"Nurses may constitute the most dissatisfied professions in the United States today. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, slightly more than two-thirds of registered nurses (69.5 percent) reported being even "moderately satisfied" with their jobs. By contrast, 85 percent of workers in other industries and 90 percent of professional workers are satisfied with their jobs."
Hbscott, I think it is unfair for you to say we should run from nursing because YOU feel nursing students soon to be RNs will be dissatisfied with our chosen fields.
HELLO! May I respectfully remind you that the words you are reading were not mine but published by "Health and Human Services"
Get a grip people and face reality. If you want to improve things face the facts on what nursing practice has become and then be proactive in improving same.
Sorry folks, but I'm having a tough time accepting the opening stat's of this article:
..."85 percent of workers in other industries and 90 percent of professional workers are satisfied with their jobs."
From my more-than-a-quarter-century's worth of experience in business (outside nursing), those numbers just seem way-way off. Need more info on the methodology used before I'm convinced.
Need more info on the methodology used before I'm convinced.
Outstanding!
Now that kind of remark is one I can respect. I for one am chasing down the study to check on population sample and methodology. Hope to have some more results soon to report on just that.
Now that kind of remark is one I can respect. I for one am chasing down the study to check on population sample and methodology. Hope to have some more results soon to report on just that.
-HBS
May I "respectively ask why would you post such an article if you dont trust its contents?
May I "respectively ask why would you post such an article if you dont trust its contents?
I didn't say I didn't trust it, I said I was chasing the study down to look at the population sample and methodology. Health and Human Services tends to be a little bit more credible in research reporting so that is why I posted it.
I read the article and it seems majority of nurses like their jobs. Nurse practitioner/midwifes was in 80%.
Yes, Advance Practice Nurses reported satisfaction levels on par with other professionals in their peer group. However staff nurses reported satisfaction levels much lower. Just remember that Advanced Practice Nurses make up a small majority of the nursing population.
What I think this study is saying is that nurses are dissatisified with their current "job" not their profession as a whole. You don't become a nurse just because...... you become a nurse because it is in your heart blood and soul. It is administration and hospital politics that make going to work hard, wondering if you will have to go in early (that' s me tonight) stay late, do a double or 12 hour to cover the upcoming shift's call off, give you 12-15 patients or more and expect you to get everything done and patients be satisfied just because you got them a hot cup of coffee as your other role of waitress, not because they received good nursing care. Let me tell you student nurses a couple of things, I once thought like you 6 months ago when i graduated but let me tell you reality hit the first week I started when I had 8 pts and no idea where to find things, which doctor to call (in school you didn't call the dr and you certainly didn't obtain orders etc) or who any one was , aide.lpn etc. and it gets a little easier but not much. Not to reiterate but I once thought like you, what's all the fuss, but you will soon get the picture.
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HELLO! May I respectfully remind you that the words you are reading were not mine but published by "Health and Human Services"
Get a grip people and face reality. If you want to improve things face the facts on what nursing practice has become and then be proactive in improving same.
-HBS