Anybody really love your job?

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So I am a new RN and am ridiculously surprised by how many RNs hate their job! What I've seen is that hospital management is so incompetent and disorganized and that's the main reason why most of the people I work with hate it. They all love their coworkers but the hospital politics are awful. I am just curious if this is something I'll always have to deal with or if there are some of you out there that have an awesome job that you love. Whether it's in a great hospital or in a completely different area, I'd love to hear about it! I'd just like to know that there is hope out there for me and some other opportunities besides hospital nursing.

Yes, all hospital administration is disorganized and incompetent. It is amazing that any of them survive and actually provide care. What is even more amazing is that those geniuses with little to no experience, but who somehow magically know everything, don't start their own hospitals and fix these problems. OP, when are you planning on starting up the perfect hospital?

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Specializes in NICU Level III.
New grad, one year out, Level III NICU....LOVE my job! :redbeathe

Another Level III NICU'er...Love my job! I mean I don't love it so much I'd do it for free, but for a job, I love it.

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Specializes in Infusion Nursing, Home Health Infusion.

I love what I do...I have a passion for my speciality so I am constantly learning and keeping myself challenged..been a hospital nurse 28 yrs now..so yes

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Specializes in LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing.

Been in LTC for 7 years. Wouldn't want to do anything else. :redbeathe

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Specializes in maternal child, public/community health.

I have been a nurse for 3 years. I work in community health with teen moms and babes. I LOVE my job. I always knew that I wanted to do some kind of nursing where I would have long-term relationships with patients. Sometimes it is heartbreaking but I love making a difference for these young ladies and their children. My hours are flexible, I do not work holidays and only do a few hours on Saturdays if I choose to. I work for a great organization and have great co-workers.

I do not plan to change jobs anytime soon but there are so many areas of nursing that I can't imagine ever getting bored with it.There are many other areas for nursing that I would find interesting. I also cannot imagine working in a hospital. That is not for me but I know many nurses who love it.

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Specializes in progressive care telemetry.

I love my job. New grad, off orientation about a month now, busy tele step down unit. I've been in the workforce 25 years even tho I am a new nurse. No workplace is without politics and drama and management problems, why would nursing be any different? I love my patients and have all the things I need to take excellent care of them. Yep, I'm a pretty happy camper.

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Loved my jobs since I joined the field back in 1992 as a CNA and I'm grown since then to Hospital tech, LVN and soon to be RN. I've literally never come home upset from a bad day!

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Specializes in Respiratory Therapy.

As an RRT, I spent the last ten years as a "cubicle rat" working in IT. The stress and the hours are unhealthy (I haven't touched a treadmill in 9 months and my blossoming 5'9", 200 lb body shows it). I get about 4 hours of sleep every night because I wake up at 3 a.m. worrying about work that needs to be done later that morning. My weekends belong to my job and my family suffers for it. The point of all of this is that EVERY job has its downside. Sure, as an RRT, I looked at people who worked during the day, had their weekends and holidays off and thought "why can't I be like that". Now I understand their world. With children who are now more grown, I'm returning to the "stressful" work of patient care--actually making the world a better place one person at a time. At 55, I'm planning on taking the pre-reqs for a BS to BSN program that just started in Indianapolis. I'm thrilled to be returning to a job where, when I drive home, I'm not thinking about what work lies ahead, but what good I did that day for someone.

You will find all sorts of jobs that you think are better, but every one of them will have stress of some sort. Being able to do patient care is a gift you need to consider. And the opportunities for RNs just keep expanding. Plus there is a comraderie. When was the last time you sat with some co-workers and laughed at lunch? Mine was about 10 years ago when I left the medical field.

The point of this long dissertation is this--yes, jobs can be political and most have a downside. That's the real world. Yes, nursing can be stressful (I know--my wife is a nurse). But it happens with every job. Nurses, RTs, x-ray techs and clinical managers are good people. Most are more interested in their patients, or their employees, than they are in advancing their careers. They are usually friendly, kind and caring. That is NOT the world I live in and if you leave nursing, you will find it to be so as well. Take it from someone who has been on the "other side" and envies your opportunity. Try to find the positive side of nursing--it is there.

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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

I love my job, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Sure there are things about policys that make me angry and my boss, well, there are issues. But I am so priviledged to work with the terminally ill and dying. You really appreciate your health and life in this field. Also, the things that use to upset me just don't seem as important. My priorites have changed significantly over the last 4 years. As far as my co-workers? A week ago my shift all met for lunch and spent 2 hours laughing our heads off. One of them I call "One of my most favorite people in the world", lol.

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I love being an LPN and after five years of nightmare jobs I have finally found something that I can see myself sticking with. The politics is bad but I've grown a thick skin and have figured out ways to navigate the system with minimal involvement and provide patient care with maximum involvement.

Nursing is my second career, I worked for twenty years in a non-healthcare setting and I can say that from my own perspective that the politics in nursing and in healthcare is the worst I've ever seen in any setting. Absolutely beyond vicious and all logic.

I think that when I first graduated and started working I was very shocked by that and wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it. I was actually looking for other non-nursing work my first year in the profession but every time I found a job that I felt qulalified for I felt this reluctance to pursue it and I finally realized my gut was telling me that nursing was where I belonged.

When people ask me why, how, I tell them that I am comfortable with the level of dysfunction.

So yes, very happy!

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Specializes in geriatric.

I love my job, But not so much the politics. I will never again take my job for granted again. I ran into some problems years ago. I had gotten myself hooked on narcotic pain pills. I volenterily turned in my license> I had been in the program for several months by then and got my license back right away. unfortunatly i was unable to get a job as a nurse for almost 4 years .for two i worked as a cashier and the last year i had worked a a nurses aid. I finally got my company to take a chance on me and it has been great the last eight months. I have no intention of relapsing and will never take my job for granted. I may not love all the politics and changes going on at work. but i am so glad I am doing what I love. I believe I am a asset to the company and I do get discouraged when i hear all the nurses talking about how much they hate their job. I just wonder how they would ffel if they lost their license and could no longer practice. i think they would then relise how much they really did'nt hate their jobs.sory I know I' rambling.

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Specializes in Ltc, Hospice, Spinal Cord.

Our profession is like any other. You're going to get bad managers, office politics, unhappy employees, etc. The great thing about nursing is you have the option of changing specialties, hospitals, departments, until you find something you like. And rembember not everyone is blessed with landing their dream job right out of school. I sure wasn't! It sometimes takes a little exploring before you find your niche. Luckily you have a job with limitless possibilities!

I :redbeathe NURSING!!!

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