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If you had the power of some sort to make everyone a nurse would you, and why or why not?:icon_roll
I would like some to follow a nurse for a few hours to see what we do.
But, NO not everyone should be a nurse. My brother wanted to be a nurse for the fact that he can work anywhere and make good money and the flexibility in scheduling. I am so glad that he changed to engineering. My brother would be good at all the skills , but he has NO bedside manner. He is the most sarcastic person on the face of the earth. I love my brother dearly but his mouth would get him in so much trouble.
On the other hand I would love to make my mom a nurse. I really think she would have been an awesome nurse.
NO WAY! It takes a very special kind of person to do what we do and do it so well. Not everybody CAN do what we do. I wouldn't want just anybody caring for me or a loved one.
I do not expect the world, or most of my friends and family, to understand what I do. I no longer expect them to appreciate it. They know I am a nurse, and to them it is my job. They do not realize how hard it is to tell a woman she has lost her unborn baby, or how gut wrenching to have a pt return from a sobering center with an ingestion 6 hours after discharge. Or how scary it is when a teenager comes in with status epilepticus, or a 3 year old who tried to fly off the roof of the car but somehow his cape didn't work. Or how heartbreaking when an elderly pt is found down for days at length with a broken hip. Or how terrified I am when a newborn comes in not breathing well and the line is impossible to place. Or how sometimes you do everything you can and it just isn't enough. They really only know that often I do not get home on time, and that I am exhausted when I do get home and not inclined to hear about their bad day. The bad day was reserved for the family who rolled their car off the freeway without seatbelts, and only the cranked out mother survived.
My coworkers know what it is like. I have come to rely on the fact that nurses are largely misunderstood by the real world. When the rest of my life gets out of control, I can count on the fact that the minute I walk through those sliding doors I am with real friends who "get" me.
Not everybody has the ability to handle what nurses do without even thinking. It becomes second nature to us. But to out pts, we are always there when it counts the most.
KrissyPRN
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NO! Some people just aren't meant to be nurses!