Hello everyone. First of all I would like to say how much I just admire you nurses for getting to where you are, and sticking with it through the difficulties.:bowingpur I am not a nurse, but am starting my pre reqs in Sep to start the path. I wanted to know all the pros and cons of the job before I got into it. And boy.. there are MANY cons! I just went into a forum and there were nurses venting about how much they hate it and how they wish they had done something different. One nurse even said that the other nurses at her hospital told her that if they didnt have bills to pay, they would quit. How the working conditions are awful. They got into it to help people, but half the time those people are ungrateful, or the nurses are so overloaded they didnt even get time to give proper patient care. And the backstabbing nurses and managers, possibly compromising a persons license because they dont like them, or they spoke up. The doctors treating you like your nothing. I mean it goes on and on. Even international nurses saying the same things go on in their countries. I wanted to be a nurse because I love medicine and love helping people(cliche, I know) and I always told myself at the end of my days I want to make sure I have touched as many lives as possible. Thats what life it about for me. I wanted a job that will help my soul grow, but I heard nursing just sucks the life out of you and so many nurses have health as well as mental problems (depression,anxiety,suicide,etc) and thier families are suffering because of it. So... I need you guys to be honest with me. Is it really so bad? Would you do it again if you could? For god sakes, is there a positive working enviroment where nurses empower each other and everyone works as a team? Ive heard some people say that Lpn's have it better because not only do they not have the liability that RN's do, but they actually get to spend time with the patients. Is this true? Should I just go to be an Lpn and actually get to practice NURSING? Whats your experience, and your recommenedation ladies and gentlemen? Thanks you so much for taking the time out to respond. Im really lost here.
Your letter makes me cry...Of course, I've been crying for the last several hours...I feel your heart, and it is mine...the reasons I went into nursing. My heart is broken tonight at all that you have mentioned...and then, I read that you were looking for a place your soul could grow...Well, It definitely challenges your soul...your whole being....
I am a prenursing student, and I am learning now to pick up on my own personal weakness. I have heared you must have a tough skin to work in nursing, I dont know exactly how true that is. However, working as a tech, at some facilities I do see that as being the case unfornately. Now these facilities are more unskilled and unprofessional themselves, and I learned to push myself and forgive myself alway be open for constructive critism. Nursing is worth it, for the nurse that wants to truely be a nurse. Keep your head up, you and I will make it through
THIS is the kind of post that I love to see! So many people get into nursing for the money, and end up very sorry for their choice. I am so happy to find people that go into nursing because it's their passion! Don't be afraid, go for it! Get the RN, it's hard work, but it will open so many doors for you - and from my perspective, I spend plenty of time with my patients and their families! LVN's I find, do much of the same work with much less pay - this creates resentment. So, just go for that RN degree, you won't regret it! For all the blood, sweat and tears that I have put into my career, I don't regret a minute of it. I know I'm doing God's work, I know I am needed, and I know I am touching people during the worst moment of their life. How priceless is that? There are no words that can describe the fulfillment you get from this career. No, it's not easy. But is it worth it? YES, YES, YES!!!!
hello everyone. first of all i would like to say how much i just admire you nurses for getting to where you are, and sticking with it through the difficulties.:bowingpur i am not a nurse, but am starting my pre reqs in sep to start the path. i wanted to know all the pros and cons of the job before i got into it. and boy.. there are many cons! i just went into a forum and there were nurses venting about how much they hate it and how they wish they had done something different. one nurse even said that the other nurses at her hospital told her that if they didnt have bills to pay, they would quit. ...
if you are looking to make your career choices based on what you read on internet boards then you'll never choose any career because there are people to be found online ranting about every job. so then you might investigate the sahm boards and get to read posts by individuals who are also specatacularly unhappy for one reason or another. i've read boards on a variety of topics in my time and while they contain some useful information they are not the final word on any given topic. so my advice is to find the happy professionals in real time - they are out there- and try talking to them instead. if you have the time get your cna license, get a nursing aide job and see if you like working with patients and being in the health care milieu. that is key. don't base your decision solely on what you read on a chat board. you wouldn't use it as a sole course on a research paper and it shouldn't be your sole source when you're deciding about a livelihood.
Even international nurses saying the same things go on in their countries. I wanted to be a nurse because I love medicine and love helping people(cliche, I know) and I always told myself at the end of my days I want to make sure I have touched as many lives as possible. Thats what life it about for me. I wanted a job that will help my soul grow, but I heard nursing just sucks the life out of you and so many nurses have health as well as mental problems (depression,anxiety,suicide,etc) and thier families are suffering because of it. So... I need you guys to be honest with me. Is it really so bad? Would you do it again if you could? For god sakes, is there a positive working enviroment where nurses empower each other and everyone works as a team? Ive heard some people say that Lpn's have it better because not only do they not have the liability that RN's do, but they actually get to spend time with the patients. Is this true? Should I just go to be an Lpn and actually get to practice NURSING? Whats your experience, and your recommenedation ladies and gentlemen? Thanks you so much for taking the time out to respond. Im really lost here.
lookingbeyond, BSN, RN
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Your letter makes me cry...Of course, I've been crying for the last several hours...I feel your heart, and it is mine...the reasons I went into nursing. My heart is broken tonight at all that you have mentioned...and then, I read that you were looking for a place your soul could grow...Well, It definitely challenges your soul...your whole being....