Are You In It For The Money Or Because You Really Care

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Are you in it for the money or because you really care ?

Specializes in Hospice.

Joined today, not a nurse, posts a loaded question.

Go back under your bridge - nothing to see here.

Are you suggesting that people could only possibly have one or the other motivation, not both? Why?

Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Why do you ask?

Specializes in NICU.

For me, it is a calling. Florence Nightingale's ghost floated over my bed one night and told me to become a nurse.

Do people go onto Accountant Message boards and ask "Are you in accounting for the money or do you really care about doing people's taxes?"

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

WHY would you word this as if it's either/or for us? How about BOTH. And what is the reason you are asking? This is a heck of a first post as a new member. Looking for controversy or do you really want to know?

I wanted to be a nurse when I was younger because I was hospitalized as a kid and my nurse was like this amazing, funny, kind person who let me eat sugary cereal.

But then I realized it doesn't really pay that much and sometimes I wish I followed a different career.

However, when I help patients who are truly grateful and they want to get better....it's so satisfying to watch them get discharged. But that's like every 1 in 25 patients.

Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Yes..

Specializes in ER.

I don't care personally about my patients. I care very much about doing a good job. Most of the time my patients goals and mine line up, sometimes part of doing a good job is talking about collaboration with them, and shared goals. Really challenging days, our goals clash. That doesn't mean either of us is wrong, it's a hard job.

My patients often tell me they hate the hospital, and I point out that they have to pay me to show up here. We're just two sides of the same coin.

I'm in it for the fashion.

Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Are you in it for the money or because you really care ?
If my employer suddenly stopped cutting me a paycheck every two weeks, I would suddenly stop caring enough to work for them.

I do not work for free. In my world, monetary compensation supersedes caring.

When I applied to nursing school, I was already a Medical Technologist - same pay as nurses in my area. So nope, it is not money. I wanted a profession that makes me feel I am really helping people.

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