Comments on: Warning: Hazards of Being an E.R. Nurse

By: Burned out also

Burned out also — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:47:05 +0000

i second this. i am RN also considering giving up the profession. I totaly relate to what your syaing & my specialty is NOT Emergency Room.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:49:45 +0000

Although I am still a high school student I find it very interesting to work in the ER. If i can handle blood, guts,death, and many other things that can go wrong I believe that working in the ER seems fun. Yes there are grueling hours and stressful holidays but its okay for me. I watch untold stories of the ER and being able to get a tree branch or a golf club out of somebody’s head is very interesting, I hope that one day I will be able to save lives like people working in the ER do everyday, yea sure i might have to tell some families that their live one is dead but think of the satisfaction of saving multiple lives a day!

By: Carolee

Carolee — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:20:16 +0000

I am an ER nurse- I agree with all of these comments but don’t believe they are the reason ER nurses burn out. I am personally starting to encounter the burnout..but I find that it is due largely to the fact that the nursing profession is changing- and not in a good way. We are becoming over regulated robots who are not allowed to question anything and taught that “box checking” is our main function. Compassion and critical thinking are frowned upon..its so disappointing. I have spent a large amount of time overseas working as an ER nurse in third world countries…I was able to function as a nurse and I loved it. It is to bad that because of government regulation I am now ready to give up my profession.

By: hernando ramirez

hernando ramirez — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:50:07 +0000

it is very scaruyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

By: omigie precious

omigie precious — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:51:23 +0000

this is my heart and greatest desire,travelling as a nurse and helping the sick or injured