When I was doing research for the first edition of this book I was uneasy about looking in to the bad things some nurses had done to others, but I told myself this book had to be the "real" story about the profession. And part of that real story is that some individuals who trained and practiced as nurses did some really awful and wicked things to those under their care. Many of these incidences bad the news and this type of reporting influences the way the public views us. Human beings seem to be drawn toward ugliness, cruelty, shock factors, and horror. Another hard pill to swallow but it does seem to be true. Perhaps that is why horror movies do so well in the theaters My question to you today is simple, though it might be hard to answer, and I understand that. Have you witnessed the "bad" side of nursing in your time practicing as a nurse? Would you be willing to share that here? But please please note this !!! This is not the place, nor will I partake in, condemning any individual for hurtful acts they may have done. Remember that nurses are as human as the people they care for, and we are susceptible to the same life stresses as everyone else, and in turn the same responses and vulnerabilities in dealing with stress

First and foremost I must thank you all for joining my community. Your $15 monthly membership keeps me at home and working hard on this second edition of a book that really needs to be written. I wrote the first edition back in 2010 and self published it (currently still for sale on Amazon). Technically speaking it was not my best writing but the book contains everything I meant to say back then. What is frightening is that so little has changed in the nursing profession. I am shocked, so very disappointed, but not surprised Here we are in 2026 and women are not taken seriously, nurses are not valued (hurray for men who enter the profession; I applaud you), and governments continue to struggle with trying to "bandaid" failing health care systems. Now if they asked the right people, the right profession, about how to fix and evolve health care, well then we would not be in the horrid shape we are today. Will they listen? NO, not unless we, as nurse (retired or practicing) speak up So please, I beg you, speak out, speak up. Share your real life stories here, with other nurses. Get involved politically if you can, and write your own articles, books. Self publish if you must, just help me please to get the word out I applaud each and every one of you for choosing to be a part of the most powerful profession in the world

There is only one profession in the world that has the power to bring the world to its knees. So few people have any real understanding of who nurses are and the power they possess in ensuring the health of every individual living on this planet Why join this community? - Learn from a retired Registered Nurse with 24 years experience - Receive a FREE copy of the second edition of my book "Nursing: A Wicked Profession" once it is published just for sharing your stories in this community (digital edition) What you gain by being a member of this community - This is a safe place for nurses, no matter how long you have been practicing, to share the "real" stories of caring for others. Whether in hospital, in community, or through private practice what you, as nurses, face in real life is not like the public see in the movies. Nursing is NOT "made for tv drama, it is powerful, it is difficult, it is frightening, it can be violent, and it is unbelievably satisfying and the ultimate way to show true love and understanding for other human beings Help me tell the real story of who we are and what we do. And while you are here support others with love and encouragement for the experiences they have been through. Health care systems, no matter what part of the world they are in, cannot survive without the skills of a nurse. You can have all the doctors in the world at your bedside, but you NEED a nurse in order to truly heal