Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

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I'm a student and have been reading up on some of these forums and many, many nurses would leave their jobs if they didn't need the money. Everyone continually talks about how stressful their jobs are based on scheduling, continuing education, pay scales, nurse/patient ratio...etc. I was wondering..why do nurses even bother with work? Why don't they switch professions into something less demanding and as good of pay? What makes you get up in the morning (or evening or night!) to go to work?

Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.

[color=#483d8b]"i know we will not agree on this issue, that's ok. i know i feel in my heart that you will not understand until you've "done your time". i know you think you already do understand, that's fine too."

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i have "done my time" - 30 years of it, in many areas. i do understand. and i still agree with ejm.

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[color=#483d8b] i don't think it's always a matter of them allowing their circumstances to control them. nurses have a tough fight when it comes to issues like staffing and pt. care. circumstances are often beyond our control. that is reality.

every sane person has the power to choose how to respond to circumstances.

yes there will be hardships and struggles in all walks of life, but how one chooses to respond to them allows them to either rise above, or fall under its power.

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[color=#483d8b]"i know we will not agree on this issue, that's ok. i know i feel in my heart that you will not understand until you've "done your time". i know you think you already do understand, that's fine too."

i have "done my time" - 30 years of it, in many areas. i do understand. and i still agree with ejm.

:kiss

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i have "done my time" - 30 years of it, in many areas. i do understand. and i still agree with ejm.

and i am sincerely happy that you are not one of those that are hurting, one that has been burned by our profession. thankfully, right? i have not either. but i am here to support those that have. yes, support. not tell them how they could have done better. i've certainly made my share of mistakes and learned from them.

i'm hoping that any nurse that feels bitter or worn down will reach out to someone and get the help/support that they need. when you already feel like that, already cross that line, it's hard, really hard. kind of like telling a depressed person to "snap out of it".

so, the next time one of our own posts here about wanting to leave nursing, feeling burned out, feeling bitter, you go ahead tell her to "think positive" and how she allowed her circumstances to control her. that seems kind of like blame to me. meanwhile i will give support and understanding. that's my opionion and i know you and ejm don't feel that way. everyone's entitled to their own and i respect that.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.

kind of like telling a depressed person to "snap out of it".

"so, the next time one of our own posts here about wanting to leave nursing, feeling burned out, feeling bitter, you go ahead tell her to "think positive" and how she allowed her circumstances to control her. that seems kind of like blame to me. meanwhile i will give support and understanding."

i would never tell a depressed person to "snap out of it". and i would never tell someone suffering from burnout that it was their own fault. i, too, would give support and understanding. so please do not place blame on me. i stand by my belief that each of us has control over how they react to a situation and how much they let it affect them. sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's very, very hard.

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but i am here to support those that have. yes, support. not tell them how they could have done better. i've certainly made my share of mistakes and learned from them.

i'm hoping that any nurse that feels bitter or worn down will reach out to someone and get the help/support that they need.

so, the next time one of our own posts here about wanting to leave nursing, feeling burned out, feeling bitter, you go ahead tell her to "think positive" and how she allowed her circumstances to control her. that seems kind of like blame to me. meanwhile i will give support and understanding. that's my opionion and i know you and ejm don't feel that way. everyone's entitled to their own and i respect that.

do i sense someone choosing to get angry? :D had to ask. :)

offering support is a good thing as long as you don't support their self pity. if a person is stuck, it is sometimes better to show them which branch to hold on to, and which branch is too weak to help them. coddling them can sometimes be a great disservice. if someone tells me how it is, i can choose to take that and grow. if someone coddles me i won't grow.

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do i sense someone choosing to get angry? :D had to ask. :)

offering support is a good thing as long as you don't support their self pity. if a person is stuck, it is sometimes better to show them which branch to hold on to, and which branch is too weak to help them. coddling them can sometimes be a great disservice. if someone tells me how it is, i can choose to take that and grow. if someone coddles me i won't grow.

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now here, i agree with every single word you said:clown: . well, except the first part, i reall wasn't angry. believe me, got enough stuff irl to get angry about:rotfl: ,not here:d . i think that if you and i were actually sitting down talking and not typing, we'd probably both be on the same page.

[color=#483d8b]it's just too darn hard sometimes to interpret and convey meaning in posts.:typing

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now here, i agree with every single word you said:clown: . well, except the first part, i reall wasn't angry. believe me, got enough stuff irl to get angry about:rotfl: ,not here:d . i think that if you and i were actually sitting down talking and not typing, we'd probably both be on the same page.

[color=#483d8b]it's just too darn hard sometimes to interpret and convey meaning in posts.:typing

cool. oh, and i agree. sometimes i find it quite the challenge to convey meaning and interpret other's meaning on the other side of the screen. :)

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These replies are great... :cool:

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Specializes in Trauma,ER,CCU/OHU/Nsg Ed/Nsg Research.
Currently, cardiac. We can have as many as 7-8- depending on staffing. We have at least 2 patients going to CVL- which means sheath pulls, ekg's, post op v/s etc... At least 2 patients go home, which means admissions. Some days it's hard to get it all done. I usually leave feeling exhausted and think I forgot something. Oh, usually titrating cardizem, dopamine, levophed, nitro etc...

OMG!!! :nono: No way would I work on this unit- how in the world do you do it??? Anywhere else, these would be ICU level patients, with a 2:1 ratio.

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Specializes in ER/ ICU.

Yea, It sucks. the pt load is unbearable. When I punch out, before I drive 1 1/2 hours home, I take a deep breath and thank God noone died today.

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Yea, It sucks. the pt load is unbearable. When I punch out, before I drive 1 1/2 hours home, I take a deep breath and thank God noone died today.

Afloyd,

Sounds like an enjoyable commute to me! I am about to graduate (God willing,) and of all the things, good and bad there may be, the thing that mystifies me is why there seem to be so many toxic unpleasant people who become nurses - I know so many many cool people, including the travel nurses I have met enjoying their work-vacations on the beach in the Caribbean. That said, I have also experienced gratuitous meanness like crazy. I just don't get what this is about. True, there is a lot of stress, but stress in itself doesn't make people mean, petty, and so on. I think people are born this way. This is a profession for caring, gentle people. Really, what's up with this? Is this just my neck of the woods? Kinda breaks my heart because this is a real fly in the ointment for me, as I don't deal with toxicity so well (I tell people where to get off, which always isn't the right thing to do.)

Diahni

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