I am an RN. I have been one for over 10 years. I hate my job. But before you think I am a totally cold and heartless woman, let me clarify--I love taking care of people. It makes me feel alive and like I am doing something worthwhile. It is the only part of my job that actually keeps me sane. But I hate all of the total bull that goes along with it: dealing with physicians who think nurses are idiots and handmaidens, patients that take and take and demand and demand and then have the nerve to complain about the service after discharge, dealing with families and friends who will tell you how to do your job when they have no clue what your job is, being told to work harder, longer and faster by management who have not been in patient care since nurses stopped wearing white dresses, and our national media who tells patients to stand up for their rights, even when they don't know what their "rights" are. I started this blog for two reasons: 1.) provide myself an anonymous outlet for the day-to-day frustrations I find increasingly annoying in my job and 2.) if anyone ever finds and reads this blog, to hopefully provide them with some information on how to navigate our complex medical system and hospitals and how to get the most out of their stay and give themselves the best chance of having a good outcome.
I feel better already. Thanks for finding and reading my little blog.
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