IT'S OFFICIAL #311

[She Is Raging]

I never should have become a nurse - I dont know why I ever did.


But then again, no one ever reads my posts so I don't know why I'm bothering.

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"Edge, it's you she wants...it's you!...I know him! He's in my band!" Bono - Zoo Boston, 1992
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- Kathleen -

 

[christiana]

*reading*

You are a nurse?!?! Good job or not??

 

[She Is Raging]

Yup... I work in an neonatal/newborn ICU. Not a bad job, it's rewarding at times but the hours suck and I get burntout so fast from the 12 hr shifts. Then's there's the whole poking babies with needles thing. I know I'm good at what I do, but I dont think it's what I want to be doing. Problem also is - I dont know what exactly I want to be doing either if I weren't - just definetly not this! I'm just in a blah mood right now...

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"Edge, it's you she wants...it's you!...I know him! He's in my band!" Bono - Zoo Boston, 1992
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- Kathleen -

 

[Angela Harlem]

Must be a tough profession. The hours would suck. Some people spend their entire lives wondering what they really want to do. I think, why stick to one thing? Keep changing if you get sick of something. It only leads to variety and lots of new things if you do change.

 

[zooropamanda]

i feel the same way about what im trained as she is raging...

sucks huh?

 

[Crzy4Bono]

She is Raging...
THANK YOU for doing what you do. Thank you thank you. I'll tell you why you should do it - it's a special job and a calling - and not anyone can.

This may be TMI but...
My son was born at 36 weeks, just on the verge of being too early - and was born with a pretty healthy dose of jaundice and was a wee little boy. (He's perfectly healthy strapping 6 year old, now, not to worry). But, he spent a couple of days in the NICU, and the nurses were what kept me together.

How you start on IV on a vein the size of a thread is beyond me. Those little heart things they stick on to measure the heartbeat made me smile. The nurses hugging me and telling me that my little boy was, in the scheme of things a pretty healthy guy helped me sleep those first couple of days. They were taking care of him, and of me. The doctors breezed in and out, it was the nurses who really did the job.

So thanks. You positively impact lots of lives every day - just look about you and you should see it.

Peace

(It's Official - crzy is sappy this morning)

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[clarityat3am]

My sister worked in NICU for years. She's got her own kids now and works at a sleep center who's hours are much more "normal" and work out great for her.

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