Comments on: Living The Dream

By: indranie

indranie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:30:50 +0000

i am trying to become a rn as of right now but i don’t know if i am making the right decision.i read all the stories about so many people that hate being a nurse. and i’m just hoping that i won’t become one of them.however i do feel that it is something that i should do right back ladyla21@ yahoo.com i need advice please

By: Pammy

Pammy — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:06:53 +0000

Maybe editing is boring, thankless and frustrating (as nursing can also be). But at least being an editor doesn’t require you to be everything as nursing does. As nurses, we’re expected to be confidants, counselors, psychics, pharmacists, nursing assistants, cooks, housekeepers, mothers, computer operators and bookkeepers. And, the list just keeps growing. After only 12 years in the profession, I’m done.

By: ThirdDegreeNurse

ThirdDegreeNurse — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:35:36 +0000

Geena,
Once again, you are right on. I spent 22 years in varying aspects of a “dream job” — working in radio, one of the top ad agencies in a big city, then moving on PR, which most people think is a pretty cushy job. Each place has its drawbacks. And yes, documenting training is part of the deal whereever you go. People need to cover their backsides and there needs to be info carried over from one shift to the next to one political administration to the next.

I know a nurse who hates nursing. She wants to be an editor. She has no idea of the boredom, thanklessness or frustration that goes into editing poor writing. Been there. Done that.

I tried to encourage her to go to a different hospital or work for a doc or do something different in medicine. She loved it once and with all of the investment in her training and flexibility, I think she should give it another try.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:34:21 +0000

I know a nurse who hates nursing. She wants to be an editor. She has no idea of the boredom, thanklessness or frustration that goes into editing poor writing. Been there. Done that.

By: diana

diana — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:15:44 +0000

Geena, You are so right — nursing IS different in different hospitals, and in some even the department you are in can make a huge difference. Or as you said, a different type of facility.

I would also recommend some sort of change before leaving the profession altogether.

I’ve also seen older nurses who are completely burnt out, and no longer find any pleasure in the work — that’s a different story.

By: dr. charles

dr. charles — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:48:14 +0000

Hey Geena, great response. Nurses aren’t considered the most ethical and respected profession in america for nothing.

On another topic, you might want to check out this link, since you seem to get a lot of female readers: http://democracyforvirginia.typepad.com/democracy_for_virginia/2005/01/legislative_sen.html

I find it frightening.