Biggest Misconception about nurses you've heard

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Mine was when I met a good friend of mine on the bus on the way to clinicals while in school and she was SHOCKED that they allow lowly nursing students to "work with real, live people"

Naw, we just come out of nursing school with nothing but textbook knowledge and yet can mysteriously do skills well....... :lol2:

Probably due partially to the fact that her dad is a physician:uhoh3:

Specializes in Addiction / Pain Management.

All nurses are girls..;)

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Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.

the assumption that Nurses whave no autonomy and cannot make clinical decisions, order tests or act in an emergency without a doctor's order, and that there are doctors on tap across the hospital 24/7/365...

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Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
All nurses are girls..;)

and that boy nurses are all homosexual ...

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Specializes in ER.

1. There is an endless supply of nursing jobs and if you are having trouble finding one, you must not have spent several hours for months looking for every.single.possible. job listing there was to apply to.

2. Nurses make lots of money.

3. If you're a nurse, you should be able to diagnose any family member that says, "I have a white patch on the back of my throat. What does that mean?"

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

On a Friday:Me after a 4 hour laparotomy just returned to my room, still blowing off the anesthesia. My head nurse and her boss(the director) popped in, sat on my bed and said can you come to work Saturday? You can sit down and do your work...........

Me, urping in the emesis basin, and just looked at them. Uh no I don't think so.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.
I work in an extremely busy 85+ bed Level IV Neonatal Unit. A friend said to me once: "You must have such a nice job. You can just sit and rock the babies all night.":clown:

Uh....yeah...sure...AFTER I help Dr. A put in a chest tube in Baby B... after I've done heelstick labs. on each of my assigned kids...after I finish up this blood transfusion...after I write down my baby's vital signs every hour b/c he's critical...after I've given my 18th oral med. of the shift...after I've spent an hour talking to a frightened mother and trying to calm her down...after I've signed a narcotic out, found a 2nd nurse to witness and verify it and co-sign my electronic chart; then go back to the Narcotics cart with her, so we can log the drug out and how much was wasted....then wake a sleeping preemie becuase he has to have an Xray....

Oh yeah; I have an easy, breezy, beautiful job!:nurse: :bugeyes:

Your friend made me go "grrrr.." I know you must've straightened her out...:yeah:

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.
On a Friday:Me after a 4 hour laparotomy just returned to my room, still blowing off the anesthesia. My head nurse and her boss(the director) popped in, sat on my bed and said can you come to work Saturday? You can sit down and do your work...........

Me, urping in the emesis basin, and just looked at them. Uh no I don't think so.

Please, please tell me this didn't happen. Please tell me that these people were just joking. :eek:

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biggest misconception is that nurses make a lot of money. the salary is good compared to other types of careers BUT you dont become rich on a nurses salary. unless of course you are married to a successful man and can use your nurse paycheck to invest rather than pay monthly bills. :p

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biggest misconception is that nurses make a lot of money. the salary is good compared to other types of careers BUT you dont become rich on a nurses salary. unless of course you are married to a successful man and can use your nurse paycheck to invest rather than pay monthly bills. :p

I really hope I don't have to marry a successful man, my wife might get upset!!!:D

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Specializes in Med/surg, rural CCU.
Your not supposed to say "eeww!" or be "grossed out" when you see somone produce some kind of bodily fluid because you deal with that everyday.

Nurses may deal with it everyday, but that doesn't mean they don't find it gross. :rolleyes:

I'm hoping by "someone" you don't mean one of your patients. I get so annoyed when nurses make those comments in the patient's rooms. They already feel vulnerable and embarrassed.

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You will always have a job.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/CVICU/ED/HS.
and that boy nurses are all homosexual ...

When I told my Dad I wanted to be a Nurse, he asked "What!!! Are you GAY!!!" No... Just want to help folks a little...

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