I love nursing!

[Pudnluv, ASN, RN]

I've been a member on this forum for some time now, and is see so many negative threads. If I were new to this profession, or just starting to think about becoming a nurse, alot of what is on here would scare me.

Now I know that this is a place where we can vent our frustrations with our jobs, coworkers and whatever, but today is a day of thanks, so I want to start a thread where we talk only about the positives of nursing. Tell us why you love nursing. What makes your day?

I love my job! I think I have the best job in the world. Yes, I get frustrated and not every day is rainbows and unicorns, but I don't think I could do anything else. There is nothing better than knowing I made someone's day just a little bit better during a bleak time in their life. Or better yet, knowing I helped saved someone's life and they didn't even know they were dying.

Today I give thanks to for all my sisters and brothers who go to work everyday to help make someone else's day just a little bit better.

[PatMac10,RN, RN]

I'm thankful I'm a Registered Nurse. I have a job and work in a unit that I enjoy and look forward to going to. I've had my more challenging days but they've only made me a better nurse. I'm blessed with a career that is always growing and cultivating the continuous intake if knowledge if its constituents. I have the opportunity to be a gray decision maker, but also a to be an even greater team player.

Im thankful to be a part of a profession with such deep roots on history. Someone on said that "it is incredibly difficult to find someone whose life hasn't been touched by some form of nurse.."

I get to teach people, heal people, and advocate for people and I have the option to go further both clinically, academically, and administratively.

I get to sit down and laugh and talk with my patients on a regular basis.

Being a nurse makes me feel like a superhero. I doubt even superman is great and proud as those in our noble profession.

I am truly thankful for the blessing and the honor of being a nurse!

[nursejami]

I don't think I can say anything that hasn't been said. I love being a nurse and couldn't see myself doing anything else. Even on the worst days, I know I've made some sort of difference in someone's day and their health outcome.

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

There are more good days than bad days. It gets tiring and frustrating and downright crazy at times, but at the end of the day, you made a difference.

[ArtClassRN, ADN, RN]

Yes, I get frustrated and not every day is rainbows and unicorns, but I don't think I could do anything else.

YOU are a rainbow! And a unicorn.

Thank you for a wonderful post, have a great day!