The most difficult profession?

My wife is a hospice nurse, she finds the job very satisfying. The vast majority of hospice nurses are veteran nurses like my wife that have done most jobs in the industry. It was a natural progression for her after helping people heal and live for all those years, to help them die with as much dignity as possible. Most people are ready, it's the families that sometimes are not and are the hardest for her to deal with. Strong faith seems to be essential for most nurses in the field to be successful.

My vote for tuff jobs would be the Oncology Doc, paramedic, children's hospital, burn unit, soldier, factory worker, hard laborer, ya, ya, ya.

I think that social workers must see some crappy situations. So many broken families that aren't "technically" abusive so you can't do anything but you just know that years from now when the children are grown, they'll be just as F'ed up as those who raised them. Also, I feel like this is up there not because anyone is dying but because of the opposite. You are a witness to the kids/victims who will live out their lives with the scars inflicted upon them during the hard times.

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Originally Posted by Katastrophic

I think that social workers must see some crappy situations. So many broken families that aren't "technically" abusive so you can't do anything but you just know that years from now when the children are grown, they'll be just as F'ed up as those who raised them. Also, I feel like this is up there not because anyone is dying but because of the opposite. You are a witness to the kids/victims who will live out their lives with the scars inflicted upon them during the hard times.

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I agree with social workers over medical professions. I can accept people dying, I've almost stepped in dead body before, what I thought was burnt seat cushion was a husband and wife (first responder to a plane crash), and I know that their existence is over, no more pain. I can see though how repeatedly it would really get to someone and make them burn out over time.

I've also worked with DHS for foster care, and I can see how the abuse that some people have caused means decades of future pain. I see every day how much hurt is caused by parents that should have been put down.

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Originally Posted by Dingo

I would also nominate EMT's/Paramedics. Regardless of how much they may or may not enjoy it (depends on which one you talk to), it's got to be hard constantly being under that much stress, for criminally-low pay. The average EMT makes less than the average retail worker in a mall kiosk. God bless 'em for doing it anyway.

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Agreed. EMT's should make more. Especially when you see an ambulance bill.

Jay Carney's job ---> requires you to be a souless Bullshit artist incapable of telling the truth and obligated to make a piece of shit and all his lackeys look like saints.

That aside, hospice/neonatal/anything in trauma probably has the most suck. Cancer doesn't kill quickly. Border agent down South would suck too. Wanting to shoot illegals, knowing you can't, and the fact that your fed gov't doesn't support you.

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Originally Posted by ben4372

Agreed. EMT's should make more. Especially when you see an ambulance bill.

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+1

Proctologist. Pretty crappy job [ROFL1]