spacemom1

People, she is saying that this didnt happen when she was at work. It happened OFF WORK HOURS and had nothing to do with work or HIPPA or her Ex's girlfriends treatment, etc. I agree that you need to get an attorney. What did they say when you mentioned that this wasnt even on work hours or about anything medical or HIPPA related?

Wow. I thunk u have officially changed my mind and broken my dream. First of all my dream was to not necessarily work in a hospital but maybe a obgyn office or a birthing center or something of the like so all the hospital crap didn't really worry me. But now I don't know. Can anyone tell me if it's different at a clinic than a hospital?

you all have such great comments and insight! I am definitely going to look at shadowing a nurse at least a couple times in a few different areas to see what I like. I am most interested in obgyn so will look into labor and delivery and maybe postpartum and then pediatrics. I did volunteer at one of the hospitals for awhile in the nursery and I loved it. I just felt very comfortable there and the nurses were very nice and helpful. I was happy as a lark even sterilizing the infant cribs. I have thought about some form of work in the medical setting for so long and I am not getting any younger. There are some great schools where I live and I think there would be opportunities when I would graduate. I just have to take the leap. I am 36 and have two boys ages 2 and 5 and a husband so not sure how I would do it financially. I guess where there is a will there is a way. Keep the posts coming!

Thank you all for your responses. I apologize if I came across he wrong way as to blaming all seasoned nurses as mean. I am confident that the majority is of the contrary. I appreciate the insight. It is a difficult decision to change ones career and I have been thinking about it for 5 years! I would love to do womens health. Just taking the leap o do it is so scary. I hope to see more feedback on my initial post. You all are very helpful.

I have been around these boards off and on the past couple years. I am not a nurse yet but am seriously thinking of changing my career to be a nurse. But when I read the majority of the posts on this board I am discouraged with all the negativity and horror stories I read about. Is there a nursing shortage or not? Is the nursing shortage only in certain areas of the country and in only certain fields? Whats the real story? What is it really like? Why are seasoned nurses so mean to new grads? Are they that miserable that they feel they can take it out on others less than them? It seems like such a harsh field.I am sick of my engineering job where I go home at the end of the day and feel like I havent contributed to anything good in society. I want to help people and make a difference in the world. But if nursing is so horrible as it sounds on this board then maybe I should stick with my boring engineering job. Please someone enlighten me and help me see how it really is. Thanks.