Sick of NURSES who say they HATE NURSING!! Another Vent

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OKK.. I am a new grad, who is still searching for a job ( 1 1/2 months), as are many others right now, I am just so sick of hearing nurses who HAVE JOBS talk about how they HATE nursing, how is this fair?? I understand having days that are frustrating, but not nurses who openly talk about how they HATE their jobs...SO QUIT ALREADY so that those of us who actually would like to work can have a job!! Alot of nurses say ..."just wait you'll see what we're saying", but I worked as a pca/cna for 3 years and @ times frustrating (yes...2 pca's on a large unit w/ total care patients is no cake walk either) but overall I still liked my job...I can only hope that one day IF I ever reach the point where I feel like I hate my job (esp. since being a nurse does involves CARING) that I will have the courage and care enough for my patients to leave!

Thanks to everyone for responding (whether you agree or disagree) I definitely do believe, that from some of the previous post I have changed my outlook. However, I still dont think that just because your miserable or burnout that you should be so vocal while your on a job that you're getting paid to do, and for goodness sake when (students) clinical groups come through please dont tell them how much you hate being there and tell them to "get out now...you wish that you had!" but still I do see that alot of nurses out there are overworked and underpaid...I appreciate what you do & I am sorry if I offended anyone.

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Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.

To the OP: You will be where we are someday and you will see how hating your job is kind of a pandemic among nurses. However it is a transient feeling that we get over. Like you, we are venting about our frustrations. I can understand you being annoyed though. Like I get annoyed when I hear a skinny person c/o being fat, you just want to slap them.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Home Health.

Well, the way I look at it....after you get a few years under your belt, then you may understand better. I understand that you want/need a job, but once you get it, you will understand better why some nurses feel the way they do. Ive had periods where I absolutely HATED being a nurse, but it was because of my work environment. However, I never took it out on patients. Actually, alot of patients requested me as their nurse. I then changed jobs and now I feel differently.

You may have a totally different perspective once you have a few years under your belt, so dont judge. Good luck in finding a job.

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I work in a very small Nursing specialy that any NORMAL person would hate, anyone who would enjoy it has something seriously wrong with them.

Hating my job doesn't keep me from being very good at all aspects of it.

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Specializes in LTC/Behavioral/ Hospice.

I work with some of those very vocal nurses. They say they hate nursing, but I hear them talking to the patients. Most of them don't hate "nursing". They love nursing. They hate: being bogged down in so much paperwork, politics, Drs yelling about things completely out of the nurses control, supervising stnas that don't want to work, working double shifts because of call offs, not having enough time to actually talk to their patients, being looked at over the shoulder by the DON because of overtime because they are trying to do their job as thoroughly and as professionally as possible, etc. It's hard. It's frustrating.

It's definitely not what I imagined when I was in nursing school. And I don't like those things. I LOVE nursing, though. What's not to love about assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating? In it's pure form, it's beautiful to me. LOL. It gets all mangled up in all those other things when I hit the floor, though.

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WOW! Im glad that I had encouraging teachers.

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Never mind.

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How can you be sick of nurses who are displeased with their job and haven't spent one day doing what they do?

I'm sorry to tell you but nursing burnout is real, the stress from some jobs is palpable, and sometimes shows up in a person's life in real ways, such as declining health and bad eating habits, strained family life, and other personal ways. Why do you think there's such turnover in this field? Why were there so many open vacancies for staff RNs just 3 short years ago (and still would be open had it not be for the worst economic decline in 25 years)? Hate is a very strong word that I wouldn't use, but walk a day in some nurses shoes before you complain about their complaining.

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How can you be sick of nurses who are displeased with their job and haven't spent one day doing what they do?

I'm sorry to tell you but nursing burnout is real, the stress from some jobs is palpable, and sometimes shows up in a person's life in real ways, such as declining health and bad eating habits, strained family life, and other personal ways. Why do you think there's such turnover in this field? Why were there so many open vacancies for staff RNs just 3 short years ago (and still would be open had it not be for the worst economic decline in 25 years)? Hate is a very strong word that I wouldn't use, but walk a day in some nurses shoes before you complain about their complaining.

WOW, calm down! First of all, if you read then you would've noticed that I have worked in a hospital for 3 years, also when I was doing my clinicals this was something that we constantly faced as students and not only that alot of the nurses were just irritated w/ students in general...this is just an issue that came up in conversation w/ me and a friend of mine who just started a job as a new nurse and was just talking about the attitude the nurses had w/ all the new graduates and about having to work in general. IF you read you would have also noticed that I did say that since I read some of the previous post I kept and open mind and changed my outlook a little, I have always said that I KNOW that w/ nursing comes frustration....what I dont understand or agree with is people who hate their job...make everybody around them miserable with their bad attitude and constant complaints of what they have to do and what patient they cant stand ...SO WHAT everybody deals with stuff they dont want to sometimes but I always thought nurses were suppose to act like a professional and to me complaining about a job that you are getting paid for OUT loud at the desk, taking it out on your patient, taking it out on your co-workers is not acting like a professional

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

I agree with many people about burnout. I also wish sometimes that the miserable nurses, who really need their jobs and are intent on keeping them because they have bills to pay, would give it a rest, because the op isn't the only one tired of listening to it from you day after day after day after day.

I've found myself in some unacceptable situations in my nursing careers and I've had to change. But I didn't drag everyone else around me down with any negativity.

Venting from burnout is one thing...I've been there and done that. But some people need to just bite the bullet and carry on if staying in nursing is the only option for them.

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Specializes in dialysis (mostly) some L&D, Rehab/LTC.
you know, there are nurses who DO hate their day at work, and will vent about it.

they can be venting about a series of days.

and then there are those, who literally and sincerely hate nursing altogether.

these are the ones who have burnt out and truly need to get out.

all of them have my sympathies.

and if they could quit, i'm pretty sure they would.

but in these times of economic crisis, few can afford to do so.

that said, intellectually they can recognize that they should be grateful.

but emotionally (and so, humanly), it still doesn't address the severe understaffing w/all of its unrealistic and impossible demands...

with virtually NO support.

and so, i sympathize w/those who are pounding the pavements, looking for work...

and also to those who feel stuck in an impossible work environment.

i say we all get together and have a much needed beer together.

maybe in the rose garden????:clown:

leslie

Oh Grasshopper...you speak well*

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Specializes in med/surg, ER, camp nursing.

OK, I love being a nurse!

Been one for over 9 yrs. Yes, the job has MANY frustrating distractions that make my job very difficult to enjoy A LOT of the time... Paperwork, phone calls, difficult patients/family, finding IV pumps, working short staffed, etc. But I actually DO like working in general chaos! I like juggling a million things at the same time and using my critical thinking skills! It's what I'm good at.

However... One of the toughest things I have to cope with at work is the negativity of other nurses. B...'ing and moaning about how they hate their jobs. It's hard enough staying positive without others pulling you down! Everyone needs to vent at times about how tough this job is. But at the end of it, I think you can't let it bring down the mood of the whole team. You have to keep a sense of humor and make the best of it!

Don't loose your sense of optimism and good luck in your job search!

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