dumb and stuttering nurse

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Hi,

I would like to know whether a person who is dumb or stuttering can function as a nurse.

i also would like to ask whether the nurse job involves a lot of talking.

Jessi

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I think stutterring should be no problem the nursing field is such a vast field- administrative, careprovider, management and so much more that we typically don't hear about. At one if my school, there was a girl who can't talk at all.

Dump? You mean dumb? If so, that's so subjective. Nobody is dumb except the people who calls someone himself is one.

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Specializes in Telemetry, M/S.

Dump? You mean dumb? If so, that's so subjective. Nobody is dumb except the people who calls someone himself is one.

I think that the OP meant dumb...as in can't speak.

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I think that the OP meant dumb...as in can't speak.

Oh I see. If that's so, no problem either. American Sign Language is here. Such nurses can work with patients who can't talk or hear if they desire to. My knowledge is very limited but I know that nursing field is a very vast career field, it is not just limited to working in ER or something.

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I also forgot to mention that schools do have ASL interpretor, whether it ne nursing class or not.

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

I'm pretty sure the OP meant dumb as in less than intelligent. How can someone stutter if they're dumb in the sense of not being able to speak?

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

please note thread title change as the op made a mistake.

thanks...

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Specializes in Professional Development Specialist.

Assuming you meant dumb as in unable to speak at all, I'd say it's possible. There are almost endless possibilities for a nurse. There's a place for just about anyone.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

dumb I would say no, but what is your definition of dumb? Nurses need to be smart, if they are not smart people die. IMO, now do they need to be rocket scientist smart? No, but they do need to posses a level of intelligence.

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I think most nurses are like rocket scientists. They can make something out of nothing and find a solution where there seems to be none. We don't plan we improvise. Kind of like Marines in scrubs. I know that the average IQ of a nurse is lower than the average IQ of a rocket scientist. I am just in love with my professional siblings right now. Babbling over :yeah:

BACK ON TOPIC: Stuttering yes. Dumb as in mute I vote NO. How would you function in a clinical setting during rotations? Just a thought.

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Well, you go to nursing school to get 'un-dumbed' and I'm working on that and I stutter occasionally like at the beginning, but once I get into the subject and talking more the stuttering goes away. [=

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I don't think stuttering would be a problem. As far as being dumb, anyone who has an RN after their name and made it through the nursing program is not dumb. Being smart has little to do with nursing anyways, it's' the patient care. You can be a straight A student but it won't mean anything if you do not have a servants heart. I know people who made it out of the nursing programs with honors and found out that they were simply not cut out for the field because they did not have the level of compassion that you need.

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