How many of you are married to or date someone in the Medical Field?

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2003

My wife is a nurse who burned out and is now a counselor

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2003

Originally posted by Miss JKm
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sounds like my boyfriend. we also met in high school. but mine story is much more chessy than emerald's.. he was a football player and i was a cheerleader.

Wow, that IS cheesy!!! :chuckle

Jen2 · Jul 13, 2003

During my pre-reqs, I was engaged and lived with my fiance of 5 years, while I worked as a MA in a Dr.'s office. I took a phleb job at my local hospital and ended up breaking off my engagement and dating one of the RN's I work with. My ex was a teacher and could just not get what I was going through with work, school, etc. He once said to me "How hard can it be The change some beds and bath someone, why do you have to study all the time." This was it for me. I knew I would never get respect from him and that he would never understabd. This was too big of an issue for me to overcome. I will start my ADN program this fall and my new guy cannot wait to help me study and give me pointers. He's so supportive. He's the only one that can understand what I am going through, because he has already done it.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jul 13, 2003

My ex was a nurse . . . met him through a blind date set up by a friend I worked with and he went to school with. His ex was a PT.

My husband is also a nurse -- we met at work. We worked together for four years before we ever dated, but the first time we were both single at the same time, we connected and have been together 9 years now. We both worked in the same ICU until last year, when he burned out and went to the cath Lab.

Until Hubby went to the cath lab, we both worked weekends and had Mon - Thurs. off together. Now we're lucky to get one day off together a month!

Wren · Jul 13, 2003

I am married to a physician and we didn't meet during anything even remotely related to health care! We were both doing non-medical volunteer work and I knew him 3 or 4 days before I even knew he was a physician (I really like that.... my pet peeve is docs who meet you socially but expect to be called DR.) Married 16 years now and it is such a pleasure to share an interest in health care and he understands the lingo. We do talk about medical stuff a lot even though we work in very different specialty areas. :)

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2003

Originally posted by Wren
I am married to a physician and we didn't meet during anything even remotely related to health care! We were both doing non-medical volunteer work and I knew him 3 or 4 days before I even knew he was a physician (I really like that.... my pet peeve is docs who meet you socially but expect to be called DR.) Married 16 years now and it is such a pleasure to share an interest in health care and he understands the lingo. We do talk about medical stuff a lot even though we work in very different specialty areas. :)

I'm sure you don't do like some ladies I've met who when they talk about they husbands who are md's they don't say "my husband would like some pain medicine", they say "Dr. So & So needs pain medicine". That bugs me for some reason.

SmilingBluEyes · Jul 14, 2003

thank heaven NO I did not marry anyone in medicine or nursing.

healingtouchRN · Jul 14, 2003

wish my hubby understood more about my stresses in the work place. I married a Dilbert, who works for a military contractor. He doesn't want to hear it after my bad nights. Thank good ness for work friends who like breakfast! We have de-stress breakfasts. It helps enormously! :rolleyes:

Wren · Jul 14, 2003

:rotfl: 3rdshiftguy.... so far I haven't had to track down pain meds (or any meds at all) for him but I don't think I'd use his title to try to catch any special favors for him. Besides, as nurses, we all know that won't get him jack...right!?

ragingmomster, BSN, MSN, RN · Jul 14, 2003

When we met neither of us were in the medical field. First he supported me through LPN school, then I supported him through EMT school. Now he is supporting me through college to my BSN. Our future plans include him getting his Paramedic while I support him, then he supports me when I go for my MSN. What are we going to do when we are done with school?

Soldiersnurse · Jul 14, 2003

I'm married to a paramedic--makes for interesting dinner conversation. I just wish there wasn't so much EMS vs. Nursing arguments.

NurseDianne, ADN · Jul 14, 2003

My husband is also an LPN, we met at work....and took it from there.......anyway........for the most part it works. It works better now that we aren't in the same department. I'm back in school now and he's waiting for me to finish in may so he can go back. His dream is to be a PA. It does help to have someone who actuallly understands.