No I wouldn't recommend nursing

nurses need to be sensitive not only to the pt's but also the staff. there doesn't seem to be any careing., and now that im gone i hear from no one. its like i never existed to them. i didn't think they would treat me like this. i was always there for them helping them, etc.

Sure I'd recommend nursing as a good career move. I've been a RN for many years now and unlike many of the responders that are very dissatisfied with their careers and agree with you about not making a career recommendation, I love nursing. I wouldn't enjoy all the nasty, gross substances they report being exposed to, the back breaking labor, long hours, blah, blah, blah. I've never worked in a hospital and probably never would. I've never started an IV or had to deal with blood. Those nurses sound like they hate their jobs and so would I. The key is to stick to a specialty where you are treated with respect and not treated like a slave. I've primarily worked in psych the majority of my career and have loved most every minute of it. If teaching a group on meds, playing some cards, doing a bit of charting, meeting with a patient's family to discuss discharge plans, shooting a few games of pool, and doing some more charting sounds like an awesome way to spend 8 hours making a living, you understand why I love it!

Sure I'd recommend nursing as a good career move. I've been a RN for many years now and unlike many of the responders that are very dissatisfied with their careers and agree with you about not making a career recommendation, I love nursing. I wouldn't enjoy all the nasty, gross substances they report being exposed to, the back breaking labor, long hours, blah, blah, blah. I've never worked in a hospital and probably never would. I've never started an IV or had to deal with blood. Those nurses sound like they hate their jobs and so would I. The key is to stick to a specialty where you are treated with respect and not treated like a slave. I've primarily worked in psych the majority of my career and have loved most every minute of it. If teaching a group on meds, playing some cards, doing a bit of charting, meeting with a patient's family to discuss discharge plans, shooting a few games of pool, and doing some more charting sounds like an awesome way to spend 8 hours making a living, you understand why I love it!

I don't have the stamina to go through the entire 25 pages. But it makes me sick to hear people say that nursing is a terrible career! I am only a student. But here's what I want to say. What did you expect nursing to be? Some glamourous job where you just "save the day" all of the time? Of course you're going to be cleaning up feces and mucous and vomit and blood. Of course you're going to be giving enemas and changing ostomy bags. Yes doctors will yell at you. Patient may scream at you and family members of those patients may do the same. The paperwork is endless. You don't always get off of your shift on time.

BUT...

If it means that you save one patient from suicide, or teach one patient how to lower their blood sugars or if you help one person feel better about themselves by just brushing their hair... isn't it all worth it?

Isn't that why we are here; to help in any way we can?

Originally Posted by mchrisrn
Just a few thoughts from an old "bedside nurse"...we're not complaining about cleaning poop and vomit..we're complaining b/c we CANT do it soon enough and patients have to wait too long!!....we're not complaining that its hard to turn and move people and get them to the chair when theyre 300 pounds and over...but that there's NOT ENOUGH OF US TO DO IT safely for the patients OR the staff....and many of us wanted to help people but at the end of the day, we go home only thinking of all the ones needs we COULNDT attend to b/c there wasnt time...showering, bathing, brushing teeth, take a back seat to people passing out, having chest pain, arrythmias, low bp's , SOB etc. But were complaining b/c we WANT to help people, we WANT to do it right, we KNOW what needs to be done, we would want it done for us and our families, BUT WE CANT help the people!!!..

If you aren't ready to be super stressed for the rest of your life, than maybe this isn't the career path for you!

I don't have the stamina to go through the entire 25 pages. But it makes me sick to hear people say that nursing is a terrible career! I am only a student. But here's what I want to say. What did you expect nursing to be? Some glamourous job where you just "save the day" all of the time? Of course you're going to be cleaning up feces and mucous and vomit and blood. Of course you're going to be giving enemas and changing ostomy bags. Yes doctors will yell at you. Patient may scream at you and family members of those patients may do the same. The paperwork is endless. You don't always get off of your shift on time.

BUT...

If it means that you save one patient from suicide, or teach one patient how to lower their blood sugars or if you help one person feel better about themselves by just brushing their hair... isn't it all worth it?

Isn't that why we are here; to help in any way we can?

If you aren't ready to be super stressed for the rest of your life, than maybe this isn't the career path for you!