For the nurses and midwives out there, do u like your job? what are some pros and cons?

Please say whether u are a nurse or midwife. I am in nursing and lately all nurses are saying its not what it used to be and I should really rethink my decision. I had debated whether I wanted to be a nurse or a midwife and considering I am only in my first year I still have time to change my mind. I would just like to hear why some like and dislike their jobs, in hopes hearing others experiences will help. Thanks in advance!

I'm an RN and I love it, but it's only been a few years. I think nursing is what you make of it, there are far too many opportunities for RNs and too much flexibility for anyone to be stuck where they are unhappy. You can travel, work part time, full time, two jobs, one day a week, days, nights, evenings, weekends, holidays or any combination of the above. There are legal nurse consultants, flight nurses, military nurses, trauma/ER nurses, lactation consultant nurses, OB/labor & delivery, working in clinics, doctors offices, urgent care, even lots of nurses in cosmetic surgery offices and outpatient surgical clinics and non-medical settings performing things like laser hair removal and Botox. The sky is the limit as far as nursing is concerned. It's true that in the hospital, bedside nursing is hard, the hours are long, the breaks are few, you will be pressured to work overtime, holidays and weekends and the night shifts and long hours can be tough on some people. But the other hassles of the workplace can happen anywhere, grumpy coworkers, bad management, dealing with the public - those are not unique to nursing.

Don't know what you mean by midwife, you mean a lay midwife (non-RN) or a Certified Nurse Midwife? If the latter, that is an RN that has earned a master's degree in a specialized program and that is definitely the one I would do if you want to get into midwifery.

A friend of mine was a midwife and she didn't like it at all, she went back to school and finished up to get her RN.