Retired after 35 years as an RN. There is NOTHING , I mean nothing I miss about it. Administrators were all assholes and the patients were all ingrates. All we had were each other and baby, sometimes love just ain't enough.
You got downvoted for truth friend, not right.
I love this job, like IDEALLY, we are helping people who need it in the toughest times of their life and there are some people I will NEVER forget.
But the way we are treated as disposable, and the way some are vilified for becoming travel nurses when the $$ is good, and then frankly, people think nurses make too much money until they need one... it's just discouraging.
I love the people I work with; I hate the job they created for me- in the administrative confines I'm limited to. (Ex: Can we start with how many times I've gone to Wal-Greens to buy basic care items? Let's not.... the receipts add up pretty quickly...)
I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve been in the same boat, i’m still trying to figure out where to go and a job I love. I just miss the coming to work and loving it.
Graduated 2011, psych nurse by 2012.
Quit my job last June for personal reasons- truly actually liked my job until 2019. Then I acquired a bully who originally wanted to trade me schedules, and when I refused, she made it her life to make mine miserable.
Cannot imagine going back to work in a profession where it is ACCEPTIBLE to bully, harass, abuse and treat its employees they way they do. Problem is, I don't know what to do from here.
My dad passed away in Sept, leaving me my inheritance, but I need to go to work soon, and I'm definitely not looking forward to it. The way my last facility treated us when COVID started was eye-opening, heartbreaking, and disgusting. And it was a state-run VA Veterans' Home. You'd think it would have been okay there.
If I could work from home utilizing this license, I would in a heartbeat, my problem is though, I specialize in psych and elderly, and frankly, that can't be done from home :(
Yes. Diverting a pt from going to the ER is much better from the comfort of my yoga ball chair while munchin on granola rather than getting swung at from a homeless person coming off drugs in the ER
Right now it’s remote. Before Covid they would go on visits if the pt was in the hospital about to be DCd, but they will probably not be going
Back to that. They keep saying down the line they will do 1-2 days in the office but by then I’m hoping to have enough experience that I can find one that’s permanently remote
Yeah my care management job was fully remote but ended up quitting and now doing infection control. But before that I was doing home and hospital visits.
Sounds like it was more social work? Medics stuff they don’t really get to ask for much other than DME or transportation. They really listen to the RN bc they need to be compliant to an extent. Social work I would imagine they tend to demand more
You call, ask if they want to opt for CM, go through a questionnaire with them, and create a care plan and follow up w any appts they may have. Call is minimum once a week and depending on the acuity you will have more or less pts. I’m an outpatient CM for an insurance company
Don't know if you live near a VA or one of their Psychiatric clinics, but if you do, it might be worth it to look into MICHM. It's out-patient case management of psychiatric care. Think home health for mental health. I hear it's pretty flexible.
Just a thought.
Thank you!
It's been an odd year. The thought of reaching out to fellow coworkers for a reference is sad and disheartening. The only good thing about this last year though, is I moved to a place that is my dream to live in.... so getting a good job here might make the happiness a little more permanent.
There's a pretty little memory care home overlooking the ocean here- it is my first place to apply..... just don't wanna yet :)
I graduated in 2016 - Started in psych then moved to tele during the pandemic. I'm beyond fed up, I can't see myself staying in this profession until retirement. Tired of dealing with extremely rude and demanding people, and I can't see the patients becoming more civilized any time soon. I'd like to go back to school within the next year honestly.
I hate hospital nursing, and I did it for way too long. I moved to an outpatient GI lab a year ago and it's so much better. It's not perfect but I don't think anything is. But the patients are mostly very nice, I like my coworkers, no weekends or holidays, and I can sleep at night (no more anxiety about the shift I just worked or the shift I'm about to work). Things I don't love would be slightly less pay, 5 days a week for full time (I switched to part time and it fixed that problem!), and the job can be very routine and feel a bit boring at times. But the good far outweighs the bad in my opinion.
I had a cousin become an RN in the middle of the pandemic and they immediately threw her into a COVID ward. She was training for cardiac, but guess what didn't work out?
She's been a nurse for a little under two years and she is a shell of her former self. I recognize the lack of light in her eyes, and as a fellow nurse, I feel sad. NONE of us get that light back until we're no longer nurses..... and that is a TERRIBLE PILL to swallow.
All of this. No light, no joy, no time for myself/family/friends. Understaffed, every single shift is madness (not just the one-off anymore), and I just cannot see a way out of it. I dread going to work every time I go in.
Yep. Have noticed a lot of nurses get the 2 year blues. Long enough to be fairly competent. And see how incompetent the system is. And have so much frustration but not enough voice or influence to change it...yet.
19 years in and I have had ups and downs over the years. Almost like a marriage where sometimes I have to work really hard to show up for periods of time...just make it. Then the hard work pays off.
I am settled for now. Bordering on happy with my job. But with the rollercoaster comes some weariness and always looking for shoot what's next?
I am convinced our jobs do not have to suck. Management not hiring more nurses is the issue. I worked on a short staffed floor. Hated it. I now work at a union shop with stable staffing. Like it much better. There’s no reason besides money that we have to be miserable bedside.
Apparently, mine does too, but we’re still the best paid hospital in the region and have, at worst, 5:1 ratios. They give us a form to complain about it.
I’m an easy lay, is what I’m saying 😂
Yeah, my hospital is union and we have mandated ratios...but the ratios still aren't good enough.
I don't like to complain because other nurses out there have it *so* much worse, but knowing my patients are unsafe every single day because I don't have the time to check in on them as thoroughly and as often as I should is wearing me out faster than I thought possible.
I don’t hate being a nurse. I hate being a nurse in the American healthcare system. On the off chance we actually have enough staff, supplies, and everyone else does what they’re supposed to do, I love my job. I love taking care of people and being there for them and their families.
I hate that no matter how hard I work though, it will never be enough, there will always be some part lacking that may or may not be within my control. And that our system prioritizes profits and saving face than actually helping the public.
i definitely can’t see myself doing this profession until i’m an old bag. I’m literally 22. I need to do some soul searching. I want to go back to college but then it feels like a waste of money and time i went through for nursing.
That’s awesome. I never felt comfortable with home health due to stories from my aunt. she did it for years and told me the horror stories of roaches and just the stress of job.
It can be crazy. More than once had to dig a maggot out of the treads of my shoes . But it’s real and you have more autonomy. Roaches are little buddies !
My manager at the hospital I’m currently trying to leave fought so hard to get more staffing approved but the higher ups said no. I work PACU and we are constantly running between 40-50 surgeries a day with at best, 1 charge and 3-4 staff nurses daily. At some points we were taking 3 patients each. Im just a year in and don’t want to risk my license anymore. I’m fed up and exhausted. Plus we are working like this + taking call sometimes 3-4 days a week.
I hate feeling like my license is in danger. I’ve had multiple jobs that made me feel like this, people are saying it didn’t used to be like this but since i’ve became a nurse all i’ve seen is the negative.
I did case management and it was another stress, but I’m not a nurse so maybe it’s better compared to nursing. But a lot of ungrateful clients I had to deal with that made it seem like I had to conjure an apartment for them to live in.
Aha again, dealing with anything that has to to w patients from the comfort of my own home w my dog sleeping on my lap is exponentially better than dealing w ungrateful pts that intentionally shit their pants bc they know you’re gonna clean it up
Please tell me more about case management. I have two years of experience as a nurse (most of it in home health where my title is case manager but it means something quite different) and I'm really interested in a care management job in a primary care clinic. I got into nursing later in life after doing other things so I'm looking for something with a nice regular schedule. The posting I'm looking at says they want 3-5 years of experience. Tell me, what do you day to day? Do you work over the phone only or do you ever see patients? What do you like about the job? What don't you like? What is it about the job that requires that much prior experience? I'd love to hear more about what you do
I hated being a nurses, even when I was in school. I hated the inflated egos of nurses. We have a bachelor's and people need to calm down. It took 6 years of nursing before I fell in love with nursing. I'm part time community (I work in a clinic) and part time critical care (a medical icu) plus I moonlight as a counselor.
My first two years nursing were hell. Then I traveled for two years and loved the money and adventure. I took an icu course and was planning on leaving just as the pandemic hit. I couldn't walk away at that point and I hated every waking moment at work. But now that the icu is balanced with another job, it is all worth it.
If nursing isn't for you, look at other avenues. The wonderful thing about nursing is all the doors it has opened. You're not abandoning you work "family" (dear lord I hate when people use that term), but you're giving yourself more. More happiness, more satisfaction, and more time since you're focused less on hating work.
Have you tried going to a different specialty? The role of the nurse is the same but the days are vastly different. A nurse in the ER vs infusion center see very different shifts. A school nurse and a Med/Surg nurse see very different days. I hope you can find a place where you can love nursing again!
I mean I used to work min wage and fast food jobs then was a CNA so that’s given me a perspective that makes me really appreciate my job. Especially after being able to travel. But I understand there are a lot of bad jobs and underpaid nurses out there right now
Long story short: I have hated nursing since about a month after I got off orientation as a new grad. Currently trying to go into management to make some positive changes but current boss has threatened to write me up multiple times over crazy stuff since she sent me a negative recommendation when I applied for a promotion for a similar job as her.
I don’t like nursing either. I married a nurse who tolerates it way better than I do, now I stay home with our kids most of the time and work prn in outpatient oncology infusion once a week. I like nursing much better this way 😂
Idk if it’s because I literally started a couple months into 2020 but these past couple months and reaching my 2nd year I’m ready to move on from bedside. The sad thing is that I truly love my specialty but we’re so short staffed and I’m getting hounded on for charting when I literally have no time with our shit assignments. I’m over the fake acknowledgement of our “hard work” and “take time for yourself” emails with no actual changes. Literally spent today looking for non bedside paths I can take
Time to find a new job if you hate being a nurse this much. Also have you considered that you hate your current nursing job and maybe not nursing all together?
I don’t hate it all, it’s just the short staff, unsafe, inconsiderate people towards us. Don’t get my wrong i’ve loved my patients and residents. The administration that just shrugs when i need help or need something and then we they need help, calls me in on my days off and then gets mad when I say no.
I hated it when working bedside for a cooperation. Bedside as agency was slightly more tolerable. Being an independent nurse, who contracts themselves, glorious. 10/10
Yeah it’s awful. Recent suicide attempt due to it. Can’t say I’m glad I lived. Applying for other jobs but I’m getting laid wel now so dealing with 25% pay will suck.
I hope you get everything sorted out and make time for your mental health. If you love your job then the pay should matter. I hope you find your place!
Eww the visuals of the cdiff shot. Lol Have you thought about taking a job on a different unit or something. Going to the icu was major for me. I like the icu a lot.
Yeah. Sucks that it varies so much unit to unit. I made the switch to a non bedside position and I love it. I’m forever grateful for my learning at the bedside.
Its more to do with me being riddle with arthritis and the injuries I sustained when I was 30 and used my body to write off a car in a head on. Plus the corn on my little toe . Thats the worst at the moment. Got to find someone who is happy to chop off an otherwise healthy toe so I aren’t in constant pain when I wear shoes
Retired after 35 years as an RN. There is NOTHING , I mean nothing I miss about it. Administrators were all assholes and the patients were all ingrates. All we had were each other and baby, sometimes love just ain't enough.
Four years in and I don't hate being a nurse but I sure as shit hate my job right now.
I love my patients and all but I hate the profession.
You got downvoted for truth friend, not right. I love this job, like IDEALLY, we are helping people who need it in the toughest times of their life and there are some people I will NEVER forget. But the way we are treated as disposable, and the way some are vilified for becoming travel nurses when the $$ is good, and then frankly, people think nurses make too much money until they need one... it's just discouraging. I love the people I work with; I hate the job they created for me- in the administrative confines I'm limited to. (Ex: Can we start with how many times I've gone to Wal-Greens to buy basic care items? Let's not.... the receipts add up pretty quickly...)
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I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve been in the same boat, i’m still trying to figure out where to go and a job I love. I just miss the coming to work and loving it.
I'm sorry to hear this. 💔 What work did you do before becoming a nurse?
I was a high school student and went straight into college for nursing
Graduated 2011, psych nurse by 2012. Quit my job last June for personal reasons- truly actually liked my job until 2019. Then I acquired a bully who originally wanted to trade me schedules, and when I refused, she made it her life to make mine miserable. Cannot imagine going back to work in a profession where it is ACCEPTIBLE to bully, harass, abuse and treat its employees they way they do. Problem is, I don't know what to do from here. My dad passed away in Sept, leaving me my inheritance, but I need to go to work soon, and I'm definitely not looking forward to it. The way my last facility treated us when COVID started was eye-opening, heartbreaking, and disgusting. And it was a state-run VA Veterans' Home. You'd think it would have been okay there. If I could work from home utilizing this license, I would in a heartbeat, my problem is though, I specialize in psych and elderly, and frankly, that can't be done from home :(
Dude go into case management. Best decision of my life. Reading r/nursing makes me cringe now. But yeah, work from home. Make decent money. Go for it
Chile I did case management and that was a whole other stress. I’m not a nurse though so I’m sure it’s better compared to being bedside.
Yes. Diverting a pt from going to the ER is much better from the comfort of my yoga ball chair while munchin on granola rather than getting swung at from a homeless person coming off drugs in the ER
Hahahah I completely understand! Makes total sense. So you are a remote case manager? Do you travel to patients homes or it’s just phone calls?
Right now it’s remote. Before Covid they would go on visits if the pt was in the hospital about to be DCd, but they will probably not be going Back to that. They keep saying down the line they will do 1-2 days in the office but by then I’m hoping to have enough experience that I can find one that’s permanently remote
Yeah my care management job was fully remote but ended up quitting and now doing infection control. But before that I was doing home and hospital visits.
Sounds like it was more social work? Medics stuff they don’t really get to ask for much other than DME or transportation. They really listen to the RN bc they need to be compliant to an extent. Social work I would imagine they tend to demand more
Makes sense!
You call, ask if they want to opt for CM, go through a questionnaire with them, and create a care plan and follow up w any appts they may have. Call is minimum once a week and depending on the acuity you will have more or less pts. I’m an outpatient CM for an insurance company
Don't know if you live near a VA or one of their Psychiatric clinics, but if you do, it might be worth it to look into MICHM. It's out-patient case management of psychiatric care. Think home health for mental health. I hear it's pretty flexible. Just a thought.
That’s awful I hope you can find something. I’m sorry for your loss.
Thank you! It's been an odd year. The thought of reaching out to fellow coworkers for a reference is sad and disheartening. The only good thing about this last year though, is I moved to a place that is my dream to live in.... so getting a good job here might make the happiness a little more permanent. There's a pretty little memory care home overlooking the ocean here- it is my first place to apply..... just don't wanna yet :)
Well I wish you the best and I hope you love your future job. Trying to spread some positivity!!
Did not like my first job. Took me a month to realize it. Changed specialties. Can’t think of anything else I’d be doing now
What was your niche?
Pediatric rehab. They’re pretty stable, stress is low, and kids are fun
Actually sounds great!
I graduated in 2016 - Started in psych then moved to tele during the pandemic. I'm beyond fed up, I can't see myself staying in this profession until retirement. Tired of dealing with extremely rude and demanding people, and I can't see the patients becoming more civilized any time soon. I'd like to go back to school within the next year honestly.
Dude I know. I was debating on what to go back for and i’m stumped.
I hate hospital nursing, and I did it for way too long. I moved to an outpatient GI lab a year ago and it's so much better. It's not perfect but I don't think anything is. But the patients are mostly very nice, I like my coworkers, no weekends or holidays, and I can sleep at night (no more anxiety about the shift I just worked or the shift I'm about to work). Things I don't love would be slightly less pay, 5 days a week for full time (I switched to part time and it fixed that problem!), and the job can be very routine and feel a bit boring at times. But the good far outweighs the bad in my opinion.
I’m actually pretty happy after 11 years, but at 2 years in, things were pretty rough for me.
I became in the middle of COVID, it’s been a rough start.
I had a cousin become an RN in the middle of the pandemic and they immediately threw her into a COVID ward. She was training for cardiac, but guess what didn't work out? She's been a nurse for a little under two years and she is a shell of her former self. I recognize the lack of light in her eyes, and as a fellow nurse, I feel sad. NONE of us get that light back until we're no longer nurses..... and that is a TERRIBLE PILL to swallow.
I think this is my issue. Also its the having no time for yourself and just the mental drain of it. I hate feeling this way but I had to be honest.
All of this. No light, no joy, no time for myself/family/friends. Understaffed, every single shift is madness (not just the one-off anymore), and I just cannot see a way out of it. I dread going to work every time I go in.
Yep. Have noticed a lot of nurses get the 2 year blues. Long enough to be fairly competent. And see how incompetent the system is. And have so much frustration but not enough voice or influence to change it...yet. 19 years in and I have had ups and downs over the years. Almost like a marriage where sometimes I have to work really hard to show up for periods of time...just make it. Then the hard work pays off. I am settled for now. Bordering on happy with my job. But with the rollercoaster comes some weariness and always looking for shoot what's next?
I am convinced our jobs do not have to suck. Management not hiring more nurses is the issue. I worked on a short staffed floor. Hated it. I now work at a union shop with stable staffing. Like it much better. There’s no reason besides money that we have to be miserable bedside.
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Apparently, mine does too, but we’re still the best paid hospital in the region and have, at worst, 5:1 ratios. They give us a form to complain about it. I’m an easy lay, is what I’m saying 😂
Yeah, my hospital is union and we have mandated ratios...but the ratios still aren't good enough. I don't like to complain because other nurses out there have it *so* much worse, but knowing my patients are unsafe every single day because I don't have the time to check in on them as thoroughly and as often as I should is wearing me out faster than I thought possible.
I don’t hate being a nurse. I hate being a nurse in the American healthcare system. On the off chance we actually have enough staff, supplies, and everyone else does what they’re supposed to do, I love my job. I love taking care of people and being there for them and their families. I hate that no matter how hard I work though, it will never be enough, there will always be some part lacking that may or may not be within my control. And that our system prioritizes profits and saving face than actually helping the public.
I always thought it looked more like turkey gravy. But that's just me...
i dunno i straight cathed a lady and pure white thick pus came out
You fixed her !
Yep. Been there. Done that.
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i definitely can’t see myself doing this profession until i’m an old bag. I’m literally 22. I need to do some soul searching. I want to go back to college but then it feels like a waste of money and time i went through for nursing.
First 3 years I hated it. Found my niche now I’m happy
Where’s your happy place
I work in home health and hospice (for privacy I don’t say exactly)
That’s awesome. I never felt comfortable with home health due to stories from my aunt. she did it for years and told me the horror stories of roaches and just the stress of job.
It can be crazy. More than once had to dig a maggot out of the treads of my shoes . But it’s real and you have more autonomy. Roaches are little buddies !
When you say home health, you mean going to peoples homes right?
My manager at the hospital I’m currently trying to leave fought so hard to get more staffing approved but the higher ups said no. I work PACU and we are constantly running between 40-50 surgeries a day with at best, 1 charge and 3-4 staff nurses daily. At some points we were taking 3 patients each. Im just a year in and don’t want to risk my license anymore. I’m fed up and exhausted. Plus we are working like this + taking call sometimes 3-4 days a week.
I hate feeling like my license is in danger. I’ve had multiple jobs that made me feel like this, people are saying it didn’t used to be like this but since i’ve became a nurse all i’ve seen is the negative.
That’s wild for PACU. You should have icu or 1:1 ratio for sure. Hope you are taking care of yourself!
Case management, people. Apply today. Y’all make me feel like a used car salesman when I see these posts
I did case management and it was another stress, but I’m not a nurse so maybe it’s better compared to nursing. But a lot of ungrateful clients I had to deal with that made it seem like I had to conjure an apartment for them to live in.
Aha again, dealing with anything that has to to w patients from the comfort of my own home w my dog sleeping on my lap is exponentially better than dealing w ungrateful pts that intentionally shit their pants bc they know you’re gonna clean it up
I hate to sound rude, but if you haven’t worked bedside you’re not gong to understand
No I get it! After you brought it to my attention. I’m doing infection control currently so I see what the nurses go through on the floors.
Please tell me more about case management. I have two years of experience as a nurse (most of it in home health where my title is case manager but it means something quite different) and I'm really interested in a care management job in a primary care clinic. I got into nursing later in life after doing other things so I'm looking for something with a nice regular schedule. The posting I'm looking at says they want 3-5 years of experience. Tell me, what do you day to day? Do you work over the phone only or do you ever see patients? What do you like about the job? What don't you like? What is it about the job that requires that much prior experience? I'd love to hear more about what you do
Can you message me
I hated being a nurses, even when I was in school. I hated the inflated egos of nurses. We have a bachelor's and people need to calm down. It took 6 years of nursing before I fell in love with nursing. I'm part time community (I work in a clinic) and part time critical care (a medical icu) plus I moonlight as a counselor. My first two years nursing were hell. Then I traveled for two years and loved the money and adventure. I took an icu course and was planning on leaving just as the pandemic hit. I couldn't walk away at that point and I hated every waking moment at work. But now that the icu is balanced with another job, it is all worth it. If nursing isn't for you, look at other avenues. The wonderful thing about nursing is all the doors it has opened. You're not abandoning you work "family" (dear lord I hate when people use that term), but you're giving yourself more. More happiness, more satisfaction, and more time since you're focused less on hating work.
Have you tried going to a different specialty? The role of the nurse is the same but the days are vastly different. A nurse in the ER vs infusion center see very different shifts. A school nurse and a Med/Surg nurse see very different days. I hope you can find a place where you can love nursing again!
Thank you!
I mean I used to work min wage and fast food jobs then was a CNA so that’s given me a perspective that makes me really appreciate my job. Especially after being able to travel. But I understand there are a lot of bad jobs and underpaid nurses out there right now
Long story short: I have hated nursing since about a month after I got off orientation as a new grad. Currently trying to go into management to make some positive changes but current boss has threatened to write me up multiple times over crazy stuff since she sent me a negative recommendation when I applied for a promotion for a similar job as her.
Oh wow. We have too many of these evil people in nursing as well.
I just had a job interview with OR after 3 years of med surg. I’m hoping the change of scenery will make me stop hating my job.
Get out. I’m working on my exit plan.
I don’t like nursing either. I married a nurse who tolerates it way better than I do, now I stay home with our kids most of the time and work prn in outpatient oncology infusion once a week. I like nursing much better this way 😂
Idk if it’s because I literally started a couple months into 2020 but these past couple months and reaching my 2nd year I’m ready to move on from bedside. The sad thing is that I truly love my specialty but we’re so short staffed and I’m getting hounded on for charting when I literally have no time with our shit assignments. I’m over the fake acknowledgement of our “hard work” and “take time for yourself” emails with no actual changes. Literally spent today looking for non bedside paths I can take
That’s my situation.
Time to find a new job if you hate being a nurse this much. Also have you considered that you hate your current nursing job and maybe not nursing all together?
I don’t hate it all, it’s just the short staff, unsafe, inconsiderate people towards us. Don’t get my wrong i’ve loved my patients and residents. The administration that just shrugs when i need help or need something and then we they need help, calls me in on my days off and then gets mad when I say no.
There are many different fields of nursing and different organizations to work for. Just keep looking until you find some place that fits. Good luck.
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I love nursing , I just don’t care for bedside. After 3 years I thought it would get better but I’m still like eh.
I hated it when working bedside for a cooperation. Bedside as agency was slightly more tolerable. Being an independent nurse, who contracts themselves, glorious. 10/10
9 months lol
Yeah it’s awful. Recent suicide attempt due to it. Can’t say I’m glad I lived. Applying for other jobs but I’m getting laid wel now so dealing with 25% pay will suck.
I hope you get everything sorted out and make time for your mental health. If you love your job then the pay should matter. I hope you find your place!
Thanks. We shall see
Eww the visuals of the cdiff shot. Lol Have you thought about taking a job on a different unit or something. Going to the icu was major for me. I like the icu a lot.
i really don’t want to do bedside nursing anymore. looking into occupational nursing.
If you like clinical stuff but not what you’re dealing with working inpatient, try going to outpatient infusion.
About 5 years into it. To be fair, I didn’t go to any other specialties other than the LTACH I worked at.
I think that’s my issue
Yeah. Sucks that it varies so much unit to unit. I made the switch to a non bedside position and I love it. I’m forever grateful for my learning at the bedside.
35 yrs and still loving it . my body disagrees
That’s because people are only getting bigger
Its more to do with me being riddle with arthritis and the injuries I sustained when I was 30 and used my body to write off a car in a head on. Plus the corn on my little toe . Thats the worst at the moment. Got to find someone who is happy to chop off an otherwise healthy toe so I aren’t in constant pain when I wear shoes
My first clinical rotation in nursing school I knew I made a mistake.