Clinic nurses: If 1 million people join this group....

This is an effort (albeit, one that most likely will fail) to add another specialty category for nurses on this site.

Clinic nurse.

What is that? A doctor's office nurse? An outpatient nurse? A patient education-ator? A fake real nurse? A dying breed?

I submitted a request to the suggestions forum to add this category to the immense list that already exists. my idea was not "shut down" immediately, but I was told that there needed to be an interest expressed by others on this site... and suggested I started a thread

I know that long posts tend to cause glazed conjunctiva, so I will keep this as short as possible.

When I was in school, I always knew what field of nursing I wanted to be in. I wanted to be up to my arms in blood, heroically saving lives. To make a long story short... the economy.
I am thankful for my job, and surprisingly, I am learning to love it.

I am not running with gurneys at mach1 speed down a hall, but I do occasionally have a bag of samples thrown at me. It is still dramatic in it's own way.

So what am I requesting? If you support my cause (whether you are a baby catcher, Code runner, almighty EKG wielder, struggling student or just a clinic nurse) post a response. Explain why we should have our own section, or why not, or simply post a question, story about clinic nurses. Simply by doing so, you stand by our side

If this wasn't meant to be, this thread will be buried in a matter of days, but you never know if you don't try!

5 Reasons that I think clinic nurses should have a new category

1. I feel that we have an extremely high tendency to be mistaken for non-licensed professionals. I am not an MA, Nursing student, tech or any variation of the above...I'm A BSN. Allnurses can help us validate our nursing status!
2. Patient's and their families yell, scream and blame us for everything under the sun too. We need a place to vent.
3. I assist minor surgeries, biopsies, procedures related to our specialty. I do not just take patient histories all day. Everyone could benefit from learning about this type of nursing (vast and varied) and what is involved
4. There is a very vast range of nursing specialties on Allnurses, under the specialty tab. To be honest, I am sad that some of them (and very obscure some are indeed) are listed and clinic/outpatient nurse isn't
5. I am a clinic nurse, and I'm lonely here