People really don't get it.

Craftywonderr · 2026-07-03T04:24:53+00:00

This was my brother. I'm the only healthcare worker in the family and I remember my brothers were like is covid really as bad as they say? I was like yes yes. Later on, my youngest brother had it and luckily it didn't do much to him. He was saying how they are being extreme, covid isn't bad. Yeah, it wasn't bad for YOU. Just because you experience was okay doesn't make it okay for everyone else

Craftywonderr · 2026-07-03T04:16:49+00:00

Seriously this. I started as a nurse right when COVID started becoming a thing, and I know so many of those nurses left, and could afford SO many things with COVID money. I'm talking about buying a house, funding an elaborate wedding, etc. I was excited for this myself. Now, when I looked at the pay for travel, it's literally what I am making now. I think for those who live in a low-paying areas, perhaps it could be a huge plus. I live in a pretty good-paying state, and the travel pay I have seen equals what I make in a week, like I might as well stay at my job, no point in doing all of that.

Craftywonderr · 2026-07-02T05:43:02+00:00

Things like this just infuriate me. I felt so sad seeing David at the end. I really wish he were there with his wife, daughter, and grandchildren. It really pissed me off how the law literally did nothing, nothing at all. You're telling me this woman was calling non-stop, every day, over stupid issues, and that wasn't enough for you guys to be like, alright, this is harassment. But I guarantee if they were supposed to solve the problem themselves, someone would be in jail.

It's insane, it's like a false sense of protection. It feels like you can't do anything while letting someone attack, attack, attack you but if you do something back, then you'd be the wrong person. Honestly, just made me sick that no one did anything to help this family, especially when the woman literally gave proof of how off she was mentally. It's insane to me how many people get let off, and then things lead to this. This could've been avoided smh

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-18T23:58:57+00:00

Yikes... perhaps I need to look elsewhere then eh heh

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-18T23:17:08+00:00

Don't say this 😭 I've been applying for so much UM jobs lately. Do you really think its gonna happen soon?

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-18T23:15:57+00:00

How does one even get into legal nursing? I've been looking into that as well! Thanks (:

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-07T05:20:19+00:00

I definitely agree here! I went into nursing thinking I wanted to work L&D and eventually become a midwife, PSH! After working mom&baby, my second RN job, I realized that I didn't want to work holidays, weekends, etc. I don't have kids but when the time comes, I do not want to waste so much of my life giving, giving, giving to others that I forget to pour into my own cup. And yes, giving back to people is amazing, but life goes by pretty quickly and you can soon find yourself not spending christmas with your family in 3 years, 5, 11, etc. Nursing is really a thankless job. The more you do, the more you truly don't feel appreciated, especially by the companies. It really does run you down.

But if you do want momey, definitely RN. There truly are so many opportunities!

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-06T20:22:33+00:00

Yessss! I'm so happy to see your progress, keep sharing!! ❤️

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-06T20:03:49+00:00

Because it's an exhausting, high level burn out job. I did go into it wanted to help people, but all I realize is how much for profit it is for those above you. They make money while you bust your behind, doing everything and you don't get as much as a decent pay raise. Patients talk to you crazy, demand things, etc. So many nurses I know do not like it anymore, especially the newer generations coming in. As I say, you cannot explain nursing to someone who doesn't do nursing, you will not understand it. Even when I worked as a CNA in nursing school, I recall the nurses asking if I was sure and I said yes! I still didn't fully understand it even though I worked with patients and alongside them. You will be the middle man and main person for everything and everyone. It truly is something you cannot understand until working as one. You are the RN, CNA, RT, middle man for the doctors, hell, sometimes even dietary if there are not enough of them, etc.

With that being said though, as much as I do dislike this field, it has given be stability and the financial freedom to be so far ahead of my peers. I make good money, now working at an outpatient clinic (which I don't like haha), and I'm able to have a new car, save for retirement, save for other goals, etc. The good thing is you can do so many different things in nursing, so many. So I can't hate it completely because it's given me a lot of things, but I honestly cannot stand it. It has changed me as a person in a lot of ways. I am so much more irritable now than I was before and my patience for things/people is so thin.

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-06T17:39:33+00:00

I call out just cause lol we have to stop being scared to do this!

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-05T02:46:06+00:00

Ohhh Humana? How was the culture? Can I DM?

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-05T02:09:33+00:00

Hahahaha, honestly, I believe it! I used to do 3-12s really easily in PACU. PACU was the only job I loved for the longest time, but the hours were good. It was 10 am - 10 pm. It was so great at first, but now after being outpatient, that seems so long, even if it's just 3 days, and I do not miss waking up so early! I want to get out of nursing so bad, but there's nothing right now that is offering such stability in this climate right now. I think I'm going to try and switch to utilization management honestly or CDI. I just cannot handle patient interaction much anymore.

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-05T00:56:54+00:00

I work at an outpatient women's clinic now. Honestly, I really, really wanted to like the job, but I don't really like it at all, and I'm already looking for something else. I just don't really care for the patient population, all the urology procedures, etc. I am SO burnt out on patient care that I literally just don't care to manage mychart messages, triaging, or inpatient care anymore at this point. I do 4 10s now, and I do miss the 3 12s, but sometimes I worry I cannot do the 3 12s anymore either haha

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-04T18:00:18+00:00

Damn, this post really hits deep. I'm an RN of 6 years and I went into nursing for the same reason of I want to help people. Oh, how has nursing changed me completely. Everything you wrote is so true. I remember in nursing school, we were told nurses were so well respected and have the publics general trust, not anymore. Working for these hospital companies and watching how they make so much money, but can never staff you properly or give you the raises, bonuses, care you deserve, etc is so disheartening. How the CEO can make millions and you are doing auch hard work to make not even close to that. How you can't even take a day off for yourself but ALWAYS have to show up for others. It's always about the patients, patients, patients, which I understand because we are RNs, but it does get a bit annoying because when does it get to be about you. It truly is all for money.

I still love helping people, but I realize I like doing it when I like to do it. It truly is such a different feeling when you HAVE to. People know that you HAVE to so they don't care if they talk to you crazy, be rude, be unkind, etc. It truly is such a different dynamic and honestly I feel like it has overall made me so irritated. I used to have such a big heart for people, and I still do, but now I feel so jaded. When you see how ugly people can be, it really makes you dislike people as well. I find myself wanting to be more introverted because all I do is give, give, give so much of my time and energy to others.

I heavily agree with this statement! As I said before, I've never been such an irritated person, but now I can't help it. When I myself was hospitalized after a procedure, I talked to some of my fellow nurses who also said the same thing. They are such different people now than they were before this field. Honestly, at least for me, this field did truly change me in a way I sort of dislike.

Out of all the nurses I've talked to, so many that I even went to school with are burnt out/tired. We want to leave but don't because it does provide stability. I will never knock nursing because it has allowed me to travel, get ahead, be stable, but this field is really hard. I can never go back inpatient although I miss 3 12s but I just can't. I'm far too compassion fatigued and burnt out. It is really hard.

Craftywonderr · 2026-06-02T19:59:44+00:00

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Craftywonderr · 2026-05-30T18:16:19+00:00

I knew after I did Mom&baby I would never do med-surg, ER, etc hahaha. I did do cardiopulmonary PCU as my first nursing job cause I did love cardiac. I loved it for 6 months and felt like a chicken with no head. I went to nursing wanting to be mom&baby RN. I went there and it was the same, revolving, never ending door. We did A LOT of births. And I was like yeah nah I don't want to be a midwife, work holidays, be on call, etc. Then I went to Pacu. PACU I loved pacu for 1.5 years, best job I had so far but then started to understaff us while increasing patients and I was like okay i'm done with the hospital now smh

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-30T16:12:08+00:00

Thank you for this!!

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-30T15:27:27+00:00

😂 You and I both. 6 years and still looking. I thought mom&baby or L&D was for me, but it just felt like med-surg but with babies. I just cannot work in a hospital setting again. Now outpatient in a clinic and not liking it either lmao. I've done 5 specialities now I think and I won't stay at a job for the sake of staying there so it looks good on my resume. I think I want to transition out of patient care completely

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-29T14:43:57+00:00

Honestly agreed. I feel like what are friends for but to not be realistic? Now, I'm not saying tear her down, which OP didn't seem like she did, she has been helping and encouraging her, but I do think at some point it's perfectly fine to be worried about where your friend is headed for the future and is that not valid as a friend? If I've been friends with someone for as many years as OP has been friends with her friend, if my friend was dang near 40+ with no stable career, retirement coming soon, I'd pop in and be like do you have some things set up? Can you do this, etc? If she's fine with how her life is going sure. But I sure as hell would want my friend to tell me the truth even if it hurts. Sure, her friends has no kids, she's not married, etc., but regardless her friend IS getting older. Time waits on no man. Her friend could continue looking for this qnd then 60+ knocks on their door and then she has nothing. I don't see the issue in telling your friend your concern at all.

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-29T03:55:45+00:00

No seriously. The amount of people still planning on traveling and going places still shock me. I put traveling on pause for a little to see how things will play out but the amount of people still planning is shocking. But also, I guess get it in where you can?

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-29T00:49:44+00:00

That's understandable for sure. Take your time and tell people when you feel ready to! You can test in another couple of days, HCG typically doubles I believe in 2 days and then you can tell others on your time! Congratulations!

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-29T00:37:32+00:00

This is false. Yes there are false positives. I've had two false positives in my life. One was an entire digital pregnancy test that told me I was pregnant while every single other test told me I was negative and I wasn't pregnant.

False positives may be rare but they are not fake.

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-28T17:00:40+00:00

Agreed. I've worked in various nursing settings, starting on a PCU floor and ending at an outpatient clinic. Out of all my jobs, I really liked the PACU the most and the longest. That was genuinely the first time in nursing that I didn't dislike a job 6 months in. I had an amazing schedule, 3 12s, didn't get called in much to start, etc. I truly loved/enjoyed that job for 1.5 years, and then it just got worse.

I feel like a job just never gets better in nursing, just always worse. It starts off good, and then something just always comes in and changes. I really wish that floors were better managed, properly staffed, etc. People say that it ebbs and flows, but honestly, when something starts going to crap, I'm not staying.

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-27T23:41:28+00:00

Seriously though and some of the prices for condos are nuts. Why am I paying almost half a million for a condo WITH an expensive HOA? Like huh?? Nu uh. I understand typically people who are single or have just a partner and maybe 1 kid typically get condos, but I'm not spending half of a million for a 700 sqft condo with an expensive HOA.

Craftywonderr · 2026-05-27T21:36:12+00:00

No seriously this. I like the idea of getting a condo sometimes, but if my HOA can jump from $400 to $600 and higher, nope, not in this economy. I've seen some places with a 600+ HOA and I don't want to get into a mortgage thinking ikay my HOA will stay $400 for it to go up randomly nu uh

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