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Nurses like you are the reason I've always wanted to be a nurse and now finally in school chasing my dream. Your story brought me tears. Thank you for being you :)

Someone I went to school with who was a sports star and then went on to be a high school coach died because he drank a couple of Red Bulls before a marathon. He died from a major heart attack. I steer clear of those drinks!

That's exactly why I'm careful what I post on here and I haven't posted as often as I like. I once read a post where this person was at a really low point in her career and she was feeling like giving up the first few posts were all negative and some just plain mean. I couldn't believe it. I thought to myself, these people are supposed to be nurses, you know, kind, caring, and compassionate, the qualities I think people expect from nurses. But then more supportive people started commenting and it got much better. There are going to be people like this no matter where you are and what field you work in. It's just the world we live in.

I passed my CNA skills test by watching the videos on Youtube. A fellow classmate of mine failed, I sent him the link to the videos and he studied them like I advised and he passed at his next attempt. I also used Youtube teaching videos to homeschool my daughter on things that I didn't think I could explain or teach to her correctly. Youtube can actually be extremely helpful if used properly.

I feel the same as you. Been working at this place for 2 months. When I was hired they said a typical patient load is 10 and on occasion 15. Well since I started I have 17-20 patients every evening and I come home is pain daily and live on Advil. My shifts are only 8 hours but I'm so physically exhausted my days off are spent doing absolutely nothing but sleeping and lying around.

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I'm a CNA at a long term care facility and none of my nurses do what you do. They don't change a bed, they tell us to do it when they are done. Your CNA's should appreciate that you do that much! An RN supervisor passed me in the hallway the other day wheeling someone to their room to use the bathroom, once she saw me, she stopped dead in the hallway turned around and called me to take her to the bathroom, which her room was 5 feet away. Anyway the patient almost went in her pants due to this just because the nurse didn't want to take the 2 mins to put her on the toilet, patient is continent all she had to do was get her on the toilet. I wished there were more nurses like you at my facility. Oh wait I'm sorry they do help, when the state surveyors are there, then all of a sudden they are multitalented changing diapers and everything. And don't get me wrong we do have a few helpful nurses but some are just as lazy as most of the CNA's. At my job I find the CNA's, like myself, who want to become nurses and/or are going to nursing school tend to be the most help and most professional. Most of the one's that have being doing it for years or have no plans on going any further tend to have the worst attitude. They do nothing but ***** and moan how they hate their job and they treat the nurses and other CNA's like crap. And its not all of them but most of them. I think you need to be more stern and write them up if you find it necessary. Eventually they will get over it and probably respect you more.

I'm experiencing some of the same where I just started working only 3 weeks ago. The sad part is no matter where you work there will always be people like you discribed. My biggest issue lately was the person who trained me, and a lot of other staff, do not changes their gloves when going room to room. I am the type of person who can not let that go, especially since I'm OCD about clean hands. So the other day we were doing a round together going from room to room changing our incontinent patients when we were finished with the first patient she moved to the second, of course, without changing her gloves so when we were cleaning up everything from patient two I picked up the bag with the dirty diaper opened it and looked at her and said "Gloves please" and smiled at her. She smiled and took her gloves off and put them in the bag and every patient after changed her gloves. Sometimes you can find ways to say things to people without really offending them. Good luck to you :)

With your experience you could go into travel nursing, probably would work your butt off there too but at least you get to see and go places that may make up for it. Plus you get to work out your own contract in advance. Also get out of the hospital. Look in doctor offices or become a school nurse. My CNA instructor was a school nurse and loves it!! Being an RN gives you so many options, don't let this bad experience make you throw in the towel!

I feel exactly as you do, being 34 and starting all over. So a few weeks back I posted something similar to this. Here is the link. https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/terrified-about-starting-687026.html I received a whole bunch of responses from nurses and nursing students much older then us who are doing it. Chin up girl, you can do this. We can do this!! "Life had no limitations, except the ones you make"-Les Brown

I spoke to an RN yesterday who said she did her clinicals while in school at a PEDS burn ward, 34 years ago. She said that to this day she still remembers the screams of a little girl when they went in to debride her, that's exactly why she isn't in Peds. She said after 34 years the memory still haunts her to this day.

You just explained my life in your post. I have a 14 year old with type 1 diabetes. She's had it since she was 4. Now I am a nursing student but want to get into Peds not because of the reasons the op stated but because of some of the horrible experiences I had as a parent in the hospital with a sick child. When my daughter was first diagnosed at 4, we spent a week in a hospital 2 hours away from home where I had to pay $5 a day for parking, no money, I ate crackers with pb & j because they were free, so I understand that fully. I did the best I could considering I had just had a c-section a week before and had to leave my newborn baby for a week. It was the worst week of my life and yes there were very good nurses who were wonderful but that one aweful nurse always sticks with you. The one who told my 4 year old she had to get over herself and deal with it because she didn't want to eat what she was told and cried everytime they came in to stick with another needle or another finger stick. Needless to say I reported her and never saw her the rest of the week. On another instance I was in the ER all night when she was about 10 years old with a stomach virus. They hooked her up with an IV and I didn't see anyone for the rest of the night. It was me who cleaned her up everytime she got sick and practically carried her to the commode and held a bucket to her face because it was coming out both ends and she was barely able to walk. When I tried to get help, they only help I got was when they emptied the commode. I could go on and on. I've encountered A LOT of wonderful nurses over the years as well and I should say I also want to be a Peds nurse because of them too. The ones who came in a least every hour offering food, pillows, blankets, etc.. even though I never asked. I even had a nurse offer me money to buy dinner one night because she knew I had nothing to eat. I wouldn't take her money and a half hour later she showed up with a sandwich and a juice. You are the reason parents with sick children make it through our hospital stays. I want to be one of those nurses, the ones who care. Thank you for caring and you are appreciated. Like osdbmom stated You do make a difference.

Yes I was wondering the same, I am just beginning nursing school but want to travel after a few years and would love to hear your experience!

ME TOO!!

Thanks to all of you super women!! You're all an inspiration. I'm so excited to start. I will not let other people's negativity undermine what I am doing to better myself and my family.