The Perfect Shift

I'm glad you're enjoying this.

Nursing, like almost everything else in life, is pretty much whatever you make it......You can choose to be angry and bitter about the workload, the management, the snippy co-workers, the doctors, the bureaucracy, the ungrateful patients, the hours, etc., etc., etc.......OR you can choose to make peace with what is, and work to change what isn't how you'd like it to be.

It's all in the attitude. I prefer to start my shift wondering what interesting situations and people I might meet that day, then talk it over with the Lord and ask Him to help me deal with whatever comes up. That's not to say I never get stressed out, or that I never complain, or even that I never lose it on occasion (like last week, when I got three brand-new patients within 15 minutes of each other and they wanted me to take still another admit "because you only have three patients"---ARRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! ) But these things happen, and everyone in every line of work has their bad days. I always think of the poor souls working at WalMart or 7-11 for minimum wage whenever I'm tempted to feel sorry for myself........at least, when I have a hard day, I get paid decently for my trouble, and when I have a good day.....well, it's just about the greatest feeling in the world to know I've made a difference in someone's life.