What do you hate most/love most about your job? List one of each.

annacnatorn · Mar 30, 2010

Im a CNA, so what do I like about my job? the smiles and hugs and appreciation from my patients and families...what do I like least about my job? RN's and LVN's who treat CNA's like crap and offer no help to do a single thing, yet expect us to what they don't want to do (especially dealing with a difficult patient or family member.)

niteowlrn29 · Mar 30, 2010

i consider myself very blessed with my job. i was a nurse tech when i was in school and i do remember very much how i felt with certain nurses. (that was on a different unit that i work in now)hopefully not all the nurses make you feel bad where you work. but i also have to say that the role of a nurse tech vs a nurse is soo much different. i remember looking at nurses thinking well why can't you do that? or whatever it may be. but i had NOOOO idea the real responsiblity a nurse has. i think one of the big things that i didn't understand is how much charting we have to do. if we didn't have sooo much charting, checking paperwork, following up with orders, blah, blah, blah we would have so much more time to do actual patient care. so i know how it may look to a tech when we are sitting at the computer documenting. but when the shift is over the tech can leave, nurses however have to stay until all the charting is done for that whole shift. there are times i don't get out of work until 9 or after because i have to finish charting everything. i don't ask anyone to do anything i haven't or wont do myself. there are many nites that i have to toliet my patients, bath them, empty urinals, or fill up water pitchers. (i tell you this because i have been in both roles and do understand how you feel) however the unit im in now is great. my nurse manager is wonderful, one who you can talk to, is encouraging, and easy to get along with. the team of doctors we work with truely care for their patients. my coworkers are great. i feel that most everyone has intergity and has the best interest for our patients. when i give report to the next nurse i don't worry what type of care they recieve. i trust the care they are in. we have a really good nurse patient ratio, which after reading a lot of post on this website, makes me feel very lucky. we have 3 to 4 on days and 4 sometimes 5 on nites. for the most part we staffed. but one of the best things i enjoy about my job is when i patient really sees that i care and they thank me and tell me i do a good job. there are some patients i truely just fall in love with. some may be because they are just soo sweet themselves. some are because they are soooo sick and to have to see what some people live with just makes me want to do everything i can for them just to make them feel better even it is for a short while. i have had several patients tell me that they love me and talk about a tug on your heart. what other job can you have where you can hold someones hand, give them comfort and show compassion and love to strangers. i hope i am a blessing to my patients because they certaintly are to me. they help me to put life in preprective. what matters most, what is important in life. and they help me to enjoy my life more, because it is so short and precious, and it can be taken away at any moment. i have cried and prayed with patients on their bed with them. i have done the most degrading and uncomfortable procedures on patients and they thank me for it. i don't know how some people live thru the things they do and still have a smile on there face and be soo sweet. nursing can be a such a rewarding job but at times it is emotionally draining as well. i thank god for the job that i have and pray that he uses me for his work and that my patients see it.

Bella'sMyBaby · Mar 30, 2010

I'm an MDS Coordinator.........

Hate Most: The misperception that "MDS Coordinators have an easy job."

Love Most: No Patient Care!!

juliaann · Mar 30, 2010

I'm a CV Tech:

Hate most: tests ordered right at shift change

Love most: getting to observe and learn all sorts of awesome things every day from the awesome nurses and doctors I work with. And participating in codes and rapid responses with a positive outcome. :)

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 31, 2010

Hate:

Honestly, I can't think of anything I would say that I HATE. Some of it is less pleasant than others (such as doing a vag exam on someone who doesn't have very good hygiene). Maybe seeing women who are pregnant and doing meth? Oh, I know. Laboring a woman who has a fetal demise.

Love:

Being a part of a new family in the making. No matter how many deliveries I am a part of, if the dad starts crying, I do too. Also, when I go into a postpartum mom's room, and help her with breastfeeding, and she thanks me and says that I really helped her a lot, that just makes my day.

I really do have one of the best jobs in the world. This thread has made me all mushy (or maybe it's the wine I'm drinking).

sandstrezz · Mar 31, 2010

Im a homecare nurse, and what i love about my job is the time i get to spend with my patients, in the home you have more time to get to know the patient then you would in a skilled nursing facility, acute care hospital. You develop special bonds with ppl that you see. some of my client i have been seeing now for over 5 yrs. what i hate about my job, is ppl in main office, that do not have a clue about my job, making decisions that affect me and my patients directly, or when they make the reference of "productivity". I am not in manufacturing, im dealing with human lives, and as any nurse can tell you, sometimes things happen, I can walk into a patient home and find them going into chf. If that happens, i can be at someone's house for an hour or more, to attend to them and to get them transported to a emerg. dept. , I also hate the repetive, overload of paperwork, you have to document the same thing, several times, in several different places also the short staff, but the nursing shortage isnt going to end soon. If you can get past some of these problems in the nursing field, you will find the job very rewarding. There is no better feeling than to know you made a difference in someone's life. Hang in there!

franciscangypsy · Mar 31, 2010

hate -- working holidays/weekends. rushing to get things done before end of shift

love -- my patients and (for the most part) their families. Feeling like I have helped someone understand their situation better and settled them down comfortably for the night. Only working 3 days a week but still working full time. :-D

Mission · Mar 31, 2010

I work in academic research:

What I hate about my job: unproductive meetings. I have worked on a few projects where, for whatever the reason, the PI was just slacking but keeps the meetings because the project was behind schedule. It's just a complete waste of time, especially when it happens over and over again. I always make an effort to come prepared to meetings so it drives me crazy when other don't, especially when I could be working on other things.

What I love: wow, so many things. First, I love that I can work from home a lot and my hours are flexible, which is great because I have a toddler. I get to travel and meet all sorts of interesting people doing similar research. My boss is not only a brilliant woman but a fantastic mentor. The people I work with are great and there's very little workplace drama. And I just love what I do, knowing that my research has the potential to positively impact the lives of thousands of people just makes me want to do the best job I can. After spending 8 years as a meaningless worker drone in the IT field and just working for a paycheck it feels good to know I made the right decision to change careers to nursing and research.

allnurses Guide · Mar 31, 2010

RN.

Love: the technical aspects of the toys I get to play with, and the patients (most of the time!!).

Hate: Running patients around to 50 gazillion tests that seems to get ordered every other day.

tencat · Mar 31, 2010

Hospice nurse here.....love: Helping people to experience a 'good' death and be where they want to be when they die

Hate: Greedy hospice corporations who value the bottom line over good patient care (I work for one)

Poi Dog · Mar 31, 2010

Hate: my toxic work environment.

Love: the residents I care for.