RCRN

This is a tough one. I was ate before, by an angry charge nurse. It was my first year as a nurse and it was because of my lack of knowledge over a certain subject pertaining to my patient. Let me just say that this is the last time I was consumed. I have 10 yrs experience now and I think that has a lot to do with it. Increasing knowledge is a good thing. Ive had many nurses try to eat me since this incident but they do not usually get very far. Its an interesting phenomenon. Nursing eating their young. Have I done it? NO. Have I wanted to? At times, when I work with an agency nurse that does not know what they are doing. I usually try to have a "more hopeful" attitude. But their are times I have to bite my lip. Ive never had another male nurse try this though. Stay with the profession. Some times you can learn from being chewed on. Its like a good wine. It gets better with time.

I'm pretty satisfied in my career. I make OK money. Someone posted that nurses will never get rich. Well, that all depends on ones idea of rich. Currently I'm pursuing my BSN then onto CRNA. My wife is pursuing her nurse practitioner degree. These two salaries combined will net a nice chunk of change. One thing we nurses have going for us is the ability to work more shifts and overtime. Most hospitals offer incentive pay, $10/hr more where I work, for extra shifts. This adds up. I will venture to say that a nurses salary can be easily above average.