Short Rant Alert!

Published

Nurses are highly trained professionals that make positive impacts in peoples lives every day. So are plumbers, electricians, mechanics, and any other worth while profession. I am soooo over nurses whining about not being appreciated and the over glorification of nursing and nurses. I am NOT that needy and don't think it's a good look for us.

Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.

How did we get from inflated nurse egos to Pop Tarts and pee breaks?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in critical care.
How did we get from inflated nurse egos to Pop Tarts and pee breaks?

Squirrel.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
How did we get from inflated nurse egos to Pop Tarts and pee breaks?

2600+ posts since 2009 and you wonder how this thread got diverted?

from Susie2310

I know the actual situation, and you don't. I am in possession of the facts and you are not.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
2600+ posts since 2009 and you wonder how this thread got diverted?

from Susie2310

I know the actual situation, and you don't. I am in possession of the facts and you are not.

Omg. Total win!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Sorry, imintrouble, I was just being silly. It just got AN'd.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I have been feeling bad lately for thinking the same thing. It's a relief to have someone else say it lol. I love my job but it's almost embarrassing the way people treat nurses like we're this holy breed. I usually go pee when I have to and when I don't it's my fault for not prioritizing correctly--I can always spare the two minutes. I have also never missed a lunch break. We have a great system in my facility for lunch breaks. Every nurse gets 1 hr each 8 hr shift. No exceptions. If you try to skip your lunch you will get everything short of physically forced off the floor. Yes my job is physically and emotionally demanding. I am expected to do 10 things at once. I am expected to mourn with my comfort care pts family and 2 minutes later celebrate with my pt who realized they don't have cancer. I feel stupid frequently (new nurse...). But, I get paid very well for what I do and I am grateful to have such a wonderful job. I don't think anyone needs to celebrate me. I would never do this job if it didn't pay well.

My boyfriend does outside sales and he complains to me frequently about how he gets overbooked which causes him to skip lunch and go without the restroom for hours at a time. He is outside a lot of the time in the heat and cold. He has to go into peoples homes which are in all sorts of conditions that he and I may think are "unlivable". His wages are dependent on how much he sells. On a bad month he feels awful about himself.

Makes my job seem pretty cushy until we remember all the vomit, blood, and feces I encountered on my shift. Hehe

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I don't need or want glorification. I want decent working conditions.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.
Sorry, imintrouble, I was just being silly. It just got AN'd.

No problems. I knew the answer to my question. It was rhetorical.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Oncology.

Those Johnson and Johnson "be a nurse" commercials make me want to barf.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Those Johnson and Johnson "be a nurse" commercials make me want to barf.

Me too. Way overdone on the cutesy aspect and nowhere near enough reality.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Me too. Way overdone on the cutesy aspect and nowhere near enough reality.

Or body fluids.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Those Johnson and Johnson "be a nurse" commercials make me want to barf.

Had to Google that. Yep.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion