even though today has not started, and i do not know what the day will bring, today, i don't want to be a nurse. i want to cuddle back down into my bed, and be just me, lol.
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There are times when I wonder
Why I became a nurse
Some days are so trying
I don’t want to be a nurse anymore
Patients yelling at staff
Staff yelling at other staff
Doctors not helping my patient
The way I know my patient needs helped
Family members of the ill
Underfoot and irritating
Making my patient sicker
Because they hover over the patient
Not letting them get the rest they need
On these days, nothing goes right
It only goes wrong
Pharmacy sends the wrong medications
Or none at all
And becomes agitated with me when I call
Housekeeping takes forever
To clean the room I need for my new patient
And the food in the cafeteria is old
Or I didn’t even make it to the cafeteria
And that stat lab I’m still waiting on
The bath basin spills
The colostomy bag pops off
The foley cath bag leaks
The Alzheimer patient kicks me in the knee
The IV comes loose
And the patient bleeds on my pants
Yes, it all goes wrong
On these days
I don’t want to be a nurse

I feel your pain...there are days when I don't want to be a doctor! Hang in there! Remember there are good days too!

And everybody wonders why " we" have a nusring shortage, I am only a CNA and I and told all the time , " you are a special person for being able to do this job" I think EVERYBODY in the medical field can relate to you.

Been there done that, still doing that,lol

I can relate as well. I am a CNA with QMAP and phlebotomy. Expired tubes or bad ones are the worst when you get the scared patient! When you get that one patient who tells you they love you and you take such good care of them it makes it sooooo worth it. It will get better!

Been there done that, looking to go back to school to do it again, it's gets better, have a nice day

thanks all for replies. remember none of us are "Just" a nurse, or a cna, or doctor, or whatever. we are all special people in our own special way. my day turned out to be ok the day i posted this. now my phone/internet service is giving me the problems!!! lolol.
hugggggsssss
seena

Dear seena----

WE've all had many, many days like you're having---
part of the problem, is that it is a PART of WHO we are...
it isn't just a "job" we leave behind when we get "off the clock"...these are lives that we think about whether we want to or not......... There are many days when you ask yourself, "TALL ME AGAIN WHY I WANTED TO BE A NURSE??????"..................and then one day there's ONE patient - perhaps the parents' face upon the birth of their baby, or a little elderly lady who will look at you with warm, glistening eyes and say a simple, "Thank you my dear",..........and THAT, my friend, is what makes our profession worth while.............

Just hang in there..........and it will come back to you, because it is a BEAUTIFUL part of WHO YOU are.......


( I've always told my daughter she could be ANYTHING SHE WANTED TO BE - except for a nurse or a prostitute.............she's chosen to be a physician of Naturopathic Medicine........ - guess she's been around Medicine so long part of it has also become a part of who SHE IS as well.........take care...)

Dear seena----

WE've all had many, many days like you're having---
part of the problem, is that it is a PART of WHO we are...
it isn't just a "job" we leave behind when we get "off the clock"...these are lives that we think about whether we want to or not......... There are many days when you ask yourself, "TALL ME AGAIN WHY I WANTED TO BE A NURSE??????"..................and then one day there's ONE patient - perhaps the parents' face upon the birth of their baby, or a little elderly lady who will look at you with warm, glistening eyes and say a simple, "Thank you my dear",..........and THAT, my friend, is what makes our profession worth while.............

Just hang in there..........and it will come back to you, because it is a BEAUTIFUL part of WHO YOU are.......


( I've always told my daughter she could be ANYTHING SHE WANTED TO BE - except for a nurse or a prostitute.............she's chosen to be a physician of Naturopathic Medicine........ - guess she's been around Medicine so long part of it has also become a part of who SHE IS as well.........take care...)




hi brookline
thank the Lord that there at not really alot of days that i dont want to be a nurse. congrats on your daughter. she has an interesting part in medicine.
huggsss

You're welcome Seena--------you VERY obviously have the most vital ingredient it requires to be a VERY GOOD NURSE - heart --------------Keep hanging in there my newly found friend.....

..........and NEVER forget the "REMEMBER WHENS........." that make your relatives turn the most interesting shade of green... I still love to throw out an anonymous (of course) 'war story" periodically, especially during a meal...----I may be disabled and have not been able to work for the past 5 1/2 years, but I can STILL make my Mama's face turn green!!! You've gotta laugh............

BrooklineBaby