big bad nursing myths busted

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In the name of nursing week I will defend our profession. I'm not trying to stir up controversy, but lets admit nurses perpetuate myths about their own profession and injure nursing's rep way more than everyone else can. Ever heard any good ones?

For example:

Geriatric nursing is only for untalented nurses and ones gearing down for their retirement.:trout:

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Rehab nurses dont do IVs, We are bootcamp for pts, our pts are easy because they aren't as acute and have to do their own care, (tell that to my brain injuries with gtube, trach and is violent), we are just the hospitals LTC facility (what they dont work hard in LTC? I know that ain't true!)

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Specializes in RN CRRN.

Here is one we could get started-----"Doctors secretly wish they were smart enough to be nurses......"

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