What is most important to you as a nurse?

Jennerizer, ASN, RN · Apr 23, 2006

Most important to me is developing a good rapport with my patients...even if I only have them for 12 hours or less. I want them to feel that they are in good hands & that I am able to meet their needs during their hospital stay.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2006

For me it's working in an environment that allows to leave at the end of the day with the feeling I made a difference. The means having safe ratios with good support from unlicensed personnel, management and peers.

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Apr 23, 2006

For me it is maintaining a healthy home life and career without going insaine! LOL! It is being able to balance those two when the weight is on one more than the other and still be a caring, happy, zany, and fun person for them...whether it is a patient or my family!

In order to do that...much relies on flexibility of schedule, pay, and the joy and sucess I find in helping my patients and staff and feeling useful. All three equally as important to me because they all = me being at my best and able to balance it all! (flexibilty so I see my family and am there for them, Pay so that I can get our bills paid and not have that stressing my entire family out..and the last one is feeling useful and happy doing what I wish to do most..which makes me a person that can probelm solve and help out and be happy doing it all...patient or family!).

infectionRN · Apr 23, 2006

As a nurse it is most important to me knowing that I left my pt's with a feeling that I cared for them with compassion throughout my day, and for myself it's knowing I did all I can do for them as a nurse.

Nesher, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2006

That I care for them as I would want to be cared for - with humor, respect, empathy, intelligence, care, diligence and the ability to be a human.

control · Apr 23, 2006

1. Feeling safe at work (environmentally safe all around, from the security of the building to nurse-patient ratio).

2. Having a good rapport with coworkers and patients.

3. Professionalism (little to no gossip, punctuality, respect for others, acting ethically, etc).

4. Being well compensated for my time and effort.

...in that order. I'm only 24, but I've learned money isn't everything, especially when those first three items are not present.

beesnest · Apr 23, 2006

My conditions for taking a job, which are constantly evolving;

I want it to be physically possible (equipment and time wise) for me to do the work assigned to me during the course of my shift.

I want supportive coworkers.

I don't do mandatory overtime.

I want a manager that listens to my concerns- not that she agrees, or that she immediately jumps to my wishes, just listens and gives honest feedback.

A recent add-on; Honest feedback DOES include "you are out of your mind, and it will never be that way," but does not include, "I will look into that" but never actually doing it.