If I see one more post titled....

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Should I be a nurse: I am going to scream!:banghead: How in the HE double hockey sticks are we supposed to know what is right for you?? I am sorry if I sound rude not my intent, but it just makes me wonder, do you have to have all your decisions made by another person if so you ARE going to have a hard time being a burse. I am a EMT and if I had to ask someone to do XYZ before I do what I know needs to be done, I would have a poor patient outcome. Sorry but this is getting old

And yet another thread about nurses eating their young has appeared. Apparently, some people just can't read or use the "search" function.

At this point we need a sticky:

https://allnurses.com/gsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-9350112648257122%3Avaz70l-mgo9&cof=DIV%3Acacaca%3BBGC%3AF8F7F5%3BFORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&as_q=nurse+eat+young&sa=Search#1569

:D

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
And yet another thread about nurses eating their young has appeared. Apparently, some people just can't read or use the "search" function.

STOP EATING YOUR YOUNG!!!!!!11!!!!!!

(eating the ignorant is so much more useful.....and hopefully removes them from the gene pond)

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

Gee, what is this "eating of our young?"...what does it mean?? I do not believe I have heard this before :confused:

Can someone please explain this to me? :D

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I do not mind the "should I be a nurse" threads. Maybe it is because I am new but in nursing school we walked in the nurse rose garden. The one where we had time to listen to our patients, to hold their hand, and to cry with them.

When you have those wonderful initials behind your name things change. I think those "should I be" threads are a cry for help and support. One to let nurses know that even if things are not always easy, you do not get the respect you deserve, and your heart is broken because you feel that your dream is now a nightmare, that you will get that one patient, just before you break, who will change your outlook. They will remind you why you wanted to be a nurse in the first place.

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I do not mind the "should I be a nurse" threads. Maybe it is because I am new but in nursing school we walked in the nurse rose garden. The one where we had time to listen to our patients, to hold their hand, and to cry with them.

When you have those wonderful initials behind your name things change. I think those "should I be" threads are a cry for help and support. One to let nurses know that even if things are not always easy, you do not get the respect you deserve, and your heart is broken because you feel that your dream is now a nightmare, that you will get that one patient, just before you break, who will change your outlook. They will remind you why you wanted to be a nurse in the first place.

I hear what you're saying :)

But I'm wondering where anyone got the idea that nurses hold people's hands (if not gloved- and looking for a vein to harpoon) and cry with someone (another infection control issue)??? I'm nearing dinosaur age, and while I didn't know exactly what was involved in being an RN, school showed me that the recruitment posters lied...

A lot. :eek:

By graduation, we knew it was dig in or dig out. But one way or another, there was a lot of digging to be done. (granted, we actually got to DO stuff during clinicals, and that seems to be sorely lacking).

Who says that about nurses? I graduated in 1985, and we might give the occasional back rub IN SCHOOL...but my first job (within a week of graduating, as a GN, and the only RN educated person in the 150 bed building) showed me in short order that I wasn't on the planet to rub backs. I was doing well to rub the tires of the med cart on the tile and not kill anyone :D

Respect is earned. From grocery baggers to the President- it's not an automatic. You get respect as you go- it doesn't come with a good NCLEX day :nurse: Until the jackwagons of the world have been eliminated, there will always be bad days at work. And if you come up with a way to do that, you'll never HAVE to work :D

Just confused as to why people think that nurses have some golden ticket to eternal employment happiness. :confused: Even as a relic, I never thought that.

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Gee, what is this "eating of our young?"...what does it mean?? I do not believe I have heard this before :confused:

Can someone please explain this to me? :D

You've never had "Newbie Snacks" ? :D

They're tasty, like chicken- only they cluck more before being consumed :up:

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

I think one of the main objections that experienced nurses have with the generic "should I be a nurse" question is...WHY would anyone post this life altering question on a forum and put it forth to a bunch of absolute strangers....!!

REALLY, if you are thinking of becoming a nurse, you should have some clue of what a nurse does. This is not the first time you have heard of this career. Or else, go and speak to a real live nurse in person. Talk to a guidence counselor about the programs in nursing school.

It's just to lame to post a generic question...that will deal with something that will follow you for the rest of your life..

one either has a genuine interest in the profession--or NOT--if so, pursue it...if not, find another profession..but don't ask a bunch of people to choose a career for you...at least without putting forth SOME EFFORT on your own...

there, I'm done:cool:

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Specializes in geriatrics.

Exactly. The "should I be a nurse..." Requires individual soul searching. Talk to friends, family, your guidance counselor. Research nursing prospects and maybe consult a nurse face to face in your community.

But to ask such a generic question here doesn't really make sense. We don't know. And the standard, "I really want to help people." Good for you. Nursing requires an aptitude for science, for one thing. So that's not a question that could honestly be answered. Yet, people ask week after week.

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Specializes in Medical.
They will remind you why you wanted to be a nurse in the first place.
There are two things that remind me why I became a nurse - (some of) my patients, and my pay. Often, they're also two things that remind me why I won't be a nurse forever ;)
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There are two things that remind me why I became a nurse - (some of) my patients, and my pay. Often, they're also two things that remind me why I won't be a nurse forever ;)

lol I have only been employed for 3 weeks and I have a few patients who can do both of these in the mater of minutes. One second they are the sweetest most grateful humans around and the next they are ticked off at you because you will not give them candy to eat, never mind that their blood sugar on a good day is 250. (oh but she is not a diabetic, she has low blood sugar,yeah and I am the Easter Bunny).

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You're right. I forgot that everyone is "special."

Special is our family code word for "needs help" when someone does a spectacular piece of clumsiness.

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Specializes in Peds Homecare.

In the last 3 days we have had the top three annoying posts repeated:banghead:

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