How do you say " I love nursing" in your language?

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · May 29, 2003

Another term for "nurse" is "Krankenschwester"... translated "sister to the ill/sick"...don't care for that much.. reminds me of the dark ages. ... summons images of old women in those long, white uniforms, all strict and cranky...

NurseGreenEyes RN · May 29, 2003

Well in Espanol or lets make it easy for you......in Spanish you would say it like this........:

!!!!! Me facina la enfermeria!!!!

or

!!!!! Me encanta ser una enfermera!!!!!!

Translation: !!! I love being a nurse!!!!!!

YEAH!!!! Nurses rock!!!!! Wuuuuu-Huuuu!!!!

Diana in Sweden · May 29, 2003

cool jnette

sjuksköterska breaks down into "sjuk"=sick "sköt"= to care for and the ending "ska" that denotes the feminine so ..... woman that cares for the sick ... sounds like our words have a similar structure

it is a bit tough on our male nurses if they change it to the masculine sjukskötare it indicates that they work in psych as skötare is a person that works pysch.. they just can't win.. nothing wrong with working pysch but if you work in another ward you don't really want your patients to think you have come from another ward and have other qualifications..

you can also call yourself Syster Diana.. or whatever your name is but that means sister Diana.. I have actually heard some male nurses call themselves "sister Andrew" or whatever.... wierd .. I don't use the sister denotion either because I feel I have to have a nuns habit to qualify for that :roll

Diana in Sweden · May 29, 2003

oh and I have been called sister many times by elderly patients and have actually been curtsied to by old ladies .. nurses had a high status here earlier.. things have changed

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · May 29, 2003

Originally posted by Diana in Sweden
oh and I have been called sister many times by elderly patients and have actually been curtsied to by old ladies .. nurses had a high status here earlier.. things have changed

Yeh.. I remember having to curtsey to our Principal went he walked through the school halls... :rolleyes: There was no kickin' back with your feet up on the desk in German schools, that's for sure ! :chuckle

Diana in Sweden · May 29, 2003

we stood by our chairs until the teachers told us we could sit, there was perfect quiet in the class and hands were raised to ask a question .. you'd think I was 80 but I am only 34.. I have spent a day with my daughter in school and the discipline was almost the same .... and with a lovely caring feel to it .. :kiss good place to raise kids!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · May 29, 2003

Originally posted by Diana in Sweden
we stood by our chairs until the teachers told us we could sit, there was perfect quiet in the class and hands were raised to ask a question .. you'd think I was 80 but I am only 34.. I have spent a day with my daughter in school and the discipline was almost the same .... and with a lovely caring feel to it .. :kiss good place to raise kids!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH !!! We did, too !!! Stood by our chairs until we were greeted by the instructor, then curtseyed, then sat down. Stood again as he dismissed class... only difference was that there was no lovely, caring feeling to it... more just plain authoritarianism. But we sure didn't see the problems schools are experiencing today ! I think they've relaxed some from what I hear.. I know the clothes have ! I was sent home for wearing a sweatshirt once ! We didn't have uniforms or anything, but we weren't allowed to be too "casual"....

Diana in Sweden · May 29, 2003

we didn't have uniforms either but the dress standard was high .. no bare tummies or too short skirts then ...

I heard my daughter's teacher tell a kid he was asking for detention and I asked my daughter if it has ever happened.. she looked at me like I was stupid and said yes .. he has had to sit and study while teacher corrected our books ... he hates it but he acts nicer after .... love it ..... I thought detention was a dinosaur :wink2: but it's still alive and kicking in my small town

hey mother/baby sorry we hijacked the thread!!! :kiss

CVnurse08 · May 29, 2003

This is a really neat thread ~ keep it up !! I have a question for you, nursegreeneyes. I am taking Espanol right now and what is the difference between saying "Amo ser una enfermera" and what you said, "Encanta ser una enfermera." Just curious ~ espanol es muy dificil por me. :) :)

mother/babyRN, RN · May 30, 2003

Hijack away! I am happy to have been the catylst! What else can we talk about????:) Maybe how to say, on the days you feel that way, "Nursing drives me crazy!"........Come on, I dare ya sister Diana and friends.....

Diana in Sweden · May 30, 2003

"att vårda gör mig tokig" ... hee hee "to care makes me crazy"

"att vara sjuksköterska gör mig galen" "being a nurse makes me crazy"

there you go sister ... :cool:

CVnurse08 · May 31, 2003

Cuidar me hace loco !! ~ Nursing makes me crazy in Espanol !!!

:) :)