nurseladyb

I can understand where you are coming from...Being in career that you hate makes life even more stressful. I have been a nurse for the last 23 years and and in some part of the healthcare enviroment since I was 15 years old.I have worked in acute care,PICU/NICU,LTC,hospice,outpatient care .I have been pushed,shoved,smacked,spit on,bit,felt up,groped,cursed out, chairs have been thown at me and this was not all done by patients either. Often on my way home from work, I often think..If I hear one more complaint or whine, one more phone call,one more thing of somebody needing something yesterday...One more comment of how my tax dollars pay your salary....I honestly could pull out what little hair that I have that has not fallen out already. My biggest problem now is dealing with a much younger and much more inexperienced manager and all of the "numbers games". I was just switched to another team this past week due to this very same numbers excuse.Then sometimes one of my patients will smile at me ,hug me,or say Thank You and then I can take a deep breath and think maybe I can do this for another 20 years...God willing that is.