Am enjoying a 3 day holiday from the hellhole which is work.
Nursing home nurses have a pretty bad reputation from what I hear. That what we do isn't "real nursing." Well, in many ways this is very true. Especially since the Medicare cutbacks, the documentation has gone from horrible to worse. I feel more like a medical secretary than a caregiver.
Of course, the reason we go into nursing is USUALLY to "help people." The real reason I have stayed in nursing these 15 years is MONEY. Being at one facility for that long your salary and vacation days really add up. "The Golden Handcuffs" we call it.