Im wondering if this is the right profession for me and was wondering if there are any other’s like me.
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There was one member here who worked successfully as a nurse. Can’t remember her username and not sure if she’s still active as she didn’t post often.
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I think @Anna did nurse training
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We also had a qualified doctor one time
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@2Waynez used to work in healthcare
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I was a RN and nuclear medicine technologist. If you’re a nurse and another nurse doesn’t show up they can force you to work another shift. So most nurses work 12 hour days. You would have to work 16 hours sometimes. When people call off you might have to go in. The job is all quotas. If you work at a small hospital you might be sent home all the time. Because of education inflation almost every job requires a bachelors or they’ll hire you if you get a bachelors. A lot of med passes and procedures. A lot of chasing doctors down explaining to the patient explaining to other nurses. You might get 40 dollars per hour but you might only pull in 30 hours a week. Some places the pay is good but you really work the hours. There is no downtime. You’re on your feet 12 hours a day. No time for lunch most days just squeeze in a few bites. Management will always berate you tell you that you did something wrong or you’re not fast enough. Eventually you might become head nurse, but that’s even more work. You’re accountable for everyone and may have to fill in for a nurse plus do your job on top of it. Patients treat you like crap. People with Alzheimer’s will fight you to feed them. The CNA’s will want your help and you’ll be behind doing procedures and med passes. You’re almost behind every day you work. You’re never ahead. Some patients code it’s super stressful that gets you super behind. Now if you work as a psych nurse you wouldn’t do procedures but you do a ton of paperwork and if it’s slow you float to another area. It’s a lot of work regardless what nursing you do. It wasn’t for me with psychosis. Good luck.
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That is so much worse than I.T. @2Waynez and the stress from that career gave me a heart attack.
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@SkinnyMe is a nurse 155555
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I dont think id be able to cope tbg
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Ha, yeah it sucks a lot
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I thought about going back to school for nursing, now that I’m used to giving myself Ozempic shots (needles are no longer a concern). The program is four-years long. But I don’t think I could handle the hours of a full-time job. I have diabetes and am very tired a lot of the time. The schizophrenia is very draining too.
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Listen to @2Waynez. I was an RN too. For me, it was even more work and super high stress than he was saying. I would never choose nursing again. @anon70814080 @doesthislookUNSUREtoyou
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Nursing is a pretty stressful position. Also your sleep schedule gets screwed up due to the two 12 hour days then two 12 hour nights pattern. So keep that in mind.
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And high stress is no good for us sz/sza’s! @anon70814080 @anon15119022
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@el_Jimbobbio you shouldn’t hide the fact that you trained & almost qualified as a full on Dr, you should’ve been Dr jimbobio lol
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You explained nursing to a T. Kudos to anyone that goes into that profession.
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There’s different jobs for nurses. My sister worked as a nurse for students at a place that trained young people for jobs while the students lived on the site of the program. The kids came from low income and often abusive backgrounds but my sister worked there full time for 6 or 7 years as a 9:00 - 5:00 job and made a hundred grand a year and she liked it. She quit 4 years ago and got a nursing job at Apple testing people for covid and advising them on travel plans. Another 9:00 - 5:00 job that she is satisfied with and probably likes. Again, she makes over $100,000 a year.
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I did nursing for a bit. If you have a serious mental illness I genuinely do not recommend working in a hospital, especially in high stress fields such as psych, ER, etc. It was absolute hell on my mental health.
I’m taking a break now after badly burning out. Eventually I plan to do hospice care prn or work at a clinic. It is very possible to be a nurse with serious mental illness you just need to be very mindful of what field and where you work, be aware of your limits, etc.
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I always found nursing homes to be a much lower stress area to work in for an RN.
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