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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom  I took early retirement from being an R.N. i entered the field at forty years old when a severe shortage was on, money to be made. i always had a full time job and worked also for various agencies during those years for the extra money. i got burnt out long before I retired. Twelve hour night shifts with anywhere from eight to 12 patients was too much of a load to do proper nursing care. i got into it for the same reason many others do. because of my compassion and my desire to be a great nurse and make a difference in people's lifes. there is no time to do that. you are lucky to be able to rush in the room, introduce yourself and give medicine and all the crap you take from doctors who think they are a gift to the world and don't you dare cross them. i would NEVER recommend anyone to go into nursing these days UNLESS it is away from bedside nursing and there are plenty of those jobs. the part I loved the best other than the patients were the stints i did as a truama/ER nurse. Loved the adrenilin rush from that. sorry to paint such a bleak picture but you asked. |
It all depends where you work...don't forget you can always move around to different departments to see what's right for you. You can also move around to different parts of the world.
I know the States don't treat their nurses very well compared to other areas in the world.
I haven't worked anywhere else so I can only speak for Canada, but Canada is nothing like the above description. I know that many places in the US are exactly like that, though. Both my parents worked as RNs in North Carolina and they thought the exact same things there. Though, they had both worked in Canada before & work here now that we've moved back, too.
In Ontario, both of my parents make over $100,000/year with excellent benefits & nurses are treated very well here.