new twist on the old "would you encourage your daughter to be a nurse" question

[oramar]

My daughter is 29, works in IT at a very good job I might add. We were cleaning her stuff out of her room. She and her hubby have had there own home for over year now but you know how it takes a while to get completely moved out. Anyway, somehow the conversation came around to her friends. There were 6 of them that got their BSN the same year she graduated from college(95). Only one of them works in anything that remotely resembles healthcare and she works part time. We were joking that the real answer to that question is, "what difference does it make whether I did or did not, the truth is that she is not and would not be working as a nurse now". After we got done talking about it I went, "hmmm, I should post about that".

[stressedlpn]

as a daughter,granddaughter,neice of a nurse, I was discouraged about the nursing career,when I did decided to go into nursing I went in with my eyes wide open, of course they were all proud of me and I heard alot of"following in the footsteps and carring on the family tradition" I have no ideal if I would encourage lori or chris for that matter to go into nursing, like me it will be their decision,

although lori did recently tell my adm. I am the new nurse here my name is lori" she was decked out in my stethascope and gloves and had a name tag on that said "queen nurse" It was the only time I have ever seen that man smile

[semstr]

to Mattsmom81

No, I am not offended at all, why should I be?

No we don't give specific language classes, but we have a lot of foreign students, who aren't able to master German (in our case) fluently, when they start training, so of course I help them (and my collegues do the same thing)

As for the cultural thing, during teaching and classes this happens all the time, problem is, you don't always have the time to discuss things at length during class.

that is one of the reasons I like to go and have a simple dinner with students or go for a coffee.

And of course Madeleine Leininger and her theories are high on my list of theorists, which I teach.

take care, Renee

[shabookitty]

I agree with most! I have a BS Ed and not using it. I would definitely encourage my daughter to job shadow. And possiblly go to work in healthcare setting. Volunteer was mentioned which is good start. I think careers are just something you have to figure out on your own. With age and experience you personality and needs change. I know parents yell "get a job and stay with it!" but I disagree. That was my mistake. So, I felt pressured to make a decision about careers I had no clue about because I chose to say in ONE.

I would reccomend nursing to my daughter...yes politics/conditions suck (like with most jobs this day) but beyond that...it changes you...and makes you feel soooo many things...it is a gift to have the ability to nurse. Renee's quote above says it all!