Hello, I have been an RN for 23 years, the last 15 spent in a tourist town emergency department. A few years ago someone asked how long I had been a nurse, I had more trouble admitting to myself that I had been a nurse for more than 20 years than I did turning 40. I love that each new day is a new experience in the ED, but I wonder if the same problems will always haunt us: no staff, sick calls, no supplies, inapprop presentations and so on.