Thank you for having the courage to write this. Many floor nurses such as myself, feel this way but are too afraid to say anything. This is because of critics like some of the people replying to this that feel that it is terrible to think this way. To be tired of the rude, self centered public that we have to deal with daily does not make us bad people or bad nurses. Patient satisfaction scores being the only priority to our employers doesn't help matters either. We are just tired of giving so much and being treated so terribly.