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People have bad days. I understand we all need to vent and get through the hard times. I feel as though some readers have really taken my previous post the wrong way.
Nursing is hard. Any health care work is hard...A tech, a nurse, the doctors, the secretaries, the housekeepers and anyone else that works in health care. We deal with 100's of different situations on a day to day basis. There are always educational opportunities and areas for growth. Whether it is someone with one day of experience or someone with decades.

Like anything there is good and bad. I am trying to let people learn to focus on the good...not the bad.  Vent away, share your experiences but something that my husband, my love has taught me (and I am still struggling with) is to find the good...Even if it was a mili-second during the worst day of your career...There is always one moment that made you smile, or made you think..."this is why I do this."

That is why I was so upset by the story from my previous post. If at the end of your day you can't find something positive or something to make you happy that you are what you are....is that what you want to be doing?

A little story....
When I was a brand new nurse I was paired with a stellar preceptor. She knew EVERYTHING. Was amazing in traumas, could start and IV on anything and had more knowledge then I think I learned in school...All that being said she was a very negative person. She believed every patient was "drama-rama" and not worth her hard work and time in the ER. Quickly her attitude started to rub off on me and I started thinking no one was really sick...that I knew better than anyone coming in for help...It wasn't until a patient crashed that she had taken care of that it smacked me in the face that although she knew a lot, she had a lot to learn. Not only that, my boss quickly put me in place as a "new nurse" with a lot to learn.
She said to me "the day you think you know everything is the day you should stop being  a nurse." That has stuck with me.
Every patient, experience, co-worker and day is different. Some bad, some really bad and some terrible. I believe that we need to debrief the day and talk about our emotions...but there is a fine line between healthy discussion and just complaining.
As a preceptor myself, I have seen how many new nurses come into a hospital and are thrown to the wolves. They are told who to watch out for, who to trust, which doc is cool and which isn't. Quickly they have to make the decisions to be part of the "pack" or not. It is overwhelming and anyone who has started any job knows what I am talking about.

There is no need for anyone to be upset about the previous post....It is my true sadness that people are exposed to any co-worker that complains all the time. For new nurses it is common to hear the older nurses complaining....and that rubs off....it becomes ok to try and relate to all the people complaining. Quickly you can observe negativity spread...Just as quickly you can spread a positive environment.  That was the whole point to the last post. Talk about concerns and move on to fixing them, not fixating on the problem...look for the solution. It makes a tough job much easier...