICU stepdown here. I don't love my job every second I am doing it, but I love what I do, I love that I am the kind of person who can do it. Its hard, I have cried, its awesome and I have died laughing. Some days I do great, other days I struggle and every day I learn.

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I'm a new grad, started working in March and I LOVE my job! I really wanted to work in OB so when I accepted a job in med/surg I didnt know how to feel, but I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm super happy. I'm so lucky that I work with an awesome group of people who are incredibly welcoming and helpful! I have fun and learn so much every day :) Plus, I'm only 22 so I figure I have plenty of time for OB later, right now I'm just enjoying the ride :nurse:

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.

I love my job!

Just finishing a New Grad Residency on a Med Surg floor. Floated to a different floor the other day and another RN had a patient start to crump. It's not a med surg floor so they don't have that happen very often, no one even has IV access. The other nurses there sorta looked to me for what to do. Felt pretty good that I could help them out.

The experienced nurses on my floor feel comfortable working with me, regularly asking my opinion on things. I recently helped a new charge RN and floor RN out on what to do when a patient on comfort care passed away.

Took a couple classes this summer toward my BSN. Submitted my fee and book statements to HR and they cut me a check the next pay period.

The RNs in my cohort get along great. We have stuck together and help each other - and the newer RNs - out as much as we can. The floor is very challenging and we really bonded well in almost every case. Partly out of fear, partly out of necessity and in many cases we are solid "work friends" and like each other.

Between a contract across-the-board raise and a union step raise, my base pay will increase 8% this year. My first full year I will make around $70k.

The work is damn hard, often frustrating, and very rewarding. A few things bug me (whining burnout cases, young freakout artists) but overall I do love my job.

Thanks!

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I'm another one who loves my job. For me, I believe it's more the facility I work in and my coworkers. They make the bad days more tolerable :)

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Specializes in CCU MICU Rapid Response.

I love my job! Rapid response... I get calls for everything. I love to teach and help. Started prn while in medical icu, and a position opened up for full time. I never know what I'm going to see! :) Ivanna

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I am in the float pool for med/surg and tele. I love my job because I float all over. One day I'm doing GYN surgery, another day I'm taking care of chest pain. I have found that when I work in one area too long (too long even being a couple of weeks) I get rusty on other areas! This keeps me on my toes, although I will say I miss the comraderie of knowing my coworkers well.

I ended up here by being rejected by the NICU (what I thought was my dream) as well as every other floor I thought I wanted to work on. I ended up on tele, then a fast paced admit/discharge unit. That was all in Kentucky, and now my med/surg and tele experience has taken me on a travel assignment in beautiful Florida, where I can soak up the sun in an employer paid apartment while making double the base pay I did as a staff nurse.

So... even if you have to do yucky ol med surg like I thought, rest assured there is lots to be gained in return!

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