RN's are you happy with your career, why or why not?

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I've seen so many posts about nurses hating their jobs, and this is kind of scaring me from the career, but I still want to go through with it. But are you happy with your choice to become an RN why or why not?

Patients and their families are abusive. End of story!

...and the hospitals/facilities that serve these patients enable and reward their bad behaviour (like giving candy to a child every time they have a temper tantrum).

I would like nursing if we nurses were protected somehow, but we're not. Nurses continue to be used as punching bags and the "blame guy" for whatever isn't going the way any given person wants things to go.

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
are you happy with your choice to become an RN why or why not?

When asked a similar question before:

...I love being a nurse, what the title stands for, what the work entails, and what satisfaction I get feeling like a contributing member of society.

I am by no means, a religious person. However, the basic principles behind Christianity are worth following. Doing techy things like working in surgery, or administrative things like being a nursing supervisor were great and I feel blessed to have been able to work in those areas. But when I stoop down to help a geriatric psych patient put on their footies, I think of how Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples. Here this great man (or whatever else you may believe), humbled himself. He made himself equal to them by making himself less than them, but in reality, he was above them.

That doesn't sound the way I wanted to convey about how I think and feel bout nursing, but maybe you can get the gist. We are servants to those with which we provide care, but we are esteemed professionals in a respected field. So, whether I was first scrub on a lumbar laminectomy with a second scrub, two surgeons, three back tables and a mayo stand, or wiping the butt of an incontinent geriatric psych patient, I was doing a job that I love: providing comfort and care to another human being.

And that's what I love about nursing...

When asked a similar question before:

"...I love being a nurse, what the title stands for, what the work entails, and what satisfaction I get feeling like a contributing member of society.

I am by no means, a religious person. However, the basic principles behind Christianity are worth following. Doing techy things like working in surgery, or administrative things like being a nursing supervisor were great and I feel blessed to have been able to work in those areas. But when I stoop down to help a geriatric psych patient put on their footies, I think of how Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples. Here this great man (or whatever else you may believe), humbled himself. He made himself equal to them by making himself less than them, but in reality, he was above them.

That doesn't sound the way I wanted to convey about how I think and feel bout nursing, but maybe you can get the gist. We are servants to those with which we provide care, but we are esteemed professionals in a respected field. So, whether I was first scrub on a lumbar laminectomy with a second scrub, two surgeons, three back tables and a mayo stand, or wiping the butt of an incontinent geriatric psych patient, I was doing a job that I love: providing comfort and care to another human being.

And that's what I love about nursing..."

-Davey Do

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it was never a career, only a job

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
it was never a career, only a job

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Patients and their families are abusive. End of story!

...and the hospitals/facilities that serve these patients enable and reward their bad behaviour (like giving candy to a child every time they have a temper tantrum).

I would like nursing if we nurses were protected somehow, but we're not. Nurses continue to be used as punching bags and the "blame guy" for whatever isn't going the way any given person wants things to go.

My number one complaint , everything is your fault and your suppose to tolerate abuse from patients and their families . It's getting utterly ridiculous and very draining.

In nursing, you have no control over anything, but it's all your fault. That's why I had to get out.

In nursing, you have no control over anything, but it's all your fault. That's why I had to get out.

So what do you do now?

Specializes in Informatics / Trauma / Hospice / Immunology.

I think it really depends what you do and where you work. Some areas have very little turn over. On the other hand, if you work in med-surg and tell me you love it, I'll call you a liar.

So what do you do now?

Nurse practitioner. The only thing in common is the 5 letter word in the title. Otherwise, completely different world and for that, I am truly thankful every day of my life.

Nursing has been a great career for me - I worked in different fields and areas, was always able to get a job and a secure income. I love what I do as well. But - health care in the US is totally crazy right now and nursing itself is a tough job because of everything that is happening with how we finance and regulate healthcare. Plus there is not much trust.

Nurse practitioner. The only thing in common is the 5 letter word in the title. Otherwise, completely different world and for that, I am truly thankful every day of my life.

Congrats on becoming an NP!!!

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