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I know its painful yet, has anyone bothered to research what OSHA has to say about this issue? Unlike JCAHO who comes in and slaps hands and removes credentials, OSHA serves violation fees and closes hospitals for violations of their standards. We too have an issue with this, yet we want to keep in compliance and have a workplace to come to. Sometimes, one has to look at the bigger picture. Then you might want to present it to your managers, physicians, etc. an email of the criteria to the top management wouldn't hurt.

It's after midnight, and I have just returned to look over some of the threads. I have read the list of duties and no one has added: and ALL other duties as assigned. Amazing, I have been in nursing over 40 years - the complaints are the same and the overwork never ends. Pay does not compensate - EVER, so we continue to look for the satisfaction of knowing we are doing the best we can for our patients under the circumstances we are given to work in. When you look at it, we stay because we want to stay. As nurses, especially today the marketplace offers other opportunities. Yet, who would be there to catch those babies when their doctors aren't there, or help that gyn patient get up and about after her hyst.? What we nurses need to do is learn to take care of ourselves. Do you have a hobby or something that will relax your body and mind? Do you spend time with your family? No, make time. No job is worth it, nor will your time ever be more well spent than with family. No family, spend time with friends, and preferrably not talking about work. Exercise, go for a walk, see a movie (even if at home), read a book - MAKE TIME FOR YOU! Nursing is a rewarding and fulfilling profession, if and when you remember to take care of yourself - first. To Mamababy Nurse- there is a reason why you are where you are, one that you may not have discovered yet. Look around and see if you haven't made a difference in someone else's life, that you wouldnt have had you still been up north. Look for something positive to hold onto each day. I too transported from up north, took me over three years to get used to it, and then I wouldn't go back. Hope things get better for you. God bless you and all who read this. :balloons: "God is good...all the time."

Unfortunately, some of these individuals will not make it in nursing, and if all they care about is the money- I really hope they don't. Nursing is a great profession and needs all the caring people that want to make a difference in the lives of another individuals - the patients, their families, and the co-workers they will be working with. As the old saying goes - there is not enough money that will pay for all a nurse does. As far as how to handle their comments - don't, they have as you stated one reason for going into nursing, you have another. Keep true to your goals and keep the reason for going into nursing because you care about others and want to help bring them back to as normal a state as possible with the gratification that you made a difference in their life. Wishing you the very best in your goals and career. God bless.