rose colored glasses

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2003

Yes. I fantasized about working for a friendly old country doctor- getting to know everyone in a small town, having a normal life w/ holidays and weekends off.

The reality is it's pretty rough out there.

Mkue · Mar 9, 2003

No Rose Colored glasses here:)

Mattigan, RN · Mar 9, 2003

nope- I took nurse aide training in HS- expected of us members of the Future Nurses Club. I worked at a hospital for a few years before I got into nursing classes. I knew EXACTLY what it was.Did it anyway.

RNonsense · Mar 9, 2003

Nope...My mom and my dad were both nurses so I had a pretty good idea. They tried to talk me out of it. I did it anyway...

baseline · Mar 9, 2003

My family is full of nurses and a doctor here and there.......that and I worked as a Candy Striper at an inner city hospital, and as a NA in a county nursing home. After that, it all looked rosy to me!

karenG · Mar 9, 2003

my mum and gran were both nurses and I worked as a NA in learning disabilities unit before starting my training........so the rose tinted glasses were shattered pretty quickly!

Karen

cpgrn · Mar 9, 2003

Worked in surgery as a secretary for four years before nursing school. No surprises here!

Nurse Ratched, RN · Mar 9, 2003

Also an aide prior to nurse, so no real misconceptions (altho I will say I still had NO CLUE all the things nurses were responsible for. I wasn't one of those "the nurse is just sitting on her butt behind the station" people; I knew they were working, but I didn't realize the full extent of what they did.)

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2003

I, too, started as a hospital volunteer, CNA, LPN and am now an RN.

However, I still had the "friendly country doctor's office" fantasy.

I respected LPNs and RNs sooooo much when I was a CNA. I thought they were just *IT*.

It was a big shock when I first became a nurse to experience the lack of respect first-hand.

iamme457 · Mar 9, 2003

Nurse aid and paramedic prior to nursing school, no rose colored glasses here either.

jenac · Mar 10, 2003

Same here- CNA first than LPN. I had no rosey ideals, just a lot of eye-opening experiences!