Does anyone hate their job as a nurse?

[Pongoo]

My wife and I are going back to school for nursing. And my wife asked me if I read about anyone really hating their job as a nurse. I beileve we want to be bedside nurses of somesort, not sure what unit or the ER. I guess before she starts going back to school soon she wants to confirm she won't hate her job. She will be doing the BSN since she still has to work fulltime for the next 3 years , then quiting and going full time when more financially secure. We have a 12 year old son we adopted as well. After she is done I will quit and do the ADN in 3 years. After I get 5 years experiance we want to become travel nurses if son and parents are in good shape. So does anyone really hate their job or have any good advice for us? thank you!

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

I hate it anymore... I may just have not found my specialty yet, but so far nursing as a whole has been not what I had expected. I want to make a difference in the lives of my patients, but instead all I feel like I do is push pills.. Ugh.. I am thinking of going back to school for teaching.. I admit I love my patients, but it seems like all of the other BS is not worth it. It seems like I get 10% pt care and 90% BS.

[scrapnurse2010]

I HATE being a nurse!!!. I hate the lazy nurses that I have to pick up the slack for, I hate the families that yell at you and think that their loved one is the only sick person in the world, I hate the stupid nurses that can't think unless they have a book in front of them. I hate the docotr's that get ****** when you call them to hello, advise on their patient (you, know, since they are the one's with the MD). As a nurse you are not just a nurse. You are a fireman, a social worker, a grief counselor, a detective, a plumber and maid, etc. The pay is good, the vacations, lifestyle are good. But at the cost of your sanity?. I hate what medicine has become. Patients are VIP's, customers. I am a nurse, not a salesperson. My job is to keep you safe and alive. I went into nursing because I truely wanted to help people. Now, I see what it really is, and to me the paycheck is not worth it. I am acutually going back to school to become a teacher. I know, shocking considering the huge paycut! but hey, It get's old seeing death, blood, sickness day in and day out. I want a 9-5 job with weekends off, holidays off, and to be able to come home when there is light out. I want to be surrounded by positivity and life, not doom and gloom. It's funny, because you can spot a nurse a mile away. The loud voice, the walk of a nurse, the look of no fear. You become scarred in a sense. You have to be able to numb yourself to deal with the job, but yet come back to life when you leave your shift. Make sure nursing is what you really want, work in a hospital and see what it's like. I am glad I was able to achieve my goal of becoming a nurse, but I am also glad that I can leave and purse what will really make me happy!

[coolpeach]

I hate my job!!!! I just graduated in Dec, and started my first job a few months ago. I started full of excitment, and came front loaded with employee satisfaction. I went in every day not for the money, but because it was my dream. I did a good job for my company because we were a team, helping each other, and helping others. It took a VERY short time to discover I am an idiot. My company doesn't care about me at all. They don't care if I work when I am sick or dying. My son ended up in the ER while I was working, and they were upset that I didn't take a critical lab value call during my lunch instead of sitting with him during that short time. I told them almost a month in advance he was scheduled for surgery on a certain day, and surprise I am scheduled to work that day (and there's no way I can have it off). I was actually told the exact phrase "We didn't ask you if you had a family when we hired you". I listen to the other nurses talk bad about each other (really mean stuff). It makes me wonder what they say about me when I am not around. They change my schedule at the last minute, and I am apparently obligated to sit next to my phone and come in at the drop of a hat regardless of any plans or appointments I have made. It appears to me its not about the patient, but about the bottom $. I am expected to be fast, accurate, and know more than I know, and know it NOW. I am a new graduate!!!!! I feel stupid every single day. I used to love nursing, and look forward to a the experience. Its what I have wanted to do ever since I was little. Now wake up an hour before my alarm goes off feeling stressed, and anxious. I usually throw up before work, cry in the car on the way home, and feel so stressed when I get home I can't sleep. On my days off I can't relax, and spend the time thinking on x amount of more time before I go back, or wondering if they are going to call and tell me my schedules changed to come in. I don't really eat on the days I work because I am too stressed, and I have lost 9 pounds in 4 months. I have also started taking a prescription acid reducer, and high blood pressure medication which I didn't need before. Starting to think I may need anti anxiety med before long.

[zahryia, LPN]

I can honestly say I like my co-workers. They're a nice bunch, but I don't enjoy being in L and D. I feel like I would do much better during the antepartum phase and empowering and educating pregnant women. Running up and down the halls making 'not that great money' while having to follow doctor's orders that are based on their dinner dates is not appealing to me. Yuck.

[BOOYARN]

i really dont like it !!! i been a nurse for 8 years and im only thirty, also i believe the nurse treatment in hospitals have a lot to do with your location, the bigger your city the more mis management you will face

i dont hate the work as a nurse, just the BS management and most DR puts you through

AND its only getting worse!

[BOOYARN]

Can the nurses that dont like there nursing job please post their location city, and state please .... Thanks