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03/29/2008
Quit or Not?
I just don't know what to do. I sometimes go to work twice a week. I like to do the late shift. I don't do the early shift now.
I retired 4 years ago and went on the Nursing Bank. (Did more shifts for the first couple of years.)
Now in those 4 years things have changed and not for the better. Lack of staff, moral very low. I bet most of the nurses where I work would love to go and work somewhere else.
So, here I am at 64, if I could be really picky and choose who I would like to work with, I would carry on. I don't mind the hard work but feel the need to work as part of a team. I also believe that we can have a laugh and still do the job we are paid for.
Very little thanks we get from a lot of patients.
Get blamed for the meals not being as good as they thought they should be. Too much gravy, not enough gravy. I even got a complaint that the tea was hot the other day. Not too hot, just hot.
We can take all this with a pinch of salt, we are used to being shouted at and even nipped and sworn at. We all know that it is part of the job, Shouldn't be but it's the ward we are on.
So, I just don't know what to do. I like nursing but is it getting more just a job than a caring profession? I dunno.
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