Nursing Profession

Pros: There is no feeling in the world like helping someone who really needs it and you see some neat stuff
Cons: Mediocre pay, work weekends, holidays, forced overtime, getting pooped or puked on

A review by of my favorite writers (SurgRN911) about the nursing profession prompted me to write my own review. You can read her original review at http://preview.epinions.com/srvc-review-5573-FD6C471-3A01B539-prod2

I am not a nurse. I...

Pros: ending abuse
Cons: none

I have been an R.N. for 28 years. My range of experience encompasses nearly all aspects of critical care and pediatrics. I am a bedside nurse; that is my forte. I give quality nursing care; I am a good teacher; I am empathetic and intuitive....

Pros: Excellent explanation of practice
Cons: none

As Andrew described in his article, nursing is a tough profession at the moment. The reason why there is a current nursing shortgage is that a lot of us nurses that have been in the field at least fifteen years, found today's nursing to be extremely off...

Pros: Self-gradifying; great need for caring nurses
Cons: Work weekends, holidays and usually short staffed!

When I was a little girl I always thought that I would be a singer and marry Paul Anka! I thought I would live a glamorous life and travel around the world. Of course, being the youngest of three daughters, I ended up following my sisters into Lynchburg G ...

Pros: IN DEMAND, Flexibility, Respect, Meaningful and Rewarding
Cons: High Standards, Takes Determination and Creativity

I am a registered nurse with a BSN. For the past three years I have worked for an independent elementary school. Upon graduation, several years ago, I spent a few years as a hospital floor nurse. It is true that nurses are notoriously under...

Pros: the feeling you get when you helps someone
Cons: short staffing, not being able to save everyone

I see nursing as either feast or famine. This meaning you either have too much staff or not enough. Too many patients or not enough. You love it too much or not enough.

I first got into the nursing field as a CNA in a Long Term Care...

Pros: Hand holding, Watching lives being saved
Cons: Long hours, the ones you lose

As a kid I remember giving more bloody noses then I fixed. So I ponder, why did I fall in love with nursing, when and how? I remember as a child wanting to be a veterinarian, I loved animals, people I could take or leave. Yet, here I sit...

Pros: After about fifteen years you can make as much as a factory worker
Cons: You have to work impossible hours to do it

Don't you just hate to read something that starts off," Oh I could tell you stories? Me too. That's why I'm just going to TELL you the stories, and you let you judge for yourself. The overall plan is to tell you as much as I can of the positive...

Pros: Able to find work anywhere, to support self & family, autonomy, caring for fellow humans.
Cons: Stress, feelings of disempowerment, mainly by hospital administrators, pay does not reflect what we give.

The rewards come from within, yet, what other white collar profession tops out at $50,000? Can you care for yourself as well as you care for other people? Hospitals are open 24/7 but nurses are human beings & not able to work without rest. Are you able...

Pros: The ability to offer care,to teach and help patients & their families.
Cons: Working short staffed and not being able to offer all of the above.

The other day a pharmaceutical representative came
into the department to introduce a new product. We began talking and she told me how much she admired those nurses who could "stick it out in a hospital".
I asked for an explanation. She said...

Pros: Jobs Available Across The U.S. & Beyond
Cons: Managed Care Limits Direct Patient Care

This editorial will be an overview of one nursing professional's journey, spanning 25 years of various health care training. Individual articles on LVN and RN practice will follow, with the specialty fields of Mental Health and Telephone Triage Nurse...

Pros: Highly Gratifying Interventions, Lower Stress Level Environment
Cons: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Is A Real Risk

I first encountered the term triage when I was taking some Red Cross training as a teen. A French term, triage initially was a means of assigning a priority to those injured and waiting to be treated. The moderately injured who get a toe tag...

Pros: niche can be found, lots of patient teaching
Cons: impact of understaffing can be avoided, miles driven

There is a shortage of nurses. That is a given. I have a large amount of respect for LPN's. My sister is one in Kentucky. She has been one for 32 years. She does not want to become a RN. She said that in her hospital, EMT's are being utilized for...

Pros: The overwhelming feeling you get when you know you've helped someone.
Cons: The lack of flexibility in scheduling (hours, weekends,holidays).

The Decision to Become A Nurse

When I was starting to decide on a career after high school I wanted to cry.

All I ever wanted to do was become a teacher. So, I applied to college. Being an honors student, I was accepted into...

Pros: Wide variety of choices in specialties and work environments, Interesting and satisfying work
Cons: Pay, Lack of Support, Physically and emotionally hard work

When I was faced with choosing a career I was not clear exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I enjoyed the sciences and helping people, and with high unemployment rates in the mid-1970's I chose to enter the nursing profession. I felt that it...