What do you love about nursing?

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Nov 28, 2014

What do I love about nursing? I love the career mobility, fluidity, advancement opportunities, educational opportunities, income, and flexibility in scheduling.

amoLucia · Nov 28, 2014

Commuter just about said it all for many of us. I, for one, DO NOT have that altruistic calling to help mankind. Yes, that someone has benefitted from my contact is good, but not why I entered nsg.

Fractal-5 · Nov 28, 2014

I love the science involved, and using my knowledge to improve someone's life somehow. I love learning and this field challenges me to think and continue learning every day.

cayenne06, MSN, CNM · Nov 29, 2014

Speaking as a midwife and a nurse here-I LOVE that I am allowed to participate in some of the most pivotal, emotionally charged events in people's lives. I cannot get over the fact that I am trusted to protect and save lives, that I am allowed to poke around inside people's bodies, that I am often the very first person to touch a fresh, new baby.

I am insanely lucky to be in this profession. I can't imagine doing anything else.

emt2lpn2 · Nov 29, 2014

I love the different sectors nursing offer. I love when I see some of my patient's in my daughter school, and they ask her if I am her mom? Because I am their favorite nurse. That puts a smile on my face and make me appreciate being a pediatric nurse.?

gcupid · Nov 29, 2014

#1. Flexibility (scheduling, opportunity for specialty change & advancement)

#2. It never seems to get boring even if you are doing routine tasks. (meeting new people and placed in different situations all the time.)

#3. The feeling of accomplishment after saving a life or decreasing suffering (trauma, codes, admin antibiotics, pain/nausea meds, etc.)

#4. Educating individuals from all walks of life and continuing to evolve and learn myself. (From teaching patients with no high school diploma to providing info to physicians who are unsure of the hospital's latest trends of providing care.) No one knows everything!

#5 Teamwork (I like working with others and having a common goal in mind to aspire too... someone to talk to as oppose to being at home alone or 100% independent. Im pretty sure those jobs have perks and less frustration but I don't have a huge social life in the real world and interacting with others fulfills me.)

Libby1987 · Nov 29, 2014

I'm one of those saps who actually would do my job for free.. *IF* I didn't need the money and the hours were 10a - 2p mid week. (Hey, if I'm doing it for free, I'm going to be picky )

What I love about it is being able to go in and fix things, whether that be healing a wound, easing anxiety with some laid back teaching and persuading people to do things they never thought possible and getting them comfortable and competent with it, setting up desperately needed resources..

I think it's the coolest thing ever to be able to do these things. That I can make a good living at it is bonus. I could do without the paperwork like everyone else but I love my work. On a bad day you couldn't get me to quit, throw things maybe, but never quit. It's that fulfilling for me.

No Stars In My Eyes · Nov 29, 2014

#1. Flexibility (scheduling, opportunity for specialty change & advancement)
#2. It never seems to get boring even if you are doing routine tasks. (meeting new people and placed in different situations all the time.)
#3. The feeling of accomplishment after saving a life or decreasing suffering (trauma, codes, admin antibiotics, pain/nausea meds, etc.)
#4. Educating individuals from all walks of life and continuing to evolve and learn myself. (From teaching patients with no high school diploma to providing info to physicians who are unsure of the hospital's latest trends of providing care.) No one knows everything!
#5 Teamwork (I like working with others and having a common goal in mind to aspire too... someone to talk to as oppose to being at home alone or 100% independent. Im pretty sure those jobs have perks and less frustration but I don't have a huge social life in the real world and interacting with others fulfills me.)

^^^^^all these!^^^^^

I went in to nursing, though, because at the age of 19, at my first 'real job' as a nurse's aide ( on the job training, no certification back then) it was the only thing I'd run across that was interesting to me, because there were so many layers to it. Previously, I used to look through the encyclopedias at the library wondering disconsolately what on earth I could find that interested me enough to study it and then do it as a job, and had come up with double-zeroes!

terrarose · Nov 29, 2014

I like everything. Otherwise I wouldn't do it. It takes a special person to LIKE all aspects of Nursing; certainly a unique perspective. Creative. The ability to think outside of the box. Intestinal fortitude. Oh, and if you think you know everything about Nursing: quit now. Oh yeah: Positive; be a team, and listen to your patient. It's amazing what we can learn from others. It's a rush! It's the best! Nursing fulfills me more than I ever imagined possible. Thank God for Nurses. (But I mean no disrespect to every Doctor that I have ever had the honor of learning from.) Be bold. Be unafraid to speak up; But also never be afraid to ask for a "second pair of eyes" to take at look something, or say " I was wrong. Never act on a guess...Harm None. Well, Bloggers, How's that for positive? God Bless you all; (or your higher power of choice.)

OwlieO.O · Dec 1, 2014

The science. Pathology.

BuiltRNmedic · Dec 1, 2014

The money and women.....period

LOL jk kinda. I actually love everything aniut nursing and all that's been listed above especially being a respected professional and having an education that nobody can take from you.

The main reasons I got into nursing were: extended patient care times, room for advancement, and TRAVELING!