Re: What I Love About Nursing Is.... Originally Posted by dsidney 
wOW! You guys really hit home with this one! I am pursuing a nursing career also.... looking at some of the other negative posts on the site, I had almost forgot why I wanted to be one! You guys brought me back...All of positive things that you guys mentioned is what I felt in my heart all the time its just that when you hear too much negativity about nursing it was starting to make me wonder and question the field. But I feel that God is calling me to take care of the sick and I have alway loved serving people.
and Help Restoring them if I can.
I agree with you dsigney! There is a lot of negativity on the nursing forums...and I have an opinion as to why. There are a trememdous amount of things in nursing that the nurse gets no choice about. For example:
**no choice (or very, very little choice) in which patients the nurse gets that day (daily "assignment")
**no choice in the timing of patients (it seems as soon as one discharges they're on the phone calling report on the next one)
**even though the acuity of patients can change at any time, there's no adjustment made in the number of patients the nurse has to take (in other words ratios rule, not acuity)
**administration doesn't care about what the nurses have to say
**requests of administration for change fall on deaf ears
These are just a few areas that the nurse has "no choice" in. There are tons more. When "choice" is taken away from you, you are likely to feel like a victim. You may become negative, anxiety ridden and depressed. Talk about stress!
I am an advocate for nurses. I care about my fellow nurses. I think we have a tremendous power source that we haven't tapped into. Personally, I've tapped into this power source in my own nursing career. The results are amazing.
Asking for what you want is very empowering. I blog about this. It's listed under my profile.
God bless!
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