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nursing - anon

Posted: Feb 17, 2010

After reading some posts on here written by nurses, it intrigues me why a nurse would want to get into the rat's nest world of MT. Is it the lure of a work-at-home job? Or is there something else I'm not aware of? I was just reading on a nursing forum where many were complaining of being called off or being required to float, having their hours permanently cut back due to critical shortages and/or low census, even having foreign nurses brought in at a lower pay scale. Guess it's scary out there even in nursing.

One person's 'ratnest' of MT is another person's way out of a job they hate - Just sayin

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A list of the problems with a nursing job would be very long.

-dangerous to your health and well-being
-frustration dealing with unruly patients who fight you, hit you, or wrestle with you, causing back injuries, black eyes
-Latex allergies
-split shifts
-horrible treatment by Directors of Nursing (DONs)
-Dwindling respect from medical administration and doctors - no respect
-too much work and not enough time to care for patients because of all the paperwork

Those are just for starters

Wouldn't you love to visit messages boards like this for other careers? - I think it would be fun

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I think it would be fun to visit some other career message boards, especially in this economy, to see what they are like. Maybe we can find one where everyone is happy and all new graduates find jobs and make lots of money from the first month.

Theyre out there - look on Google for career forums by - sm - Zircon

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just typing _______(whatever career, such as nursing, billing, etc.) and then "forums" or "chat". They even have 'em for doctors.

Uh, they're not happy either, are they?! - Looking For The Happy Workers

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If anyone finds happy people anywhere, doing anything, who love their career, let the rest of us know.

Reminds me - of a story

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Years ago someone told me that while she was on vacation, she asked different people she met if they liked their work. She talked to people in a variety of professions, and only found one guy who claimed to be happy--then she said he told her he was a bum :)

There was a national survey last week I think 40% of all participants were happy - I wish I remembered where I saw that

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It's true that when we're unhappy, we write about it, post about it, blog about it, and when we love our work, we work. Most of the time I work. Work isn't always fun. Occasionally I post.

Sometimes I remember something that puts it all in perspective, that old story about a man on the road from his village. He meets a traveler who asks him what kind of people heâ��ll find there. The man from the village answers, â��What kind of people did you find in the town you just left? â��The traveler replies, â��Such a complaining lot of people, which is why I left.â��

The man from the village continues down the road and runs into another traveler who asks him the same question. The reply is different. â��The people in my last town were the kindest people youâ��ll ever want to meet. Iâ��m sorry I had to leave.â�� The man from the next village answers, â��Thatâ��s just what youâ��ll find here.â��

I think it's the same with work.

I didn't quite finish that old story I referred to - Let me try again

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Everybody knows this story anyway probably, but I forgot an important part of it. Let me try it again.

Sometimes I remember something that puts it all in perspective, that old story about a man on the road from his village. He meets a traveler who asks him what kind of people heâ��ll find there. The man from the village answers, â��What kind of people did you find in the town you just left? â��The traveler replies, â��Such a complaining lot of people, which is why I left.â�� The man from the next village answers, â��Thatâ��s just what youâ��ll find here.â��

The man from the village continues down the road and runs into another traveler who asks him the same question. The reply is different. â��The people in my last town were the kindest people youâ��ll ever want to meet. Iâ��m sorry I had to leave.â�� The man from the next village answers, â��Thatâ��s just what youâ��ll find here.â��

I think it's the same with work.

Very good! - brenda

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This is too funny!

just sayin - anon

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after seeing my paycheck drop in half and then half again over the past 12 years, I think I could put up with a lot for a nurse's salary compared to these sweatshop wages. I just find it hard to believe that a nurse would give it up for MT'ing.

Money and job opportunities are dropping for nurses too - Not as rosy as you may think

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There are a few really good jobs in nursing, if you enjoy major politics and stress every minute of the day. Go take a look in person and get a reality check. Nursing is not what it used to be.

Don't forget the people yelling at you and complaining about you - Not a pretty picture

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No thanks.

Believe me, the world of nursing can be just as - wannie

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a rat's nest as the world of MT. I went from nurse to MT because I got tired of not being able to do things the way I was taught in nursing school. Most nursing facilities (hospital, nursing home, etc) are interested only in how much money they can make, not in how well the patient's are taken care of.

Instead of being able to "converse" with a doc an MT....sm - Just my opinion....

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is transcribing through the computer screen, these same docs are face-to-face with nurses and are none too nice about it, either. My niece is a nurse and she asked if I have frustrations about docs who are nasty! My reply, of course, was "yes" but at least they really can't hear what I'm saying and I do feel better after that report is gone - unlike in a clinical or hospital setting where docs expect nurses to be pretty much under at their beck and call! I am an LPN but chose to put my licensure on "inactive" status and work as an MT - much more rewarding, really better $$ in the long run and I don't have to get dressed to deal with those dudes and dudettes, ya know what I mean?!

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