Family at school orientation?

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Do you think it would be okay to bring a family member to you nursing schools orientation?(it doesn't say on my letter if it was okay or not)

Specializes in FNP, ONP.

Brandon and I often find ourselves arguing opposite sides of a debate, but in this case he and I are of like minds. I agree with him completely. This is a fantastical idea in my opinion. I would never dream of accompanying my adult age (and college students are adults) son or daughter to their student orientation, and I would have been beyond ashamed to have had a parent accompany me to mine. Aside from that, what I find myself wondering is if Law, Medical and Engineering students are accompanied by their parents to their orientation? I doubt it. This is an example (along with all the cutsie crap) of how Nurses continue to infanticize ourselves, our profession. It is an embarrassment. And while I'm at is, so is this constant insistence that Nursing school is "so hard," or "so demanding." It simply is not. Any person of average intellect can manage it. Pretending otherwise when the rest of our colleagues in health care know better makes us look foolish and is one of the reasons we can't get their respect.

I don't blame the OP in this instance, I blame her school for sanctioning a culture that insults the profession, and thereby insults me. It isn't middle school and they shouldn't let the students act like it is. Time to grow up and get your own school supplies.

Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.
Brandon and I often find ourselves arguing opposite sides of a debate, but in this case he and I are of like minds. I agree with him completely. This is a fantastical idea in my opinion. I would never dream of accompanying my adult age (and college students are adults) son or daughter to their student orientation, and I would have been beyond ashamed to have had a parent accompany me to mine. Aside from that, what I find myself wondering is if Law, Medical and Engineering students are accompanied by their parents to their orientation? I doubt it. This is an example (along with all the cutsie crap) of how Nurses continue to infanticize ourselves, our profession. It is an embarrassment. And while I'm at is, so is this constant insistence that Nursing school is "so hard," or "so demanding." It simply is not. Any person of average intellect can manage it. Pretending otherwise when the rest of our colleagues in health care know better makes us look foolish and is one of the reasons we can't get their respect.

I don't blame the OP in this instance, I blame her school for sanctioning a culture that insults the profession, and thereby insults me. It isn't middle school and they shouldn't let the students act like it is. Time to grow up and get your own school supplies.

Agreed

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