I don’t know. I got into the profession for all of the right reasons ~ aside from the stated need for employment and healthcare ~ I wanted to make a difference. I want to help people.
I come from an art background and was a little sketchy on the sciences, but I have studied hard and performed very well. I have to say that I am surprised at the level of incompetence and the amount of negligence in my particular field. I work in long-term care. And, while this field grows with an aging population and has a need to become more flexible to serve the public, it has actually become more regulated and restrictive and cumbersome. I think this will have to change, either by choice or as a matter of economic physics.
God bless your daughter for her hard work. It is surprising what we can do when we put out minds to it. I have been blessed with good health and a strong foundation in my education and a stubborn Irish will!
Again, good luck to you. I didn’t mention it, but yes, my daughter also is caring. She was wonderful with the old folks who were dying, and she’s wonderful in intensive care and other assignments. Basically, we have two kinds of nurses in the hospital, those who treat it like working behind the lunch counter for a salary, and those who are really friendly and caring. My daughter belongs to the caring group, and I suspect as a result that when I go over there for tests or blood draws, I always seem to meet only the good ones. On the whole, with an occasional exception, it’s a good hospital, unlike some others I have known.