TOP 8 THINGS I HATE ABOUT BEING A NURSE Wondering why I chose eight? Each entry represents the standard eight hours nurses like me spend in one shift. Standard, eh? I frankly used the number because I need one; otherwise if I add up all the extended hours, this list could go on forever. So I hate being a nurse because… ... ... ... ... ... ... ... EIGHT – Nurses wear all white. You know how inconvenient plus hard to maintain that is? Okay, I came to duty on a heavy rain and mud starts making its way up my white uniform and there it is, a stain to last my entire shift. SEVEN – We don’t get a professional fee (PF). We also have a license, and that makes us professionals too. But we don’t have a professional fee and we live on meager salary regardless of how many patients weve handled or cases weve assisted. SIX – We do not have a holiday. Everyone in the industry can relate to this, I wouldnt dare watch out for holidays because I just feel hopeless. The entire country rests lazily on their couches while I stand tired my dear. FIVE – We can’t leave unfinished work. I mean office workers do that, do they? They can leave unfinished works and get to it the next morning. But nurses have to stay for as long as needed because we just can’t leave things undone. Life is at stake and life can’t wait. FOUR – We are the complaints center, if there is such a thing. When patients have a complaint on just about anything, they complain to the nurse. Not to the housekeeping staff, guard, doctor, or anyone else. Directly to the nurse; blame that for being too available. THREE – Refer this and that. Even if I know what drug to give, and I have it right here in my very hands; I can’t give it, I always need to refer and ask for a prescription. I say nurses carry immense responsibility but very little authority, now how more frustrating can that get? TWO – We are not treated as professionals. Leaking faucet? Faulty TV? We are always asked to do things we are not supposed to do. I mean, we’ve studied four dreaded years and earn ourselves a license for what? Fixing your TV signal? Hell no. Nurses are professionals like engineers, accountants, lawyers, and your beloved doctors whom you do not dare raise one eyebrow while you mindlessly shout at your nurse like your entire hospital bill goes straight to her salary. ONE – Nursing is more than a sacrifice, it’s suicide. From nursing school to nurse’s station, enough sleep, enough food, nor enough rest is next to impossible. Here’s one idea that Ive thought of just now: nurses religiously monitor patients’ urine output but at the end of the shift we realize we havent once gone to the bathroom: and that makes ours zero. So,if there’s one profession that wholly uses up one’s existence: be it mentally, physically, and emotionally, you got it: it’s Nursing. Crap, making a hate list is tiring; but then of course, I also have a list of the things I love in this field… 8. There are always nurses who look pretty and gorgeous in white and you get to trifle with them; and suddenly, the world is a better place ? 7. I love it when I get in regular clothes and everyone stares in shock; as if Ive got no right to wear nothing but white. 6. More seriously, as a nurse, I get to see life in all its forms: from womb to tomb. 5. I get to work with all the goodness of my heart, no PF needed. I’m quite about sure you wouldnt find nurses in hell (If ever theres one exists). 4. I love being able to discharge patients in their improved condition. Nothing beats seeing them go home thanking you for their recovery. I guess that just transpires the very essence of this job. 3. My heart leaps when patients and/or relatives appreciate the work I have done; when they actually call me by name and boast that I am their nurse. 2. No other profession is as heroic as ours: giving up our own lives in order to save others. 1. Last of all, nurses may not be angels, but we’re the next best thing.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:16:49 +0000
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