Think Twice Before Becoming a "NURSE"

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nurseprnRN, BSN, RN

1 Article; 5,115 Posts

" the new grad with the bsn will get the highly coveted insurance office job just based on degree. "

not in any insurance carrier i've ever worked for. insurance carriers need people with solid clinical experience, because they'll be making clinical judgments and educating nonmedical adjusters every day. claims managers'll like the bsn, true, but they'll almost always insist on at least a few year of clinical experience and a ccm credential, and that takes two years of doing case management under the supervision of another ccm to even sit that exam. and there are lots of ccms out here.

LindseyRN86

243 Posts

To each their own...

I felt the same way OP did when I first became a CNA. Although, my duties are different, we work in the same environment. My best advice is to try to see the "good" that you do. Refuse to believe the rut you are in defines what healthcare is as a system. You do make a difference, no matter how ungreatful patients may seem. I'll be starting nursing school in May and once feeling like the OP did has only motivated me.

llg, PhD, RN

13,469 Posts

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
I don't understand why a few of the posters are being so mean to the OP.

Mean? What mean? I was thinking of writing a new post complimenting the responders for being so nice to the OP. When I first read the post, I thought "Watch out!" "Incoming!" "All H*** is going to break loose now." ... and was going to order out for popcorn.

Today I was pleasantly surprised that y'all were so gracious to this new allnurses member. Good job, everybody!

Edit: Now I notice that txnewby is a newbie, too. I guess he or she hasn't seen how nasty annonymous internet postings can get.

EJBNeuroRN

24 Posts

Specializes in Neuro.

I'm annoyed by the title of this thread...why is nurse in quotes? I'm also annoyed by the OP.

Not every job is perfect and of course the health system is not perfect.

Vent away OP, but just so you know clearly not everyone feels they way you do.

Good post op. If that is how you feel so be it. Many feel that way and do not have the courage to admit it even to themselves.

Specializes in ICU.
Wow ... your 1st post. Do you feel better now that you have spewed your venom out into the world?

What was wrong with that post. Theyre frustrated. So what if it was theyre first post. There are many of us that feel that way. I wouldnt call it venom. She just doesnt want to talk about teddy bears and lollipops of the nursing world. I completely agree with her. I do not hate my job, but I dislike the medical community and the focus on money and profit on peoples health. Im a damn good nurse, but doesnt mean I cant be cynical about the profession.

Dixielee, BSN, RN

1,222 Posts

Specializes in ER.

I shouldn't even comment and will admit I did not read this whole thread because I just got home after a busy 12 hour shift in the ED. I must still be in the honeymoon phase of my nursing career, because I still love my job. I do make a difference and I know it. We all have good days and bad, good patients and bad, good families and bad. Some people should not be nurses, and some people should not be parents (like the ones today who brought in their baby with a spiral fracture of her humerus, radius and ulnar fractures, and skull fractures with subdural hematoma). But we (the idiot nurse) who believe we make a difference just trudge along, day by day doing the best we can. Are we perfect? Not on your life. Is it worth it? It is to me.

I guess I should come back to this thread after I get a few more years under my belt so I can really be sure I like being a nurse, but I think I have made a good decision. Rant on if you wish OP and others, but leave those of us alone who are working hard to make our way in the world!

Patti_RN

353 Posts

Specializes in ..

Nursing is a difficult, sometimes back breaking profession. While I don't agree with the intensity of the post, I sometimes feel the same discontent mcrut seems to be trying to express. Yes, it can be a thankless job. Yes, some (make that SOME) experienced nurses are downright mean, cruel, and brutal. And, some (again SOME) new nurses don't want to work weekends, holidays, and back shifts (but, what generation raised them to have these feelings of entitlement?) In a profession with so many personalities and people with such diverse backgrounds it's inevitable that you'll find some who are sour and difficult and others who are arrogant and spoiled. But, you don't have to look very hard to find the many, many others who are devoted to their patients, helpful to their colleagues, and respectful to their leaders.

Maybe that's not exactly what mcrut was trying to say; maybe I was reading between the lines of a post that didn't make a lot of sense because of the disconnected phrasing and poor choice of words. I'll give mcrut the benefit of the doubt and assume s/he posted all that in an emotional response to a bad day. If not, maybe a break from nursing would help... or even a career change. Life is too short to spend it so bitter and angry.

Specializes in PCCN.
We should have a national "approach your manager with a list of 10 simple things you've noticed that could make this place a better, more efficient, more cost effective, safer and more healing place and a follow up with 'let me know which ones you want to tackle first and how I can help you do that" Be the change, people.

I like butterflies

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B

9 Articles; 4,800 Posts

Some people find nursing is their ministry. And like every congergation, ya gotta expect there will be sinners and saints.

Coping skills to deal with all of them are key. No one is gonna blow rainbows up your butt, as an adult one needs to learn to find their own rainbows (and I urge you NOT to blow them up your butt :no:) but to give your best to your patients in the time you have them so you can sleep at night is all you can hope to achieve on a daily basis. Some days it is better than others.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN

1 Article; 20,908 Posts

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

The OP has left the building......my guess it was a drive through after all......:smokin:

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