What keeps you at your job???

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Nov 15, 2002

Having Christmas off every year, but even that may not be worth it. I'm starting to have bad job dreams (and that is a bad sign).

kaycee · Nov 15, 2002

One kid in college and another soon to be there.

whipping girl in 07, RN · Nov 15, 2002

1) I really enjoy the challenges of critical care.

2) I like most of my co-workers, and the ones I don't like, I don't have to work with that much.

3) I like working nights and picking my son up from school every day.

4) The money's not bad (at this point; remember I'm pretty new!)

5) My future career goals (I don't want to have to "start over" somewhere else).

6) It sure beats waiting tables, hostessing, renting cars, admitting patients to ER and doing 10 key all day long (my previous jobs).

anitame · Nov 15, 2002

The incredible miracle of birth :) I'm addicted, pure and simple!

Anita

neuroRN, RN · Nov 15, 2002

I am where I am now for my year of experience before I go to the ICU. I am also there because I like hospital nursing and I love the patients I take care of. :-)

agnewRN · Nov 16, 2002

Left a job 6 mos ago due to difficulty dealing with management styles of a new DON. She didn't like mine, I didn't like hers. Unfortunately I still miss my coworkers. There was alot of comraderie and teamwork. I would've stayed had it not been for the DON. Now I can't find that connection with other jobs. No grass isn't always greener but sometimes you have no choice but to go to the otherside and hope for the best.

adrienurse, LPN · Nov 16, 2002

Me? I want to work someplace long enough to get some vacation hours! It's been a long, long time.

ceecel.dee, MSN, RN · Nov 16, 2002

1. Close to home.

2. Making headway on improvements for staff.

3. Doctor's fairly reasonable about patient advocacy issues.

4. Pay is fairly decent, comparitively.

5. Until masters degree finished, no energy for new job anxiety.