ItsTheDude

op, it sounds like home health is what you're looking for, it has it's pros and cons. that's the great thing about nursing, so many ways to be a nurse.

a bsn opens more jobs and advancement to you and maybe a buck or two more pay. other than that, the US health care system sees no need to give incentives for 2 more years of general college education.

i'll just add, that nursing is a job and i don't know anyone that likes their job all the time.

many hospitals don't (some may though) consider ltc exp when figuring your pay, etc. it's nursing exp, but usually not the kinda nursing exp they're looking for. example (er nursing): if you've been an er nurse for 10 years, you're gonna get paid for 10 yrs exp if you're getting a new er nursing job. however, if you've got 10 yrs ltc exp, you probably are gonna get paid about what a newbie nurse does for a job as an er nurse.

it's gonna depend on the person and the type of nursing work they do. there's so many ways to make a living being a nurse.

i think the bullying, aka lateral violence, that goes on in nursing is because nursing is so female dominated. some women can be mean as heck to other women.

to answer the op's question, it's all about money/budgets in the states.

find a way to deal with it or find a new job. the orifices i've come across in nursing are nothing compared to the orifices in the other careers/jobs i've had.

i stay away from facebook, i've seen too many nurses and other hospital staff fired or disciplined due to facebook.

as others have stated, it's doable, gonna depend a lot what type dialysis, where you wanna work and how your body handles it.

nights is the best shift imo, they trained me during the day though, so you may get to see what days are like too.

you've just got to tell them NO. they keep calling you because you keep saying yes. just tell them NO, tired/sick (of working all the time).

ha, marriage and a job dampens many peoples sex drive, add kids into the mix and it's almost non existent for many.

yeah, ltc has it's ups and downs, the slow rate of patient/resident turnover is nice.

i do 3 12's a week at my main job and pick up an 8 hr shift from time to time at my other jobs. some weeks 3 12's is more than enough work for me and other weeks i can work more, just depends. 12's don't bother me, it depends a lot on the person and the work they do, some nursing jobs are more taxing than others.