Contemplating becoming a nurse

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Im not a nurse, just an aid, & I've contemplating going to nursing school. I'll be 31 this year and the nurses at my hospital, for lack of a better phrase, get crapped on. I have great bedside manner & all my patients love me when I have them. I would love to do would care nursing, become a director of a wound care center, but then I see how nurses are treated & the stress that comes with it and Im like that is not the life for me. Is it just my particular hospital, or the system or does it general suck everywhere ?

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5 hours ago, HelpingHands30 said:

Im not a nurse, just an aid, & I've contemplating going to nursing school. I'll be 31 this year and the nurses at my hospital, for lack of a better phrase, get crapped on. I have great bedside manner & all my patients love me when I have them. I would love to do would care nursing, become a director of a wound care center, but then I see how nurses are treated & the stress that comes with it and Im like that is not the life for me. Is it just my particular hospital, or the system or does it general suck everywhere ?

"Sucks" and "crapped on" vary in meaning from one person to the next. I think they're terms that describe almost any job, for example. You know, they might even describe life itself. ?

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
14 hours ago, Sour Lemon said:

"Sucks" and "crapped on" vary in meaning from one person to the next. I think they're terms that describe almost any job, for example. You know, they might even describe life itself.

Wow. Heavy.

And I'm not speaking molecularly, Sour Lemon.

 

HelpingHands, welcome to allnurses!

20 hours ago, HelpingHands30 said:

I'm... an aid...

 I have great bedside manner & all my patients love me when I have them. 

I sense great things, and not windmills, on your horizon.

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

There are challenges everywhere, in every profession. Overall, everyone gets up every day and decides whether the rewards of their career (a paycheck and potentially the general satisfaction of their job), outweigh the drawbacks. If they reach a day that it isn't worth it, they usually move on. People remain nurses for many reasons. While my own job situation may not be ideal at times due to staffing issues, management issues or overall system issues, I am fortunate to go in every night and help critically ill patients through their serious medical challenges. I have a great job and on a day to day basis, 90% of my time is focused on my patient and their care, the annoying 10% I just get through. Good luck with your decisions. 

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