Tired of nursing

Tired of being a nurse. Hectic days laden with physical and emotional demands. I look forward to clocking out than clocking in. Headaches by 10 am and still 9 hours to go. Attitudes everywhere! High maintenance families, catty coworkers, psych patients, rude and condescending docs puts you in an emotional roller coaster. On the brink of being jaded. But.... I look into my patient's room and remember why I became a nurse. I see a person who needs help, treatment and comfort. So, I turn patients so they don't get sore bottoms because they can't turn themselves. I Feed patients until they are satisfied because they can't feed themselves. Hold my tongue when being cussed because I understand you are either sick, depressed or crazy. Stop caring about my pride and do the work that is not being done because I care that patients get well. To see a patient happy and satisfied is my aim. I am not saying I am a saint but someone has to be. And with what I have to put up with relative to what I can put up with, then I might as well be. I use to smirk at those "nurses are awesome" slogans but guess what, it is true! Nursing is the hardest job you will ever love.