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Hi, I'd like to ask you a few questions about your job, I'm conflicted about my choice to attend nursing school. I've pretty much been a caregiver since I was 7,helping the elderly neighbors and volunteering at nursing homes as a teen, and now as a Cna. I'm not questioning my desire, but more of how the work environment is for you as a Nurse.

I'm 100% sure that I want to work in healthcare,but I'm not sure if Nursing is it, the Nurses that I met while working as a CNA never seemed happy. And when I read various forums everyone is always complaining about being treated bad. That is what worries me. My nursing program starts soon, I'd hate to go to school and feel crappy about myself after I went home from work.

1.Do you feel respected and valued at work? (what type of facility are you in?)

2.Are the Doctor's always yelling at you? (and what can you do about that?)

3.How do you feel when you get home? (Do you "bring your job home?")

4.What would you change about this profession?

Thanks in advance ;)

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this sounds like an assignment for school............:geek:

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

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1.Do you feel respected and valued at work? (what type of facility are you in?)

Respect is hit and miss. Some people are angry, confused or just pissed. I don't feel respected when I;m being yelled, kicked at or spit on. However I know I do the absolute best for my pts, I do my best to make time for the little things, that really matter (TLC, heath teaching, getting to know the pts) and therefore I value the job I do. Not every pt is rude, but there is always one. I used to like telling others I was a nurse in palliative care, I felt valued when others would tell me it took a 'special person', now I dont like to tell strangers at all. Its awkward and I don't need to be valued by strangers. I also really dislike when some specialty areas are looked down on, while others are elevated.

2.Are the Doctor's always yelling at you? (and what can you do about that?)

Always, no, but twice that I really remember. Once the the MD was just a prick who didn't know me, I have thick skin, got over it. The other time, was my fault, I made a med error. Not a big one, but she was already frazzled and late. At that time I was new, less thick skin, but I had to own up to it. The docs I work with regularly I call them by there first name tell jokes with and go to dinner parties at their houses, only time they raise there voice is if there is too much wine.

3.How do you feel when you get home? (Do you "bring your job home?")

My feet are sore, I'm hungry and I worry about getting a UTI from not drinking or voiding. Sometimes I think about pts who I connected with, or after a crazy day I worry if I missed something, but usually not. My house is my house and work is work

4.What would you change about this profession?

That's a huge question, not in my pay scale. Sometimes I do wish it wasn't all so legalized, chart to CYA, watching boundaries with pts, people getting reported small things. Its a bit much.

Thanks in advance ;)

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

!. Yes, except by management.

2. It's never happened. A doc yelled at my charge nurse and he got written up and had to apologize.

3. Tired but happy. I leave work at work.

4.I wish the people that made the decisions that affect our practice understood what we do.

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Specializes in NICU.

1.Do you feel respected and valued at work? (what type of facility are you in?)

I feel very respected and valued at work. The doctors and nurses on my floor work as a team and I feel my opinions matter. I am respectful to others at work and in return I get respect.

2.Are the Doctor's always yelling at you? (and what can you do about that?)

I have yet to have a doctor yell at me.

3.How do you feel when you get home? (Do you "bring your job home?")

Some days I come home and cry, and some days I am extremely happy because I saw something amazing at work. The good days far outweigh the bad. I talk to my husband about work for a short period of time, and then I am done with work until the next time I go in.

4.What would you change about this profession?

I love the nursing profession. There are so many different areas you can work in, and there are always career advancement opportunities. You can specialize, get certifications, go back to school to further your nursing career, or be content where you are at. I don't think I would change anything. Nursing is one of the most trusted professions.

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Specializes in Orthopedics, Med/Surg.

1.Do you feel respected and valued at work? (what type of facility are you in?)

YES. I work for a national medical aesthetics company. In my state we are nurse run and have a doctor who comes in a few times a month for chart reviews and is always available for questions or concerns.

2.Are the Doctor's always yelling at you? (and what can you do about that?)

When I worked in the hospital I had a few doctors get angry at me for waking them up in the middle of the night. You just have to remember that by notifying them of something important, you are doing your job and protecting your patients.

3.How do you feel when you get home? (Do you "bring your job home?")

At my current job I almost never bring work home. In the hospital environment I was constantly anxious and stressed and could never leave work at work. You just have to find the right practice setting for you.

4.What would you change about this profession?

I love being a nurse. There are so many opportunities and there are so many ways to use a nursing degree.

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