I'm not a nurse yet but based on what I've been told I would say one would have to have pretty tough skin. My mom's been a nurse since I was born and she's the toughest person I know.
KayyyT replied to anastasiathe1's topic in Pre-Nursing
What's the rush? It sounds like that environment of accelerated classes may not be for you, sounds like you're struggling. Everyone, their mama and grandmother are wanting to be nurses now a days, you're going to have to get that GPA up because it's ...
Try and volunteer at a hospital so you can see up front what nurses do and then decide of this is what you really want to do. My sister wanted to become a nurse until she volunteered at a hospital and found out nursing was not for her. Either way, go...
Lol yeah it was a friend not a cousin. And I totally agree that any profession will have people who love their coworkers and people who hate their coworkers. I just thought it was interesting how two people with the same careers have different experi...
One of my friends, a relatively recent grad, has been working at a hospital for about a year now and hates her co-workers. She complains about how "catty" her co-workers are. One the flip side: One of my aunts has been a nurse for about 20 years now...
Most of the people I've talked too want it for the job security which is depressing to me. If I were a patient I'd want a nurse who actually cared and whose #1 reason for becoming a nurse was to help others. I've always wanted to be a nurse and help ...