High school students get angry if you tell them the truth about nursing

[Vtachy1]

Have you ever experienced this? Twice I've encountered this lately, once when a friend of mine got all bent out of shape when a surgeon told her daughter that he would not recommend this career. She was ticked off!!!

Then I have been gently giving bits of truth about how nursing is to a friend's high school senior daughter that is thinking of pursuing nursing. And it makes them so angry. They think that I'm a Debbie Downer, but I'm telling honest facts about how the nursing profession is. I didn't know I could make enemies like this!!

[OCNRN63, RN]

Look at what happens here. People thinking about going into nursing post here and say, "You guys are so negative. You're scaring me/making me think I don't really want to do this. Why do you have to be so negative? WHAAAAAAA!!!"

(Sorry. Those posts get to me after a while.)