I Love My Job!

CrunchRN, ADN, RN · Jul 20, 2012

I do, but I work in research.

The team you work with is what makes or breaks any job.

KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN · Jul 20, 2012

Work is so infinitely better than school. The paychecks are nice too!

If I could like your post twice, I would. Just for this comment alone! Lol. I'm a new LPN & I loooove working. I work in corrections & no two shifts are the same. But school starts in about 10 days My senior year! I'll be finished with my BSN next spring . It's gonna be a drag to go back to school, but I know it will be better in the long run. :nurse:

britney705 · Jul 20, 2012

Thanks for this post!! I'm only a pre-nursing student and its nice to hear a POSITIVE story about someone's experience fresh out of school and actually working. It's awesome you usually only hear horror stories which I'm soooo tired of hearing. I mean I know that nursing is not an easy job and that it does comes with a lot of negatives but it's good to hear someone place emphasis on the positives. It reminds me why I want to do this. Congratulations on your new found happiness!! :yeah:

hakunamatata, BSN, RN · Jul 21, 2012

This is awesome to hear. I'm a new grad on the floor, but interviewed and wanted the ER so bad. The floor is tough, but it is good experience. Corrections is also my other secret area of choice, I'd like to ultimately do that. So glad to hear you guys are loving your jobs, it's where I am hoping my first one gets me :)

MissRN2b · Jul 21, 2012

I agree that it's awesome to finally hear about a new grad who is loving his/her job. I have recently been reading so many posts from nurses that have been having horrible experiences with their new jobs. Reading about migraines, sleepless nights, irritability, and so forth, has really made me nervous about what I have to look forward to. This post, however, has put a smile on my face :). Thank you equestiRN for that. This tells me that it is possible to love ones job right out of nursing school.

alicia3825 · Jul 21, 2012

I totally agree with you! I have been an LVN on a transplant floor and we work with the number 1 liver and kidney transplant programs in texas and in the nation! I love all my patients, and I work with an awesome team of seasoned and new nurses. Its always nice coming to work knowing that yes we will get our confused ESLD patients but that in the end everyone is alway so greatful that we were there for them! Its great knowing that your patients appreciate what you do for them at their worst! Great Post!

SkilledorthoLPN · Jul 21, 2012

Well I have been an LPN for just over two yrs, my first nursing job was at a LTC facility with 30 resident's and a team who was all about themselves, it was difficult but I got in the groove. I stayed for about a yr and was dismissed for something that I didnt do, even though I took responsibility because it involved my aids and I was the charge nurse, well leaving that job made me wonder if I really wanted to be a nurse. I found another job at a skilled orthopedic rehab and I have been there for almost a yr and I have completely fallen in love with nursing, every aspect of it, this is what I was made for. I love it so much, back in school for my ADN and cant wait to work in acute care/ trauma!!!!!!!!!! Im glad that there are other nurses out here who actually do it for more than the money!!!!!!!!!!

Jammin' RN · Jul 21, 2012

Thank you so much for your post this morning! I was having some anxiety after my first week of orientation (hit the floor next Sunday) and this helped to relieve me! It's really nice to see a positive post on here!

cherryames1949 · Jul 21, 2012

Thanks for accentuating the positive! I love my job and can't imagine doing anything else. Thirty years and counting. I'm so glad that someone is coming after me who feels the same way.?

billyboblewis · Jul 21, 2012

I remember working in the early stages of my career and all the bizarre and upseting things you were exposed to. Life is truly fragile. A 72 year old blind man shot to death by police because he was waving a pistol around wildly firing off rounds. A dead baby brought in by her mom after she had suffocated in bed...We did cpr for a long period of time to bring some peace to the family. The 39 year old man dying of a heart attack when he thought he had a cold and the wife there waiting. People going wild on various combinations of drugs and having to tie them to bed to keep them from harming themselves or us. Shootouts in the staircases..and this was in a rural area...Working in the er makes everything else boring but you do learn to enjoy helping people in regular med surg once you get the hang of it. A hospital is not the normal place for anyone to be and so you always have an aura of excitement.

I am about 800 hours in to my first RN position as an emergency nurse. While I was working late last night and juggling 5 patients of moderate acuity including a ETOH withdraw, a ?perfed ERCP, a PE, a chemical splash to eyes, and a renal colic. Between assessing them and running orders I took a second and thought man, I love this.
I work with an amazing team of nurses, both new and with 25+ years behind them. Every single nurse is a joy to work with. I am so grateful they take the time to teach me, and I feel like I contribute to the team.
Work is so infinitely better than school. The paychecks are nice too!
It's even nicer being juuuuust a little more familiar with the place than the new residents, so that I actually seemed knowledgeable when they asked for help :)
Do you love your job too?
Let's spread a little happiness today!

hopefulheath · Jul 21, 2012

As a student starting the RN program this fall, it is so refreshing to read about a positive work experience!! I understand that people need to vent and nursing is not all peaches and cream but it makes me feel better that there are Nurses out there that enjoy their job!!!