Getting into Nursing Just to Get a JOB!!

You know, since I'm not a nurse yet either but I can apply common sense and life experience to this situation. The bottom line is we can't say one nurse is better than another without looking at her individual work ethic and history.

My statements have come primarily from my observations of my husband as a police officer. He doesn't like the criminals he arrests and interviews. He doesn't like the city he works in. He doesn't like the department for not supporting its' officers when it should. He chose the job more out of a career choice than a "calling." Yet he is an awesome cop, a hard worker, well liked in the department, and NEVER gets rough with suspects. His Sgts choose him over other officers for difficult assignments. He does all this with his logical mind. It's all about the choices you make.

It doesn't mean he doesn't have a heart, he loves his fellow officers like brothers, and he still cries when he comes home sometimes when bad things happen. I don't know what that person was talking about with the "bionic" nurses thing. Nonsense.

I agree with alot that was said in the previous postings, however, my problem is the waiting lists that are being created most recently due to the overwhelming number of applicants (people who have a "calling" or not) trying to get into nursing school. I am on a waiting list and have been trying to apply to other schools but am facing the same porblems, they want you to come in and test and then be placed on a waiting list because of so many applicants, whereas a couple years ago, it may have been nothing to apply and get right in.

Believe it or not there are Nurses out there who had a 'calling' to come into nursing who are actually fantastic all round nurses with a caring attitude.

There are a few sure fired ways to get a thread going here at allnurses. In the top ten list seems to be the 'nurses in it for the money' topic, which seems to be coming up frequently of late.

Some others:

'Are BSNs better?'

'Should fat people become nurses?'

'I was fired because I'm drop dead gorgeous!'

'I'm getting eaten by mean, worn out old nurses!'

Is a intentional twisted analogy... you don't need to love criminals, YOU need to love THE TRUTH, this is the calling for a policeman. Is the same in nursing, you don't need to love patients, you need to love the health and nursing care of your patients. If you are a BIONIC nurse you will fallow the rules ONLY, not mind involved, not logical thinking, they will teach you rules, you will act ONLY fallowing rules........if "the heads", will told you THIS patient is green even if you "can" see him white, a bionic nurse will tell YES SIR is green, you have right is green, green, green, are nurses for money, not for patients.

Only who have eyes to see the difference will see it.

The personality of any human is builded in time based on multiple factors one is sociocutural factors. If you all your life developed your personality to be a good high level manager or executive director, or banker or seller, or whatever, , ....don't tell me that in 2-3 years of nursing school they will rebuild your personality to be nurse. At 30- 50 years old is hard that! They could build skills, good or bad, depend of aptitudes, but in essence you are still, deep insiede you, the manager, the director... and never you will be happy with JUST a bed nurse postion. This country has enough bosses... they need nurses, NURSES! And if you don't have calling for it, you will be just a director, a seller, a banker, whatever in nursing scrubs, just true!

Instead to give money to work reorientation, give money for young teenger ones to start nursing schools, they are hopes. We are too old for it!

Take teeneagers, push them throught nursing carrier, you could help them to become good nurses with good educators, at 17-18 years they still have time to become good ones, and characterial and skills.
I meet one of the woanderfull nurses who came from a fromer CNA, and a worst nightmare charge nurse came from a bhoemian life poet background, a night mare nurse from a fromer oil manager and a beautiful potential nurse young working hard and learning hard, and a worst triky mind potentail nurse who just dream nothing lese than a managerail position.... you need nurses, who choosed to be nurses for calling not for money, young nurses, to build them strong untwisted one.

I am not american, one day I will be out from here, but for your parents you don't want an former executive banker in nursing scrubs, applying nursing strategis learnt in 2 years and thinking in the same time how the stocks are working today, loooool

This country deserve good nurses, no bionic ones no ones for money.

Wow, zuzi, I guess you have figured out all of human nature, and you are the only one capable of explaining things. We should inform the media.

Maybe you can tell me what I should do for a living, since you are more qualified than I. If you get a good editor, you can write a book while you're at it.