Nursing is Wonderful!

SC RN, RN · Dec 26, 2003

Yep, meant to post this in the General Nursing forum .... darn it!

Oh well, I'm off to lunch ... :imbar

Carolanne · Dec 26, 2003

It's great to hear someone who is truly happy with what they are doing. I share in your enthusiasm. I'll be beginning my final semester next month and plan to graduate as an RN in May. It's been a lifelong dream for me - I just turned 44 and darn it, I'm pretty proud of myself and what I've accomplished. I can't wait to get out there at a job and help people, it's a feeling that can't be beat. Good luck in your next semester too, and keep that upbeat attitude in your pocket at all times. It will take you far!!

RN 2005 · Dec 27, 2003

I like your thoughts SC RN!!! I also feel so fortunate to be where I am right now..... Things are so busy that I forget that I am achieving my dreams right now! Thanks for reminding me. I had a day in clinical this semester with an elderly patient that I will never forget. When I went in to say goodbye at the end of my shift he took my hands in both of his, patted them and thanked me over and over for caring for him. I truly understood in that moment what this is all about and it was an unbelievable moment in my life. I am so glad to be on my way to being a nurse. I like your thread!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Dec 28, 2003

Yes.......... I, too, am quite happy where I am. As I look around the room at our patients, I feel a sense of "this is what it is all about... and this is where I am meant to be".

One of our patients (a strapping 300# male) broke down and wept the other day, as he thanked us for the care we have provided to him and all our other patients over the years... both the physical care and the care that comes from the heart.

I am content. I am blessed.

RNIAM, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2003

There is little in this world that compares to nursing. My husband, children and my family are first but nursing is right up there. It gives me a sense of giving something back to the wrold that has given me so much. I know that might sound lame but I just love bening able to ease someone suffering. May graduation here I come!:)

rn_in_05 · Dec 29, 2003

Gosh, it's nice to hear folks who love their chosen path! (the good with the bad)

I wholeheartedly agree! It's been a long time since I've said "I love this job!" I can't imagine wanting to do anything else. :nurse:

Love-A-Nurse · Dec 29, 2003

great thread. count me in for loving nursing too.

Sarah Kat · Dec 29, 2003

(Insert your deity's name here) bless you all! I am so glad to hear folks who are not totally hating nursing. Seems like you get so many folks blowing off steam (and I know they all can't hate every moment, or they'd get a new job) that it seems like nursing is the worst job in the world. But they are blowing off steam, and I would rather them vent here than on the floor...

Thanks to you all for the words of encouragement. I am starting my lpn program in Jan and have no clinical experience at all. I have a lot of customer service experience and people skills and am mechanically inclined (and I love science -- although my fav. quantum theory has little to do with nursing). I have confidence I will enjoy it and do it well. I can't wait to get into school. We start clinicals 3 weeks in!

SC RN, RN · Dec 29, 2003

Well, look at all of us just sitting here smiling and typing! I think it's wonderful!

I guess what I always try to remember is that we worked hard to do our pre-req's, we waited agonizing long amounts of time for the acceptance letter, we work through years of nursing school that is like no other school on earth ... and then we pass the boards and can put "RN" after our names. And we did it ... we were successful and we should be proud of ourselves!

Don't ever forget why you are where you are now; be it doing pre-reqs or in school or a RN for 20 years. Nursing is what we want to do. Good and bad days included. We do it because we felt called, or fell accidently into it or maybe because someone told us we'd be good at it.

Whatever the reason, thank goodness for all of us .... :kiss

Rapheal · Dec 30, 2003

This is a nice thread. I have alot of negativity about my job. But the last night I worked I had a patient CTD, ready to code IMHO and begging the doc for some real interventions. I was complaining to God "I asked you for a good day, why can't I have a good day?" Then I realized and told him "Because you want ME to take care of this lady, and I will."

Still went home feeling like I was run over by a truck- but felt like for whatever reason, I was doing what I was supposed to be doing at this time in my life. Sometimes there is no joy in nursing, but you feel compelled to stay. And venting the negativity may help me and others stay in nursing until things get better and we feel some joy again.

I hope you all always feel joy in your choice becoming nurses. A thread like this helps remind me of some pleasant memories.

Sarah Kat · Dec 30, 2003

Originally posted by SC RN
Well, look at all of us just sitting here smiling and typing! I think it's wonderful!

I guess what I always try to remember is that we worked hard to do our pre-req's, we waited agonizing long amounts of time for the acceptance letter, we work through years of nursing school that is like no other school on earth ... and then we pass the boards and can put "RN" after our names. And we did it ... we were successful and we should be proud of ourselves!

Don't ever forget why you are where you are now; be it doing pre-reqs or in school or a RN for 20 years. Nursing is what we want to do. Good and bad days included. We do it because we felt called, or fell accidently into it or maybe because someone told us we'd be good at it.

Whatever the reason, thank goodness for all of us .... :kiss

LPNs too! Don't forget LPNs!!!