Application Quest trouble. I'm stuck. :)

[AHCerioni]

I'm currently in the process of enrolling, well competing for enrollment, into LPN school. I'm working on the questions we were given to answer as part of our application...and am sort of stuck.

One of the questions is:

"Nursing is a conservative profession with high standards. Why do you think you would be a good fit for the profession?"

Now, I in no way want anyone to answer the question for me. I want very much to do this all on my own. I'm just curious if anyone could offer some enlightment or explanation to the "conservative profession" part. Conservative has so many definitions in the dictionary, not to mention it's political relation, that I'm at a loss exactly what the questioners intended meaning was.

Thanks a bunch to any that reply!!

-Ashton

[Wren]

This is a REALLY interesting admissions question! I am not sure how I would answer it either but I'd probably dodge the "conservative" part of the statement and focus more my high standards. Nursing requires high standards because we can literally KILL the patient with some errors. It is a huge responsibility to be in a position to adversely affect (or positively affect) someone's life as part of your daily job duties.

The conservative part is what throws me. Yes...nurses used to be all female and considered to be personal servants of the doctors (who were male). They certainly didn't question the doctor. We've come a long way from that (we aren't completely there yet of course) but most of the doctors that I work with treat me like valued colleague, not a handmaiden! Good luck with the question but again I think I'd focus on my personal value system and a recognition of how important nursing is to the safety and well being of the patient.