Knowing that I'm having a positive impact on someone's life.
Health Insurance and paychecks. I'm invested in patient care, not politics.
I wasn't asked a lot of generic questions ... they were more focused on why I wanted to work in patient care.
My unit supervisor has an extremely genuine personality. His bedside manner is extraordinary and the care he provides as a nurse extends to his staff, all of whom are treated with respect regardless of their role.
Better staffing, better staffing, better staffing! Nursing ratios of 4:1 (5:1 rarely!) AND no more than 12:1 for nursing aides ... especially if you want your patients turned and bathed properly to prevent skin breakdown!!!!
The biggest reason would be because we are understaffed. I feel like if we could retain more qualified and dedicated staff in addition with a administration who are even mildly generous with our compensation, company morale and staff retention would be less of an issue. Happy nurses=happy patients!