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I use to work night shifts 11 to 7am, and it was great, i sleep all morning get up around noon and stiil had some time around the day to do stuff, my nights off, i got good night sleep, it is a little hard on the body, so i take chinese herbs for nourishment. May not be good in the long run, but i stopped doing them cause my job started cutting hours,....so im back to job hunting. I also done 3 to 11 shifts, busy as heck but u learn more.

I could say I pursued nursing because I wanted to follow the footsteps of my mother who is RN, but that is the usual every other day story you normally hear. This was one of the reasons why I decided to become a nurse, however, one of my other reasons of pursing to become a part of the nursing career is the most unusual, it was my strange fascination with needles. Yes, needles! Needles, the one thing most people cannot stand the sight of, to brining in their child in for a vaccine. Well, I defiantly was one of those 5-yead-kids who cried at the doctor's office, but as I grown older and started girl scouts at the age of 11. I was introduced to the world of crafty. This is where I learned the basics of hand sewing and that is how it began. I was fascinated by the cute little accessories I can make by using simply a needle and thread. The needle was the one that awed me more then the thread. It was at that point I really began to realize how much the needle has done for our society. It has given us clothes to wear, to protect us from cold winters, or to hats to protect us from sun. To giving us flu shots each year, and helping people with diabetes control their sugar. I was only eleven years old at this time, and still unaware nursing would later become my passion. Years had gone by and I had grown older, and soon going to enter college. Still unaware of what I like to pursue become, and my fascination with needles had faded away and been forgotten. At that time, I thought maybe becoming a school teacher may be nice, but I sure did not want to spend the rest of my life in a classroom. Then I thought about my mother, who had great stable job for so long, and gave her more that enough hours than she can handle. "Hmm, nursing?" I thought, "Well, I defiantly want to help people, and I have job security. Yes, this would seem fit for me." It was at that point I decided on nursing, and went on to pursue my LVN, since I felt it be best to take it step by step with this new interest. It was not until the day our teacher taught us how to give shots when my fascination with needles began again, it was soon after that I started looking forward to days in clinics and got to help with simple insulin shots even excited me. It just amazed me of how much the needle has helped the human body stay alive, even on just merely TPN. Something so small, yet rather painful device has done so much good for our society. It was at this point I knew the number one reason I wanted to become a nurse, it was my love for needles, and how I wanted to learn how to use it properly to help people with their health conditions.

I also like to add it may not have the best pay, like in a hospital, so i feel that nurses who work here do it for a passion.

Wow, and I thought I was alone, well I was one of those nurses in the nursing program who did not want to work in LTC at first because I was working as CNA in one already and it was wearing me out, and it was very disorganized, but not all LTC are like that, the one I am at now is a lot better and probably one the best you will ever see, and even has electronic charting. It was until i starting working here i realized that i love LTC, i like getting to know my patients, seeing them recover from chronic illness. One thing that does bother me, is that my mother doesnt see a future for me working in one, reading this article give me hope in a bright future in LTC. Also i am a big fan of 8 hour shifts, i like having some hours out the day to myself, seeing my patient more often. Especially love them elders! I hope this field grows.

Wow over one year, that is hard, first of all if you are being picking about the pay or location or hours, stop being picking, i finally a good stable job and its a hour drive from where I live, and traffic can get really crazy sometimes, but you gotta do what you gotta do, and it was the only job i could find that would hire new grads, when doing your job search, look for places that are willing to hire new grads, also look into the places you did clinics, they must remeber you, and the school you intended probably has someone who can help you find a job, also career centers, and do you have anybody you know in the medical field you can help you? On top of that maybe go back to school and pursue your RN, and it wouldnt hurt to work as CNA at least, that will help with your networking and just getting ur foot in the door for some places.