> Some of it is pay, some of it is expectations, some of it is just the way the people around them treat them (e.g., the way surgeons often talk to them). Not

> Some of it is pay, some of it is expectations, some of it is just the way the people around them treat them (e.g., the way surgeons often talk to them). Not to mention the patients! I'm not a nurse but have worked with patients on a few hospital units and I have been groped by old male patients several times. Also patient's families can be incredibly rude, mean and demanding to nurses. They're trained for it and you do kind of get used to it, but it does wear you down after a while.