Nursing is pathetic...

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It's to bad you feel this way I work in the E.R.and am constantly exposed to hiv, hepatitis,and a host of other diseases you can protect yourself. Why did you really go into nursing ws it for the money? If it was for that then you missed the whole point of what a nurse is. It was never meant to be anything more than the giving care to those in needof your services if you allow yourself to feel all these negative feeling it's time for a vacation from nursing and try something else for a while or have you considered trying a new area that may have sparked some interest. It might be something to think about?

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The title of this thread is "NURSING is Pathetic", not "NURSES Are Pathetic".

Some of you just don't get it. The complaints here are from nurses who DO care. We're angry because we WANT to give good care and have been given impossible workloads. It isn't rewarding when you know you aren't working under safe conditions and you know you should be doing more.

mludwig, if you take care of your sick father in law during the day, after working all night (and overtime!) when do you sleep? Remember, taking care of yourself is the first rule for a caregiver.

Hi everyone, I've been contemplating nursing school because I enjoy being a part of the healing process and, for practical/economical reasons, I am 25, single,no kids and would like to be earning more than $10/hr. There isn't any other area that interests me more than healthcare. However, after reading a lot of the comments in this thread, I am now becoming deathly afraid of the idea of becoming a nurse. Quite frankly right now, I'm really struggling with what to do....

I'm open to any input...

"As a psych nurse, I have a potentially dangerous, albeit exciting vocation. My husband has a great job, so I can afford low pay in order to enjoy my chosen (low pay ) profession."

Nola Nurse

Well, this statement just about raps it all up. Nola, you are soooo subservient, a managers dream-date, and the reason for the "professions" troubles. Please tell your friends.

Thank you, thank you Nola, for squeezing this nursing "professional" pimple and expressing your inner pus.

Nurses are subservient, secondary employment scum. Well, I feel better now. But I'd feel a lot better with a husband with a great job too.

Oh, by-the-way, I program computers now. No more nursing fo' me.

Nola. It was all your fault that I bailed. I'm sure you're a good person, and that you do as you're told, but it's all your fault.

When I have my heart attack, please wipe me from front to back as your professional experience dictates.

And as a "psych" nurse, you'll understand the essence of my sadistic, sarcastic humour, and won't pay it no' mind' at all,' and go on about your day without being harmed by a strangers words.

I, of course, fell very ashamed and will now kill myself.

..............amazed I haven't been edited out of this joint...

I, like ctrayford, am contemplating entering the Nursing Profession. I have always wanted to become a nurse, but because of various reasons, that dream was never realized--until now :) . I am now taking my prerequisites and will hopefully be accepted in the Nursing Program in the Fall :). Anyway... After reading all of the negativity that was posted on this board (it took me 2 days to read it all) I must say that I am experiencing a mixture of emotions. On one hand, you guys have made me start to question whether this life decision that I am about to make is the right one. Yet, on the other hand, I know that most people gripe about their jobs--no matter what they do. I have a degree in Computer Networking and Systems Administration also. I did that for about a year and it became boring and mundane. Too much of a routine and quite frankly, you don't make tons of money doing that either. So, here I am, at the crossroads, thinking about what I should do. All I can do is pray about it, ask the Lord to give me guidance (as He always has), and keep on trucking'.

Yes, I would recommend nursing to anyone who is interested. I've really enjoyed and been fulfilled by helping others. I have worked in hospitals, long term care facilities, hourly visits, and home care. Right now I'm working mostly in home care and occasionally work at a long term care facilities or a facility for people with special needs.

I have been an RN for 21 years. I got my AD in nursing first to get my RN. Then went back to school while working most of the time, to get my BSN. I love this work, and if I couldn't continue in it, I'd be heartbroken. There's just something about making a difference in someone's life, that communication, something I can't put into words that is just something to me.

I have been thinking about nursing as a career and this forum has really opened my eyes... thank you.

I have a BSB/Mgt and I was working on a MBA. I have to say that jobs are slim in the Detroit area, where I'm from in business because it seems that they are graduating so many people in business. Before I earned my business degree I worked at various jobs over the last 10 years that all had their problems. So I'm aware that there is no perfect job. I thought that by getting a business degree that would open so many more doors... well folks I'm here to say it hasn't.

I am now moving to central Illinois for my husband to take a great job there and I'm at a loss of what to do with myself. My husband is a biosystems engineer and is fortunate enough to have skills in high demand. I would like this too for myself. The community I'm going to be in has about 100,000 people and when we went to find a house I looked at the want ads and there were two pages of Nursing Jobs. The last page of the jobs advertised was for unskilled labors to work in the factory. So I have always loved working with people, I was told at my last job I was too "friendly," which this wasn't a compliment. There is a private school where I'm going that I could pursue my BSN. I was going to call there to tomorrow to check out requirements, if any classes I have had will transfer and scholarships. As you can imagine, I'm in debt up to my behind from the first degree.

Anyway my story got long, but the short of it is... I hope the people who got into nursing because they loved people and love to help people regroup and stay with it... and my words of wit is it's not a picnic in business either, so if you loved nursing remember why you loved it and don't forget to heal yourself and find renewal sometimes.

As a LPN i say skip LPN and go straight for RN, as an LPN you get treated even worse you do all the same things a RN does (with a few exceptions) but you dont get paid for it

http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030327poxshotsheap2.asp

http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-pox20.html

https://allnurses.com/news/jump.cgi?ID=1689

Kind of like being a baseball player without a glove, or maybe a fisherman without a rod and reel, or how about the Lone Ranger without his Hi Ho Silver, or Bat-Man without Robin or a carpenter without wood or a fast car without steering, maybe a bird without wings...?

So, no vaccine, the "mystery flu" in China and Canada, people hacking on you left and right... Geeze, sounds like a great place for a career...?

https://allnurses.com/news/jump.cgi?ID=1512

People have their callings in life. Most of those who entered the nursing field have done so because they want to make a difference and help others. I for one did not enter the nursing field because I loved to do paperwork or be looked down upon by others. I take that all in stride because I love my job and what I do.

If everyone felt as you did, NurseDude, then there would be NOONE to care for the ill.

What would you do if everyone thought like that and you or your family member became seriously ill or injured?

There are risks in the medical/nursing field... but I am willing to take those risks to be the person that I am supposed to be.

Nursing isn't all bad. In fact, for me atleast, most of it is great. I don't think there is a job out there that doesn't have it's downsides. I take pride in knowing that I am doing a job that most people couldn't do. I take pride in knowing that I am contributing to my society. I take pride in knowing that I am helping others. I take pride that I am a nurse, and a dam* good one if I do say so myself :)

ShandyLynnRN,

Thanks for your reply and for your commitment to the ill.

Unfortunately, I don't see eye to eye w/you when it comes to taking risks... To put it bluntly I don't believe in playing Russian Roulette with the well being of my wife and kids or with myself - I mean, when I give a soapsuds enema or draw labs or start an IV I wear gloves...

What I am saying is that as we speak I believe the world has crossed the line... That line was crossed sometime after 9/11 - Shortly thereafter, the Anthrax scares... The small suburban ER where I worked was NOT prepared at all and at best they have only one or 2 Biohazard suits today, some duct tape and some plastic... That's enough protection for one Dr and one nurse - for the entire hospital...That's like having 2 pairs of gloves.

But why would you believe me? After all: "What would you do if everyone thought like that and you or your family member became seriously ill or injured?"

Maybe you'll believe news agencies from around the world?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3350506&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

http://www.nbc10.com/health/2085589/detail.html

http://www.unionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=19702

http://www.tribune.co.mp/index.cfm?Display=yes&ID=27235

http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=2497513

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_225784,001300090003.htm

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2003/04/03/1049331927.htm

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030402/15/39owe.html

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WEL139694.htm

http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=23806BB8-ACCC-4D69-9F90-A292F564CB81

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030403/15/39qhg.html

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030403/15/39ql8.html

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2003/04/03/1049331700.htm

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5542822.htm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030402/wl_afp/health_pneumonia_030402200635

http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?d1930_BC_PA--MysteryIllness-Pa&&news&newsflash-pennsylvania

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-42mysteryillness,0,3010576.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1508&u=/afp/20030402/hl_afp/health_pneumonia_virus_030402200121&printer=1

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12860-2003Apr2.html

http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/lf.lf-04-02-0003.html

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01125743.htm

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/36432/1/.html

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/2085887/detail.html

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030403/15/39qlt.html

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200304/200304020021.html

So good luck with your risk-taking ShandyLynnRN and don't forget to wear those gloves!!! (and masks and gowns and face shields/eye protection, and that waterproof gown, and get that hepatitis titer and your ppd checked and soon maybe the smallpox vaccine...?)

nursedude.. what are you still doing being a nurse? don't you have something better you can do with yourself? if nursing is so bad get out and do your patiens a favor!

Specializes in ICU.

I can't believe I actually muddled my way thru this very old thread (who WERE some of those people?!)

Doesn't every career/job have aspects that just SUCK sometimes?

I used to work at Canadian Tire as a teenager...SUCKED

I worked as an Aide while going to nursing school...SUCKED

My brother and my uncle are stock brokers...SUCKS

My good friend is a divorce lawyer...again SUCKS

My other friend is a stay-at-home-mom..she says it SUCKS

I know a few RT's...they say it SUCKS

Neurosurgeon...wishes he was a gardener...says it SUCKS

Hubbys best friend is in med school...Big Time SUCK

Hubby is a communications officer for a city police department...

Sister in law is a grade two teacher...

Other sister in law is a budding actress...

Shall I go on? Point is every career choice has it's downfalls. Every career choice has it's rewards. Nursing is not pathetic...parts of it are less than ideal, yes. I cannot imagine doing anything else...

It's not for everybody. If it's for you...won't be able to imagine doing anything else either.

Although you may fantasize about it now and then...:)

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