What is the best thing about nursing???

Midwest4me · Jun 25, 2007

The satisfaction of having tried to do the best I can, the great money, and the wonderful benefits I have.

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Jun 25, 2007

i love working in nursing homes because a lot of the patients have no one that cares for them. i treat and love the patients as if they were my own mother or father. i love to sit and talk to them about their life and what they used to do. i have learned a whole lot from these very wise people... i would not work anywhere else!!!!

i love love love the fact that i made a difference in someone's life. plus we get paid for what i would do for free for any person on the street. what makes you wake up each day and happy to be a nurse?

anonymurse · Jun 25, 2007

My patients!

celery · Jun 25, 2007

Hands down, the best thing is Press Gainey. Lol, just kidding!

The patients.

danissa, LPN, LVN · Jun 25, 2007

Hands down, the best thing is Press Gainey. Lol, just kidding!
The patients.

Celery.. forgive my ignorance...just what is Press Gainey??? (hey...Im Scottish!)

ArizonaMark · Jun 25, 2007

Plus we get paid for what i would do for free for any person on the street.

Oh reallllly !!!

Does that also apply to when we have to insert a digit up some 79 year old lady's colon to remove a rectal impaction, or empty the garbage can full of urine because the demented pt. thought it was the pottie :rotfl:

I DO enjoy my job. I enjoy it because I bring a level of compassion and empathy to my patients. That and that alone is enough to make a difference in their lives...that and maybe gettin that IV started on the first try, hehe...

Mark

grace90, LPN, LVN · Jun 26, 2007

Clocking out! (partly kidding) :lol2: :monkeydance:

When something I do makes a positive difference in a pt's condition- be that physical or emotional.

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jun 26, 2007

Hospital adminstration, because they care so much for the employees and never give a thought to their own career aspirations.

Christie RN2006 · Jun 26, 2007

I love love love the fact that i made a difference in someone's life. Plus we get paid for what i would do for free for any person on the street. what makes you wake up each day and happy to be a nurse?

Knowing the fact that I can make a difference in some way is one of the things that makes me go back every day. We are the ones that are there for them in one of the lowest points in their lives and based on our actions it could potentially be remembered as all bad or they could look back on it and remember their nurses and think "well maybe it wasn't that bad" One time I had a patient that I couldn't stand, he was so mean and grouchy, but I attempted to always smile and be friendly every time I went in his room. At the end of the day he reached over and grabbed my hand... I was thinking "oh crap, what is he going to do to me" and he looked up at me and said "thanks".

FireStarterRN, BSN, RN · Jun 26, 2007

Knowing the fact that I can make a difference in some way is one of the things that makes me go back every day. We are the ones that are there for them in one of the lowest points in their lives and based on our actions it could potentially be remembered as all bad or they could look back on it and remember their nurses and think "well maybe it wasn't that bad" One time I had a patient that I couldn't stand, he was so mean and grouchy, but I attempted to always smile and be friendly every time I went in his room. At the end of the day he reached over and grabbed my hand... I was thinking "oh crap, what is he going to do to me" and he looked up at me and said "thanks".

That's your high point of nursing, having a mean patient say thanks? ???

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Jun 26, 2007

I love it because it gives me a lot of time off to go golfing