heron, ASN, RN 3,644 Posts Specializes in Hospice. Has 51 years experience. Aug 22, 2016 Joined today, not a nurse, posts a loaded question.Go back under your bridge - nothing to see here.
elkpark 14,633 Posts Aug 22, 2016 Are you suggesting that people could only possibly have one or the other motivation, not both? Why?
BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN 3,520 Posts Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical. Has 4 years experience. Aug 22, 2016 Why do you ask?
NICU Guy, BSN, RN 4,103 Posts Specializes in NICU. Has 8 years experience. Aug 23, 2016 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?"
SmilingBluEyes 20,964 Posts Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis. Has 26 years experience. Aug 23, 2016 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?
jsy16 16 Posts Aug 24, 2016 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.
Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN 5,047 Posts Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro. Has 16 years experience. Aug 24, 2016 Yes..
canoehead, BSN, RN 6,837 Posts Specializes in ER. Has 30 years experience. Aug 24, 2016 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.
TheCommuter, BSN, RN 226 Articles; 27,608 Posts Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych. Has 17 years experience. Aug 25, 2016 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.
sammiesmom 144 Posts Aug 25, 2016 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.
