Caring as Facade profession

[souleater11]

Hello everyone,

I observe that most go to Nursing School to earn big and not entirely motivated by the traditional "caring" personality.

is it true that some Nurses put on a facade on being caring in their workplace but have entirely have uncaring personality outside their workplace ?

For example, a Janitor employee mops and cleans around but it does not mean he enjoys cleaning or have a neat personality. He is driven by financial need and similarly a Nurses could be driven by financial gain while masking a facade of a caring image at her workplace.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Here's what I am curious about, OP. Did you, in fact, meet someone at work with whom you clicked, decided to pursue a friendship outside of work, and then realized that the person was not so wonderful outside of the walls of the facility?

Anytime that happens (and it does happen) it can be mind-blowing as to how the person can function with a couple of different personalities going on.

However, people as nurses can be different than people as people. Work is work and life is life. If a co-worker is kind to patients, but is nasty to their friends, make sure that you have friends other than co-workers.

Their motivation, facade, "what is her deal" are none of your concern unless they affect you on your job. Otherwise, how one acts on their off time should be of little importance to you personally.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Exactly, you got my point.

Been there done that. I'm sorry if you have experienced this yourself. One I could really care less and considered the source. The other hurt me deeply.

But I also had my best friend (not a nurse) get pregnant by my first husband.

I guess maybe I'm not always a very good judge of character.

[elkpark]

Here's what I am curious about, OP. Did you, in fact, meet someone at work with whom you clicked, decided to pursue a friendship outside of work, and then realized that the person was not so wonderful outside of the walls of the facility?

If this is the OP's situation, it's a terrific example of why so many of us continue to insist, when the subject comes up from the nurse's perspective on this site, that it's always a bad idea to pursue a social relationship with clients outside the clinical setting.

[DawnJ]

Snort....not in my case. I left a high paying successful career in banking to make about a third of that salary in nursing. And I spent 3 years not working, living off of savings and paying tuition.

[Asystole RN]

I think I missed something when I became a nurse because I certainty missed the "earn big" part of nursing.

[NOADLS]

Depends on your previous occupation and what you're good at. I am sure "money" or "caring" won't be the sole make or break of someone going into nursing.