In this tough economic time I'm so grateful to have a full time job. However, there are just days like today I rather stay in bed. I often have to remind myself of the rewards of working and things I can do with the money I will make. Here are just a few things that gives me that extra motivation to get up and get ready for work:
1) I need to work to first pay my bills
2) I'm getting married in 6 months and have a TON of things to pay off for the wedding
3) There are so many new grads and experienced nurses without jobs
4) I actually like helping people
Okay, so what gives you that extra umph to roll out of bed and get to work?
I'm a masochist with bills to pay. If I didn't have an excuse to get out of the house I would go completely batty.
Also, I really like my job, my co-workers, my residents, and for the most part, my facility.
All kidding aside, I love being a nurse, I love helping people, I thrive on chaos and dysfunction, and I couldn't ever see myself being happy doing anything else.
If I had a ton of money I would probably find a way to do this as a volunteer.
Optimism. If I tell myself I'm going to have an easygoing day, great patients, steady but not chaotic, I'm going to have a great day and remember why I wanted to become a nurse in the first place. This can tend to backfire when we're short-staffed, but it at least will get me TO work. :)
Optimism. If I tell myself I'm going to have an easygoing day, great patients, steady but not chaotic, I'm going to have a great day and remember why I wanted to become a nurse in the first place. This can tend to backfire when we're short-staffed, but it at least will get me TO work. :)
Interesting. I wouldn't even let myself THINK that. (Picture the Peanuts character with the little cloud over his head that follws him wherever he goes...). Likewise, I wouldn't even let anyone mentionthat "Q" word-if the word "quiet" passed anyone's lips before or during a shift we were doomed...
I go to work for the sheer joy of helping people. :rotfl: OK, now that I can breathe again after that laughing spell, honestly, I go to work to pay the bills. Once in a great while, I have an exceptional patient who realizes that I really went above and beyond the call of duty to help them (like yesterday), and they tell me how much they appreciate the extra effort. THAT's what really makes the job worthwhile.
1.) My residents motivate me every day. We may not have everything we need 100% of the time, and it becomes annoying, but my residents keep me coming back.
Honestly, this is the best job I've ever had in my life. The only thing about work that irks me is some of my co-workers, but I go home after each shift and forget about them.
mazy
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I'm a masochist with bills to pay. If I didn't have an excuse to get out of the house I would go completely batty.
Also, I really like my job, my co-workers, my residents, and for the most part, my facility.
All kidding aside, I love being a nurse, I love helping people, I thrive on chaos and dysfunction, and I couldn't ever see myself being happy doing anything else.
If I had a ton of money I would probably find a way to do this as a volunteer.