Re: I am new and just wanted to say hello
Hi and welcome.
I work in an inpatient rehab. When I graduated from nursing school yes I did get a couple of people saying things like rehab was not real nursing. I chose to ignore them. It may not be for everyone but neither is med/surg, psych, ob, etc. Everyone finds their own particular form of nursing where they feel most comfortable.
I for one enjoy the teaching aspect of rehab nursing and watching my patients improve. I enjoy preparing them to re-enter life again and encouraging them that life will go on, despite the stroke, the amputation, the spinal cord injury, etc.
I saw this thread on allnurses that talked about the various kinds of nurses and how we should appreciate our different specialities.
Here's a link to an old post by someone named "Orrnlori" which speaks how different specialities of nursing have touched her life (including rehab nurses). It's one of my favorite posts.
http://allnurses.com/forums/f8/god-b...ighlight=bless 
I am new and just wanted to say hello
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