Do you like your job?

ArtClassRN, ADN, RN · Feb 16, 2014

When I was in school, I could not wait to become a nurse. I was so excited because I thought I would just love my job. My question to all the nurses out there is Do you like your job? Why? What do you do if you don't?

I love my job. It's the most difficult job I have ever had, but it is what I want to do and I like doing it.

You want an easy job? A glamorous job? A stress free job?

Look somewhere else.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Feb 16, 2014

I work in a pretty good ltc facility and love my coworkers and residents. I don't like 12 hr nocs right now as I am working 4-6 per week. If it were only 3 per wk like days, it would be good. I don't mind an occasional additional 4th day, but anything more is getting to be way too much! We keep trying to get 8 hr shifts back, but TPTB refuse to hear any discussion on the topic. It is private pay, and usually well stocked, staffing ratios good

allnurses Guide · Feb 16, 2014

Like most things in life my job has its ups and downs. I love critical thinking, intervening before a problem becomes worse and I love my coworkers for the most part. I enjoy working with the other specialties like PT, OT, RT, to get the most well rounded and accurate view of my patient. I enjoy the docs I work with and I really love advocating for my patients when appropriate and learning new things. I love 12 hour days, 3 day work weeks, the opportunity to earn bonus and overtime and self scheduling.

i hate feeling constantly constrained for time due to ratios being inappropriate. Certain patient populations are difficult to deal with. I truly hate cleaning up poop (but do it professionally and compassionately). I hate having to walk out on lonely little old folks who are so excited to have someone to talk to they simply cannot read the signs that I have to get out and on to the next thing. I hate the absurd amount of charting we have to do. I hate the wear and tear on my body. I hate the stress pounds I have gained.

nynursey_ · Feb 16, 2014

Some days I do. Some days I don't. Although, I think it has more to do with me than the facility, and I'm not too proud to acknowledge that.

I'm a new nurse and some days I live in the realm of idealism. I believe things should/will be as described in nursing school, and that doesn't always happen.

When I can take off the rose colored glasses, I think I'll be better served.

whichone'spink, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2014

One job I have come to hate. I love the people I work with but I could care less for the lack of choice in my schedule, the lack of staffing, the threat of mandatory stays every shift, the crappy assignments, and patients who are unable or unwilling to take care of themselves. Renal failure patients are a hard group to work with, because their lack of care of their chronic conditions put them into renal failure, and their old habits die hard. And they get ****** off if they can't have another pop when their sugar is 290, or they can't have any extra salt, or they can't go above their fluid restriction.

Asystole RN · Feb 17, 2014

I LOVE my job. I like the variety, my ability to travel and see different departments, people, and facilities. The income is decent and the work is actually fun with very limited charting.

Infusion nurse/vascular access nurse.

dudette10, MSN, RN · Feb 17, 2014

Yes, I do. I had a short period where I hated it, but after taking some time off, reflecting on the reasons why I was having a difficult go of it, and getting my anxiety under control, I was able to return as a better nurse who eventually loved her job. Of course, there are shifts from hell, and days where you just don't want to go in Today, but overall, I know this is where I professionally belong.

wanderlust99 · Feb 17, 2014

Depends on what day you ask me. I'd say in general I like nursing, I enjoy caring for patients for the most part but dislike the management and disorganization of my unit. Some of my coworkers have been bothering me lately too, a lot of laziness and too chatty. That gets on my nerves. Last week I was daydreaming about whether I'd be happier working at Kroger.

loriangel14, RN · Feb 17, 2014

I LOVE my job and my coworkers. I would like to tell some of the management to go jump in the pond most days but other than that I am pretty lucky.

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Feb 17, 2014

Problem solving, clinical skill, and autonomy. That's what I love. Not sure there's a much more satisfying feeling in nursing than having new challenges each morning, and "fixing" problems. It's tough to find this "sweet spot combo" in nursing, though (autonomy + instant gratification). Acute dialysis comes as close as I've ever found in 22 years as an RN.But, acute dialysis (and all the call time) has more than once tested me to my limits of coping skills.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Feb 17, 2014

I don't like my job: I love it. Psych, both inpatient and outpatient.

This isn't to say that I work for perfect facilities--no place is perfect, and I can't say I don't get ticked at something from time to time. But overall I love the work I do and the specialty I do it in.

Tina, RN · Feb 17, 2014

I am a school nurse, and I feel comfortable saying that I love it! :)

The pay stinks, but I think it's one of the better "nurse jobs" to have. I am fortunate that my husband has a good job, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford to work as a school nurse. I have my good days and my bad, but I find myself thanking my lucky stars quite frequently for my job.

I haven't done bedside nursing in a couple of years. I still find myself missing it, more often than I thought I would. But the way things are nowadays, I don't think I'd ever be able to go back, for my sanity's sake...