I do think being motivated by delivering good patient care is old school and not reflective of today's staff.

"Why do you want to be a nurse, it should be to help patients?".

"Why do you work so hard? It should be to help patients".

This is stuff I have heard too much.

Our job is to deliver effective patient care. But is that what motivates you?

Can you not just be interested in A&P?

Can you not just want to work somewhere where redundancy is very little?

Where there is a good option for over time?

Most international nurses I know became nurses to escape back home, not because the ghost of Florence nightingale came to them in a dream. And they were all very good nurses

I think if someone does thier job well and supports their team, then who cares what the motivation is?

Who cares why they are working hard?

I'm working hard because I want to get promoted or just be better at my job, not for my patients. Why is that wrong?

Can we stop trying to lump all nurses in one collective mindset. If a nurse is good at their job then it doesnt matter "why they are here".

I am a RN, in Ireland i have always wanted to be a doctor, but didn’t have the grades was surprised i got straight into nursing school. If i went back to become a doctor i don’t think i would be able to do it in Ireland, even since they changed the LC this year is there anywhere else in the world this transition is possible, and more accessible. Im not fully set on it i am just wondering my options. Thank you

Is it true that progression is much faster in a&e than on wards?

hi! I am a third year adult nurse and I have just been invited for a neonatal nurse interview I had a critical care placement with probably half a spoke day with the neonatal team and I was completely enthralled with the speciality. I did a lot of reading about the speciality and applied with a lot of hope and I’m quite fortunate to be invited for an interview but I have no idea where to start preparation, it’s a NQN role so I’m assuming they don’t have massive expectations. All I know so far is that, there’s going to be a maths assessment ( I’m hoping it’s safe medicate math and not regular math lol ). Just asking for any advice on how to prepare for this interview, any advice on articles/ professional issues in neonatology or types of questions I can expect. Thanks

I am currently working as night shift nurse, have been qualified since end of last year. Ideally I want to work on the hospitals as this is familiar with my placement training. So far I’ve been unlucky applying for hospitals, maybe it’s due to my CV or my interview skills, but I will continue to persevere.

So far nightshift is killing me, I feel I am going nowhere and want to learn new clinical skills, plus I feel my experience is still limited. When you’re alone I find my self questioning how I am performing. In care homes I also feel the day and night shift rivalry which is highly off putting where I feel day shift like to look for mistakes and complain about these. Whilst I feel the carers on with me are so far good, some I find irritating with having to micromanage and constantly remind to do. Documentation and time management I’ve also found to be difficult at times.

I would like any advice or recommendations from more experienced nurses or those whom have been involved in a similar situation. Also from some nurses I’ve been told care homes are not the ideal place to start or in other words it’s hit or miss some adapt well into the job whilst others struggle.

Thank you

Hello!

I’m super excited to be starting my first staff nurse role next week, and I was wondering if there was any guidance or etiquette in terms of posting an update to LinkedIn?

I’ve heard some people prefer to wait a while and settle in but tbh I’d prefer to update my title sooner as I’m proud to be joining my trust.