I am a nurse at a small nursing home.I am a nurse at a small nursing home. I started working there after my divorce. The stress of hospital nursing had caused part of the problems with my husband and contributed to our marriage's demise. I switched to the nursing home as I was able to get a regular day schedule which is important now that I have to raise my son by myself. The pay is not particularly good, but I can be home when he gets home from school. Between work and raising my son, there is not much time (nor money) left for a social life. Adjusting to working at a nursing home was tough. The residents usually have irreversible conditions associated with the aged. I am a person who has always tried to touch patients personally and it is tough seeing these people suffering, and often being ignored by their family, left to live out their final days. Most of the staff seems uninterested in the residents and unmoved by their situations. One of the nice features about working at a nursing home is that you get time to know the residents as they are not always coming and going. But it then is extremely tough when one of the residents passes away. One of my favorite residents is Jack. |