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An oldie but a goodie, but still one of my favorites is "Sister Kenny" with Rosland Russel I think. It's about Elizabeth Kenny who pioneered a treatment for polio.

The good news is that if you ever go back to the bedside you can re-learn what you may have forgotten. and you will have to learn whatever the technology and research has come forward with. I also left the bedside about 2 years ago (March 13, 2000, but who remembers) It was a wonderful move for me. I HATED,HATED,HATED bedside nursing. I now am a telephone triage nurse, and LOVE,LOVE,LOVE it (to shamelessly plagerize another poster). I still work nights (my choice), and holidays, but no weekends. I am happier and better with my family now. Have given away all my scrubs, no longer own a stethoscope and my white shoes are now my daughters gym shoes. I will never go back to the bedside

Ah, the memories come rolling back. I to (as I am sure is true of many of us) sang "Good-by to Love" solo for a long time. i met my husband at 25, married him at 26 and have been married almost 20 years. During those alone years I learned one really important lesson that I just want to pass on:[ It's difficult to be happy married if you can't be happy single People will always disappoint us or leave us, not intentionally, not maliciously, it is just the way people are. I strongly encourage you to find interests outside work and school, they define what you do not who you are. I was real involved in my churches singles group, and had one really good girlfriend who was also single. We saw a lot of movies, worked out at the gym, and joined an interdenominational chior (where i met my husband). You've gotten some great advice from these folks, hope you can apply some of them to your situation. Here's another cyber-hug from someone who has also been there, done that.

As much as I like getting a shift dif (mine is 2.45, 3.10 on weekends) I really appreciate having fresh food available on shift. Several hospitals I have worked agency for have the grill open until about 2am. Also not being expected to attend meetings in the middle of the day is a definate perk which administrators (especially in small facilities) just don't understand. And how about security, shuttle service to parking lot, or secure parking, or my personal favorite adequate lighting. (I hate working in the dark, but it seems hospitals think patients rest better if the lights at the nurses station are 'subdued' Maybe extra vacation would be an attractive insentive for working nights

Ashamed of being a nurse ? Definietely not. As I have shared before I would not choose this profession again, and I am not always particularily proud of the job I have done. Shame has never been an emotion I associate with nursing. Why would caring, compassion, intelligence, hard work, perseverence (supply your own discriptive words) be cause for shame?? I like others have stated don't understand where this question is coming from.

As much as I hate nursing for myself, I would encourage my daughters to become nurses if they showed an interest. The profession does have problems-true, but don't they all. I was told by many people as a child the 'it takes a special person to be a nurse' I believed this then and i still do, and if the two special people I've had the privledge of raising wanted to be nurses, I say we will be a better profession because of them and 'God bless us every one'