Nursing is a passion?

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

I am aware of this being a touchy topic on AN, but my school has a nursing information session and within the session they state that nursing is more than just a steady income, it is a passion. You need to be passionate and able to set aside your problems to help somebody in "what could be the worst day of their life." Thoughts?

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

I have compassion for patients, but I would not say that I have a passion for nursing.

Disclaimer: I'm still a nursing student.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I don't buy into that crap at all. It is a job. Nothing more

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

I would agree that in order to be content, you should enjoy your work on some level. If nursing is your passion, great. However, this is not true for all nurses and that does not mean they aren't good nurses.

Conversely, there are nurses who would say they're very passionate about their work, but passion does not always equate to competent.

To be effective, nurses do learn how to compartmentalize. While I enjoy my work as a nurse, travel is my passion.

[Atl-Murse]

Paycheck is a passion

[Luckyyou, BSN, RN]

I have a passion for buying lululemon leggings and nursing is how I get there.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Nursing is not a passion. It's not my source of enjoyment and it doesn't bring me joy. It is my career. I like what I do but if I were asked to list my passions in life, nursing would not even make the list. It is a means to an end.

[NOADLS]

Paycheck is a passion

That's my line!

I have a passion for buying lululemon leggings and nursing is how I get there.

When I am playing candycrush and am certain of my next move and see a winning combination a move or two away, people like you distract me!

Please have consideration for those of us who are playing candycrush.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

1. ardent love or affection2. intense sexual love

3. a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc: a passion for poetry.

4. any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc

5. a state or outburst of extreme anger: he flew into a passion.

6. the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm

7. an outburst expressing intense emotion: he burst into a passion of sobs.

8. (Philosophy) philosophya. any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, ascontrasted with action

b. feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason. Also called: the passions

9. (Theology) the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr

A nurse is only part of who I am. I don't consider it a passion; it's a job I happen to enjoy (most days). Passion to me means something I have enthusiasm about. That's the kind of stuff I do for fun: travel, photography, writing. Nursing is my career and a means to an end- a paycheck that makes life comfortable. I happen to enjoy it, I happen to be interested in it. It's not and never will be my "passion".

Please have consideration for those of us who are playing candycrush.

Is that Candy Crush original, Candy Crush Soda, or Candy Crush Jelly? We need to compare notes sometime.

[CBlover, BSN, RN]

I honestly have no passion for nursing. Quite frankly there's just too much about my job that's gooey, smelly, sticky, runny, bloody....

I mean...a passion for that?

[Davey Do]

Nursing is whatever you make it out to be.

For me, Nursing was a calling, a lifestyle, and, you could say, a passion. I've been doing it for nearly 2/3 of my life.

Like art or exercise, I couldn't think of my life without it.

[NOADLS]

Is that Candy Crush original, Candy Crush Soda, or Candy Crush Jelly? We need to compare notes sometime.

Original for the most part. I found soda to be too luck based and haven't found the time to pick up jelly.