A nurse who has become a close friend of mine in my chemistry class is taking a few classes over to start her NP degree. She has really poor time management in which I have told her on occasion because she doesn't study for lecture at all and has already missed a few class because of her full time job as a an RN. She works the night shift and is always tired when she gets to class in the morning.
She always seems constantly stressed out and tells me all these horror stories that a nurse has to go through when dealing with patients in the ER (such as having constant codes and rape victims) and how she is treated by management and needs more pay. This basically scares me because I'm only 19 and she's about 25 years older than me but yet I see myself in her as a future nurse and hating my career. I just got accepted into nursing school but now I'm doubting that this career is not all that it seems and I'm going to be fairly disappointed as a nurse and wanting to get out of it like she's trying to.
So basically my question is: how do the nurses with more than 2+ years of experience last in this profession with the constant stress that is put on them, and how do you manage your social life and time when your working night shifts?
