Scotchtwin18

All ER nurses are that way, because after being abused by "entitled" patients and the ungodly pressure to move patients faster than ever and do a safe job/being abused by managers. You start to think why am I here, or is this really why I went into nursing??? Soon you ask yourself who am I really helping and you ask is it the guy "lost his meds", "had his meds stolen by this roommate" or the drunk ass who called you everything short of a white guy, and when he woke up with a hangover demanded narcotics, food, coffee and a cab ride home!!! BTW I am a white guy. Did I help them? Sure as hell didn't! But after the drunk the either the AMI, AMI code, code, trauma or trauma/code comes in and everybody is hyped, the room works, nobody asks much questions, but the room somehow works, everybody does their job, the patient might live or might die. But after it's all over, you've gained the respect of your co-workers, a trauma surgeon, cardiologist or ER physician. You cannot fix stupid, you cannot help those that don't want to be helped. Then your realize the only person you might have a chance on helping is the really sick ones. That feeling lasts for a second and then the next drunkicidal person comes in.

I wish I could say things are different. I work at a Level 1 and if I were to post, I'd post it just like you did. Only where I'm from our pay is in the bottom 30% in the country. I'm just not where you are yet. I've worked there for 1 year and the pressure is immense and the hospital things ER nurses plot to make their night bad. It's disgusting how the entire hospital works. Good Luck to you. You have the experience ever consider flight nursing. Patients will be of a similar acuity, but only one on one.