What's it like having a flexible work schedule?

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What's it like being able to work whenever you want? I cannot wait to be a nurse. Working three days a week sounds like heaven. Although, knowing me, I'd most likely do tons of over time anyway lol. What do you like to do on your off days?

Take deep breaths and rethink this. We are not coming at you with "crap". AN wants you to succeed in nursing.. we really do.

Please listen to us.

I'm p***** off now. And what makes it even worse, is the fact that i cannot even curse. Instead, i have to find words that mean the exact same thing and contain my anger :drowning:

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Did you read what i said in my earlier posts? I specifically explained what i meant by saying that. I MEANT that you can choose what days you work on. Even still, it has been proven that the working conditions are not the same at every hospital. Some let you have OT whenever, others do not. Instead of freaking asking me to hear you guy's out, why don't you do the same for me. Why don't you show me some respect. I come on here looking to learn more, i make a few mistakes in my posts and i admit that, yet you STILL continue to hold them against me as if you do not make mistakes yourselves. I'm getting sick of this ****. I asked for help, not a bunch of negative **** from people. And i'm not talking about telling me the negatives of nursing i'm talking about insulting me. It's clear that i do not know everything which is why i am asking for help. Instead of trying to hold me against little **** like that, why don't you give me the benefit of the doubt and freaking cut me some slack of ******* damnit. I am sick of holding in my anger on this site. I shouldn't have to either. I came here for help, not your ******* criticism.

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All i see is negative after negative. You are not trying to expose me to the reality of nursing, maybe you were before, but now your just trying to piss me off. You haven't told me one bit of helpful information that could help me in my situation. All you do is state plainly the negatives of your profession. I have never been so pssed off in so long man. I shouldn't have to feel that way. People who are supposed to help others for a living shouldn't try and put people down. I'll be a completely different nurse i swear.

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I'm p***** off now. And what makes it even worse, is the fact that i cannot even curse. Instead, i have to find words that mean the exact same thing and contain my anger :drowning:

Yep. Imagine that you are a nurse. Cursing is NOT allowed. You will apply your hard earned skills.. and the doctor will not listen. Now you have to ADVOCATE for your patient.

It's a jungle out here. Best of luck.

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Did you read what i said in my earlier posts? I specifically explained what i meant by saying that. I MEANT that you can choose what days you work on. Even still, it has been proven that the working conditions are not the same at every hospital. Some let you have OT whenever, others do not. Instead of freaking asking me to hear you guy's out, why don't you do the same for me. Why don't you show me some respect. I come on here looking to learn more, i make a few mistakes in my posts and i admit that, yet you STILL continue to hold them against me as if you do not make mistakes yourselves. I'm getting sick of this ****. I asked for help, not a bunch of negative **** from people. And i'm not talking about telling me the negatives of nursing i'm talking about insulting me. It's clear that i do not know everything which is why i am asking for help. Instead of trying to hold me against little **** like that, why don't you give me the benefit of the doubt and freaking cut me some slack of ******* damnit. I am sick of holding in my anger on this site. I shouldn't have to either. I came here for help, not your ******* criticism.

When you post something in a public forum, you cannot regulate the type of response you get. That's the consequence of choosing to post in an anonymous forum.

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All i see is negative after negative. You are not trying to expose me to the reality of nursing, maybe you were before, but now your just trying to fkn piss me off. You haven't told me one bit of helpful information that could help me in my situation. All you do is state plainly the negatives of your profession. I have never been so pssed off in so long man. I shouldn't have to feel that way. People who are supposed to help others for a living shouldn't try and put people down. I'll be a completely different nurse i swear.

You are sixteen. You have elicited many types of responses from all sorts of nurses. You have taken offense at some responses & raged at others. That's ok - you're 16. Just don't mistake your ideas today as set in stone for your future.

Most of all, don't go on a forum for a specific profession, then rip/correct/argue against those professionals who so generously responded to a 16-year-old's many, many idealistic questions and bombastic statements. And certainly don't expect the generous sharing of experienced nurses to continue against your onslaught. You've out-tapped your resources here.

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Instructors will make mincemeat out of anyone with SSS.

Good thing i don't have it then.

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Did you read what i said in my earlier posts? I specifically explained what i meant by saying that. I MEANT that you can choose what days you work on. Even still, it has been proven that the working conditions are not the same at every hospital. Some let you have OT whenever, others do not. Instead of freaking asking me to hear you guy's out, why don't you do the same for me. Why don't you show me some respect. I come on here looking to learn more, i make a few mistakes in my posts and i admit that, yet you STILL continue to hold them against me as if you do not make mistakes yourselves. I'm getting sick of this ****. I asked for help, not a bunch of negative **** from people. And i'm not talking about telling me the negatives of nursing i'm talking about insulting me. It's clear that i do not know everything which is why i am asking for help. Instead of trying to hold me against little **** like that, why don't you give me the benefit of the doubt and freaking cut me some slack of ******* damnit. I am sick of holding in my anger on this site. I shouldn't have to either. I came here for help, not your ******* criticism.

Ok. This response, with all the ***** and anger rolling off of it, demonstrates to me that you're not going to find nursing as easy as you think.

Chill. It's the Internet. A group of anonymous posters. If you're getting this upset and emotional now, how are you going to react when you actually do get insulted on the job?

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You are sixteen. You have elicited many types of responses from all sorts of nurses. You have taken offense at some responses & raged at others. That's ok - you're 16. Just don't mistake your ideas today as set in stone for your future.

Most of all, don't go on a forum for a specific profession, then rip/correct/argue against those professionals who so generously responded to a 16-year-old's many, many idealistic questions and bombastic statements. And certainly don't expect the generous sharing of experienced nurses to continue against your onslaught. You've out-tapped your resources here.

How in the world was i arguing with anyone over anything? All i did was state that in some places people can have OT whenever they want, they get to choose what days they work on, and the fact that nursing seems like the job for me. That is not arguing. Nursing can seem glamours for me, but not for others. Why do all of you care so much about my point of view on nursing?

"don't make any choices that are set in stone for your future" I can do just that. If i decide i want to be a nurse by the age of 16, then i will do just that. I won't keep an open mind for other careers if i know speciifcally what i want right from the start. Obviously the other careers do not interest me as much as nursing.

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Ok. This response, with all the ***** and anger rolling off of it, demonstrates to me that you're not going to find nursing as easy as you think.

Chill. It's the Internet. A group of anonymous posters. If you're getting this upset and emotional now, how are you going to react when you actually do get insulted on the job?

It's easier to handle a situation in real life than on the internet. On the internet i cannot express myself as well as i can in real life. :banghead:

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