I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

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People on here need to realize that when you complain on here (and for some that all those individuals do) it really dissuades us new grads from continuing into the profession. First and most obvious question, Does anyone actually like being a Nurse? I mean granted I don't think anyone loves all aspects of their job, but does it seem like a nightmare every day? Secondly, name the best part of your area and your biggest pet peeve.

Sorry had to rant.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
LOl....yes you may...;)

Thanks!!! :)

Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
I had to LOL when I read the yahoo article...wow. What a "FUN" way to portray our profession! :sarcastic: ;)

There is nothing more fun than giving someone bad news and then cracking a joke! When I get a chance to :roflmao: right after someone finds out they have terminal cancer....that is what makes nursing so great!! *sarcasm icon here*

Specializes in ED.

To the OP, everyone needs to vent from time to time. What better way to do that than with others who understand exactly what you are going through. That's the whole point of having a forum. FYI, I love my job. I love being a nurse. I can't think of anything else I would want to do. I love my profession and feel very passionately about it. I love the noise, the chaos and everything that goes along with my job in the ED. I love working bedside with the patient. I look forward to going to work. No, I'm not new to the profession. I have been doing it for 19 years. Yes, there are times when I get frustrated and angry at my job. There are definitely things that reall set me off, but I get over it and move on. That's life.

Oh, and I love rainbows, unicorns and pretty much anything sparkly.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Right off the bat, working in a hospital may not seem like fun - and it isn't always. Sometimes bad news must be given, and it's during these situations that having registered nurses who are fun-loving, outgoing, and lighthearted can be important.

Fun factors: Nurses often work directly with patients, so this interaction could allow you to get creative, crack jokes, and remain upbeat, all while administering medicines and organizing important details.

And since many medical establishments are open 24 hours, many nurses could enjoy flexibility in their schedules - which could allow them more time to have fun off the clock.

:roflmao::cheeky::roflmao:......That is the funniest thing I have EVER read!!!!!!!

Oh I see......you get to tell the cancer patient that is dying...after hurling all day from the chemo....tell them to smile because tomorrow is another day. really???? :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Unbelievable....no wonder these poor people going onto nursing think we are crazy when we ....uhm....talk about the realities.

Specializes in ED.

Nurses are definitely are a different breed.

That was directed at Orion I believe, whose reply to that poster was quite shocking.

Oh I was just wondering.

Thanks for everyone else for their replies so far, but let me mention then again that I know its not unicorns and butterflies and baby bunnies and ****. The main point was that whether or not you enjoy your job and if it was as bad as everyone makes it or if everyone is just venting. Thanks for the replies.

I think the real issue, lets not mince words, is how unicorns and rainbows are getting trashed.

Leave them alone!

I love you

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Oh I was just wondering.

Thanks for everyone else for their replies so far, but let me mention then again that I know its not unicorns and butterflies and baby bunnies and ****. The main point was that whether or not you enjoy your job and if it was as bad as everyone makes it or if everyone is just venting. Thanks for the replies.

You have to love the job to keep doing it for you won't be getting a lot of positive reinforcement or thank you's. You do the job because you love it...not because it loves you. In the present job climate there is no incentive to be kind to the nurses for there are hundreds of applicants for every position.

Being a nurse is a thankless job....nurses are the single highest expense to a facility and we do not bring any revenue to the facility.

All of it is true in my favorite poem by Melodie Chenevert

Being A Nurse Means…

You will never be bored.

You will always be frustrated.

You will be surrounded by challenges,

So much to do and so little time.

You will carry immense responsibility And limited authority.

You will step into people’s lives

And you will make a difference

Some will bless you,

Some will curse you.

You will see people at their worst

And at their best.

You will never cease to be amazed

At people’s capacity for Love, courage, and endurance.

You will experience resounding triumphs

And devastating failures.

You will cry a lot,

You will laugh a lot,

You will know what it is to be human,

And what it is to be humane.

Wow, just wow. I only worked 2 months after graduating to realize that 90% of nursing sucks. I didn't need this website to tell me that. But time and time again I've come to this website and then walked away feeling so hopeless and depressed. The negativity on this website is overwhelming. I'm completely done with all of you. The majority of you are probably the same nurses working right next to me who help make my job a living hell. Consider me gone. In my nursing career, I'll just be the one keeping my head down and not listening and contributing to your gossip and griping at work. I'll grin and bear my extremely hard job, but not with you on this website who hate us new grads so much. I'll find an outlet elsewhere.

:sigh: We don't hate new grads. As I had to explain to her sorrow to my 6-year-old granddaughter, there's a difference between hearing something that surprised you that you don't like and deciding that you have to pitch a fit over "hurt feelings" about it. I don't expect a 6-year-old to get that distinction immediately, though she is a smart little kid, but someone who's old enough to have graduated from a nursing program, yes, definitely, I do.

as equals and that we all need to help each other on the job. period.

Well, one out of two ain't bad. Same RN label on name pin does not equal "equals." Period. And like periods, this discussion comes around regularly, gives a lot of folks a pain in the belly, and goes away when you're old enough. :)

I see the reason being a student is different is because as a nurse, you don't have an instructor or preceptor behind you all the time. You have to decide for yourself. You have to apply nursing knowledge. Sure, everyone asks questions. But overall, being able to make nursing decisions seems to be the hardest part and the biggest difference in my opinion.

All nurses have been students. And new grads. However, students haven't been new grads or nurses, and therefore can't grasp the concept as well as practicing nurses. Reread the threads you shuddered at in a few years and see if you changed your mind.

Can I buy a few extra "Likes," Vanna? Brava, eatmysox!!!!

Well, one out of two ain't bad. Same RN label on name pin does not equal "equals." Period. And like periods, this discussion comes around regularly, gives a lot of folks a pain in the belly, and goes away when you're old enough. :)[/QUO

I meant that just don't view us new grads as extremely stupid and useless and without some form of basic respect

And I don't have that problem. Yay for being a male :p

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