Survey For My Senior Project! Please Take a Few Minutes to Answer These 5 Questions

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1. How long have you been a nurse?

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

5. What is the least rewarding?

Thank you!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

1. How long have you been a nurse?

18 years

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

Needed a stable job

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

Advanced practice nurse in nephrology

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

Being able to help pts make informed decisions.

5. What is the least rewarding?

Caring for noncompliant pts.

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Specializes in cardiothoracic surgery.

1. How long have you been a nurse?

7 years

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

Wanted to work in the health care field and chose nursing because of the many different paths you can take.

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

Cardiac

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

I love helping people recover from surgery and coming in the next day and seeing how much they have improved and knowing you were a part of that.

5. What is the least rewarding?

Press Ganey and ungrateful patients and families. And patients, families and the general public having no idea what nurses do.

Thank you!

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Specializes in PACU.

1. How long have you been a nurse?

1 year

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

Its an amazing profession with lots of room for growth

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

PACU

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

When my patients say thank you and the family too!

5. What is the least rewarding?

When you work so so hard to help someone and you still havent seemed to meet their requirements.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.

1. how long have you been a nurse? 34 years

2. what motivated you to choose nursing as a profession? money--no, really! as a young woman i needed a job that would pretty much guarantee me a decent income. this was in the 1970s and there weren't many jobs that had great job security and a measure of professionalism. there were still a lot of careers that were off-limits to women. so it was teacher, secretary or nurse. i didn't want to teach and i couldn't type, so nursing it was.

3. what branch of nursing did you choose? i started out in l&d and dabbled in er & med/surg until i found newborn nursery. that lead to nicu which lead to picu which lead to telephone triage which lead to school nursing. i've been in some branch of peds for about 25yrs.

4. what is the most rewarding aspect of your job? working with elementary school children is very rewarding. you can't always go by their main complaint. "stomach ache" means many different things, from "i drank my choc milk too fast" to "i think i'm going to vomit" to "a dog scared me". the younger students often do not know how to articulate what's wrong so i have to be a detective. sometimes the "story" is pretty interesting and not what you'd expect. i enjoy educating my young diabetic students and caring for my special needs students. i love that my day is predictable and steady.

5. what is the least rewarding? dealing with abused children. i never really get over the anger at parents who would willingly harm their children and i am willing to help prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. oh, and poopy pants! bleah. not loving the poop.

thank you!

:nurse::redbeathe:nurse::redbeathe:nurse:

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.
1. how long have you been a nurse? - 5 months

2. what motivated you to choose nursing as a profession? - active job, social interaction, value-added work, and (so i thought), job security.

3. what branch of nursing did you choose? - i "chose" med-surg, but that's only because that was the only option available to me and i desperately needed a job.

4. what is the most rewarding aspect of your job? - getting paid... honestly, i do my job only because they pay me and it is my highest motivation. beyond that, the gratitude that i regularly receive from patients and their families... the hugs, the cards.

5. what is the least rewarding? - cleaning up feces or trying to corral a sensory-deprived patient with dementia.

thank you!

you're welcome.
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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

1. how long have you been a nurse?

some days too long, lol. about 22 yrs.

2. what motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

i enjoy working with the human body. it is fascinating.

3. what branch of nursing did you choose?

well, what i wanted to do and what i am doing are two different things. i'm in med/surg because it's my rut.:lol2:

one day, when my kids are out of the house, i will take a l&d residency and do my passion. i like mother baby too.

4. what is the most rewarding aspect of

having people tell me i made a true difference in their lives and they will never forget me. :nurse:

5. what is the least rewarding?

busting my butt with no breaks or lunch, only to have pt's tell me i didn't give them enough time, and administration telling me i can do more, when i safely can't.

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1. How long have you been a nurse?

3 years

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

After being disillusioned in the corporate world in a high paying career, and then being a SAHM to my children, I wanted a job that would offer me part time, flexibility, and a chance to really make a difference in someone's day

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

Med-surg, with emphasis on caring for post surgical patients

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

Really making a difference in someone's day or life, by being compassionate, meeting their needs, and having patients tell me how grateful they were to have me as their nurse

5. What is the least rewarding?

Dealing with obnoxious families. And for some reason, it is almost always the adult daughters that are the worst. It's moreso the patient's families that seem to have unrealistic expectations. They don't understand how hospitals function or what the nurses actually do.

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

1. how long have you been a nurse?

11 months

2. what motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

was always interested as a kid, but read about midwives after i saw my mil give birth and was inspired.

3. what branch of nursing did you choose?

ldrp (labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum)

4. what is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

doing something important and being appreciated for it

5. what is the least rewarding?

stress, lack of sleep, strain on marriage (because of the other two)

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1. How long have you been a nurse? 23 years (sometimes it feels like 23 decades!)

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession? I was a junior volunteer in high school

3. What branch of nursing did you choose? OB, now focused on staff development (early on I worked in tele/post open heart for 3 years)

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing the look on mom and dad's face when they see their new baby for the first time.

5. What is the least rewarding? Dealing with some people who have HUGE egos, often with little substance to back it up.

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1. how long have you been a nurse? 3+ decades

2. what motivated you to choose nursing as a profession? i thought it would be exciting.

3. what branch of nursing did you choose? first the or, then several others.

4. what is the most rewarding aspect of your job? i do enjoy helping other people. i think mainly, though, at this point, i'm earning a living for my family and nursing is the field that i know best and that pays the best. that does not mean i dislike it or that it's only about the money. it's just that that's where my head is at this point in my life.

5. what is the least rewarding? nursing is extremely stressful. several reasons: the constant threat of lawsuits, the hours of boredom interrupted by crises; suits making decisions without bothering to include input from the front line grunts (this is not unique to nursing.); the pay is nowhere good enough. stool, vomit, urine, sweat, mucus, blood, odors, backbreaking lifting, bosses who are disrespectful and who lie, bully, and play favorites; ungrateful, rude patients and their visitors; being understaffed, being unable to give the best possible care because a nurse has too many patients, having to settle for giving adequate care only; many more reasons, just read here on allnurses.

thank you!

you're welcome.

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1. How long have you been a nurse?

18 years

2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession?

Needed a stable job

3. What branch of nursing did you choose?

Advanced practice nurse in nephrology

4. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

Being able to help pts make informed decisions.

5. What is the least rewarding?

Caring for noncompliant pts.

Were you an RN before you became an APRN?

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