How long have you been nursing? Do you enjoy your job? who do you work with, is it general, or babies or mental health?
Im considering nursing at the moment. The only thing that is stopping me is apparently there is a shortage of jobs here in the uk as the NHS is so cash hungry. This is what my advisor says anyway. My cousin graduates this year. She's specialised though in pediatrics I think...she did work experience on a neo-natal ward and she said it really is life-changing, seeing small babies fight for their little lives.
anyway, just wondered what you thought of nursing as a career? Has it always been your career? ↓
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| Name: homemommichele | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 2:28 PM |
I was in nursing for 13 years. I did neonatal ICU mostly, cardiac for about 5 years. Now because of my hubbys health and our kids, I stay home and have a home biz. I do not miss nursing. I miss the babies, the families, saving lives. I do not miss the backstabbing co workers, the low pay, the long hours...I hope to never go back.
It is not all glamour. It is wonderful to see a baby go home that you did not think would ever pull through. To hand a baby to go home to a happy Mommy who has been praying for weeks to take her child home. It is very very rewarding and is the part I miss.
The pay at least here in the US is crap. My enroller in my home business makes twice what I did as a nurse and she has only done it 3 years. You are saving lives, yet the doctors get the credit (even though they are not even there and in many cases you make the decisions, they sign off later). It was so difficult trying to pay off student loans, support my family (my dh was too sick to work even when he did stay with the kids) and then my Mom got a job as a bill collector and was making what I made as a new nurse!! Very very discouraging to say the least!! ↑ |
| Name: homemommichele | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 2:29 PM |
| A few weeks ago I saw a family at church and got to see a baby that was my patient!! He had been 27 weeks and small for age, so he weighed about a pound at birth (about 1/2 kilo I think since you are in UK). He is now 3 years old, doing great, and has a baby sister!! It felt so good to hug him!!!!! ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 2:32 PM |
thanks michele (sorry only one L)
nursing is just an idea atm. Mostly im thinking of social work or maybe support work. Primary teaching sometimes appeals to me too...i have odd days. lol Sometimes I want to work as a nurse or a teacher, others im convinced i want to be a social worker, hell yesterday at the creche (I work a couple times a week at the twins creche during my free periods at school) that I wanted to be a nursery nurse or some other sort of early years childcare girlie. ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 2:32 PM |
| aww wow! i would love that...seeing people youv helped and how they have turned out. ↑ |
| Name: homemommichele | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 3:16 PM |
| Yes, that is alwasy so cool when they bring their kids to visit the unit, or you run into them at church or whatever in public. Many of them send Christmas cards to the unit every year with pics and updates!! ↑ |
| Name: nicole miller | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 3:28 PM |
| This has nothing to do with the post - but your comment about sending pictures in of babies... I thought about doing that for the nurses in hospital where I had Josh. I'd like to... sort of the 'before and after', but I didn't see any hanging up or around in the nursery so I wasn't sure. ↑ |
| Name: homemommichele | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 3:55 PM |
| Oh Nicole!! They may keep them in the nurses lounge or something!! Definately do so!! I am sure they would LOVE to see him!! ↑ |
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