You can't let bastards/a-holes get you down too much.

Working in the clinic there are so many ungrateful people who have no idea how much the team puts in to help them get better and be able to go home, and hopefully keep enjoying life. All they see is that the docs never have enough time to spend 30 minutes with them every day (not realizing the whole station is full of other patients), and that they may have to wait a bit if their problem isn't serious before a nurse can assist them with what they need (also not realizing that maybe two doors down someone with an intestinal tumor is throwing up the backed up fluid out of their intestine, and really needs help).

Most people don't understand what is going on behind the scenes, and therefore don't always have the appreciation they should for what you do. However, the people whose lives you change, or whose day you can make a little better are totally worth it.

Everyone can be a bastard sometimes, and a person who is not satisfied with their own life (or just having a bad day) will be much more prone to this. Some people were simply never educated to understand that they should be appreciative when a person is going out of their way to help them out. While I don't like it when these people let it out on me, I feel really sorry for them, and at first try to make them maybe laugh or smile. If that doesn't work then they receive the best care I can give them, but no personal investment from me (and BS complaints will be ignored).

It sounds to me like you are just working somewhere where you yourself are not happy with the situation. Maybe you should try to take a few hours, and try to find somewhere else to work. If you deal with people it won't get rid of the bastards, but it may give you more patience and understanding to deal with them.

I really respect anyone who works and goes to school at the same time, and I know how hard that can be. I would also really recommend going abroad, but remember everywhere has bastards (though in some places they can be more concentrated). Have you looked into exchange/study abroad programs? Sometimes you can get scholarships, or work part time in the country where you travel to making it quite a bit more realistic than trying to go abroad without any sort of program.