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A Sweet Sarah (Female, San Francisco, 26-28, Who Cares?) answered: Screenname: bethan44
I'm a RN, and I've wanted to be one since I was a little kid. In middle school and high school, I researched the profession, I shadowed RNs and nurse practitioners on the job, asked them a bajillion questions...and then by the time college rolled around, my mind was made up. I think I'm a competent, conscientious practitioner. I love what I do, and I'm 1000% certain that I made the right choice for myself. I work in medical/trauma critical care, and I love it. I hope to continue my education and become a nurse anesthetist within the next 5-7 years. When I graduated college and started out as a new nurse, I was hired to work on a med/surg floor- a lot of lap appys and lap choles. It was there that I worked with some nurses who obviously only became nurses just for the paycheck or because they couldn't think of anything better to do. They didn't seem to have their hearts set in it, and their work, in my opinion, left a lot to be desired. The only reasons I didn't enjoy med/surg as much as critical care was because med/surg is so boring from a pathophysiologic standpoint and I didn't have as much autonomy as I do know. I worked there for less than a year before I transferred to a critical care unit. But, I DID enjoy med/surg because I got to teach all those nursing students and residents, I got to be charge nurse of the unit, and most of the time, my patients had good outcomes and went home. But, oftentimes, I would beg my supervisor to float me over to critical care just because I got tired of a few of the nurses there complaining about difficult patients, their vacation time not being approved, etc. They were pretty much burnt out and didn't like their jobs. There were so many times I wanted to tell them to "put out or get out", because their attitudes were poor and it was apparent to everyone, especially to the patients and the patient's families.
If someone is unsure about their job after a certain amout of time, they should rethink things and find out of there's a better career for them out there. I think this is a good advice for everyone, but I think it's GREAT advice for anyone who's medical. I think it's especially important that anyone in the medical field follow this advice, because their decision to stay in the field is compromising to patient care and people's wellbeing are involved. I'm not saying you're not a safe practitioner, because you're probably good at what you do. But a person's dissatisfaction with their job is obvious to those who work with that person and those receiving the service. People are aware when the radiology technician/nurse/doctor who's giving them care doesn't want to there, and it makes the radiology technician/nurse/doctor look like big jerk. To reiterate, if you've been in the medical field for over a decade, and you think it's "ok" and you're still unsure if it's your best fit...then it's probably not and you should pack it up. Good luck.
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