what I DON'T LIKE about NURSING is...

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Hey,guys!

I'm sure everybody read a thread "What I like about nursing is..." So I decided to start a discussion "What I DON'T like about nursing is..." I know that most of you (I hope so) enjoy what you do,but there has to be something about your job that you don't like.Please write your specialty in the end.

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I'm not a nurse yet (pre-nursing) and from what I've read I think I'll love almost everything about being a nurse except that I wish there was a higher nursing degree than a DNP. I just wish I could have all the knowledge and authority of a physician, but still be a nurse. That would be perfect!:yeah:

I've considered just becoming a doctor instead, but I really think I'll be much happier as a nurse.

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Specializes in Critical care, trauma, cardiac, neuro.

What don't I like? That more nurses die and get injured each year on the job than police and firefighters combined. Since nurses die slowly from most of the injuries and exposures, it isn't a photo op and doesn't make the news. But it is true - every year except 2001.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.

What I can't stand is the petty politics and rules/decisions being made about patient care from those who either have never done any form of patient care or have been away from it for ages. ER/ICU/PACU

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Specializes in Telemetry.
What I can't stand is the petty politics and rules/decisions being made about patient care from those who either have never done any form of patient care or have been away from it for ages. ER/ICU/PACU

ITA.

Also, that more and more demands are being placed on nurses with less and less help offered. Pt ratios increased, higher acuity and less ancillary staff.

I also don't like that nursing is really nothing like what they teach you in school. But maybe that's more of a gripe with nursing programs- that they don't offer a realistic view of what the field of nursing really entails. Telemetry.

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What don't I like? That more nurses die and get injured each year on the job than police and firefighters combined. Since nurses die slowly from most of the injuries and exposures, it isn't a photo op and doesn't make the news. But it is true - every year except 2001.

Really? I'm intrigued. Can you (or anyone else) post some links or a website I can visit to read more about this?

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ITA.

Also, that more and more demands are being placed on nurses with less and less help offered. Pt ratios increased, higher acuity and less ancillary staff.

I also don't like that nursing is really nothing like what they teach you in school. But maybe that's more of a gripe with nursing programs- that they don't offer a realistic view of what the field of nursing really entails. Telemetry.

I'd say that's true of any job. School isn't real life - not for lawyers, not for doctors, not for MBAs or teachers, and certainly not for us.

What I really hate are family members who consider you one step below a handservant because you don't have "MD" behind your name - and then they ask YOU where the doctor is because they've been there for four days and still haven't seen the attending (whoever that is covering this week). Academic medicine can be complex and confusing, but I'm really not the hired help. The attitude is obvious and just makes me not want to be around the family - and it makes me feel even worse for the poor patient.

Adult Oncology

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