Irritated that everyone feels the need to mention they want to help people

[Trenbolone Acetate]

It appears to be a pattern that the majority of people here appear that they feel the need to mention they're main reason for wanting to practice nursing is because they want to help people. They also indirectly suggest those that do not will not succeed in nursing and therefore should chose another path. It is also these same people that state they're not in it for they money. Certainly I am not the only one who believes this to be ******** and possesses the ability to see through such transparent lies.

My logic being based on the fact that treating family or having an emotional bond with a patient weakens important treatment, hence why treating family is frowned upon.

All a great nurse needs is to have an obsession with medicine and its functions. Also to understand its relative material. An understanding of human psychology and A&P and etc.as well.

As long as you have advanced communication and behavioral skills, it does not matter if you truly give a crap about a patient personally or not. As long as their needs are met and wheather chemistry is accurate, that's all that matters.

Those who say they are not interested in the money and just want to help people, are silly and are unrealistically trying to impress others.

If one is truly good at somethin, do it for money, don't sell yourself short or underestimate your true value.

Would you want a genius doctor with no compassion to treat you, and if he fails his family will go hungry? Or an intellectually average doctor with all the love in the world who is not getting any incentive to find a cure.

I am sure this will anger many, but the truth hurts.

[fasnv]

I know what you exactly wanted me to understand.

I still remember a midwife in our town, who was my neighbor. She had a few missionaries working with her, who were Europeans and Americans. They were there for a few years. I was at very young that time. That Midwife never complain of being underpaid despite the fact that she was. All she cared was to have medicine in her clinic. She never drive fancy car nor owning a fancy house. Today, she is in her 80ish. She can no longer work even she ought to do so. Her passion wasn't money all the time. It was more of treating her patients. Her relatives are working in Canada. When I learned what midwife does, I admired her more. She did more than she should.

In my country, the mortality death at young age is still high. The lack of healthcare in poor families is increasing. I couldn't do anything except volunteering for them. My donation wasn't much because I'm poor like them, but not too bad. Here in the United States, I volunteer every now and then. I hate to admit that. It wasn't for my curriculum requirements. Since I've been in college, I did some work volunteer. I will do it whether I'm rewarded or not.

Working around helpless human beings was heartbreaking. Do you know how I felt when I leave them behind because I get to work to survive too? I did not want to leave, but I have family in the US. Do know you how it feels when you want to help others, but you cannot do anything except staring? Most of all, I wanted to do more than just volunteering...I wanted to treat those ill children and adults...All I had was wishing: I hope I know everything. That was wicked. I'm sure that many people out there are in the same boat.

Not so many people out there who are willing to give medicine for free. Many of us would rather spend money on a fancy purse, shoe, or so. I respect that. It's their money. Mine is mine...And I will spend it the way I want to. I have friends who like to help, and others do not and they think that we just pretend to be nice. Lol. I find it laughable...Nobody paid me to help others.

People who are going to be a nurse because of money gonna be miserable. I know that I will not get into that direction. If I can do nurse, that's great because I will do more. If I can't, I can still help in different ways.Is not the end of the world.

Here in the US, I believe that an education will enrich my knowledge and make me a better person, not a piece of garbage who take advantage of illiterate people.

For now, I leave it as a wish.

All of us will take different roles in life, and meet at the end of the road to work together.

[queserasera, RN]

I'm just glad you responded and aren't a troll. More power to you for holding true to your beliefs as the rest of us hold true to ours.

[Racer15, BSN, RN]

I won't lie, I went to nursing school because I decided not to go to vet school at the last minute, a semester before I was supposed to start applying to schools. I want a job that makes some decent money, and that involves health care, since the biological sciences were always my favorite, and that's about it. Patients like me. I worked retail management for 8 years, so I know how to make a "customer" happy, know how to communicate with dissatisfied people. But I don't have some bleeding heart story about why I went into this profession. I didn't feel some calling, never had any nurses that made me want this. My aunt who's been a nurse for 15 years actually tried to talk me out of nursing school. Oh well. Everyone goes into the field for different reasons, and you'd be surprised how many nurses went into it mainly for money/career that you would never guess. I'm sure plenty of nasty tempered nurses once said their sole reason going into all of this was a love of people. And some of the best nurses might have gone into it for money alone, and found a niche. Unless you're a mind reader, you'll never really know.

[phuretrotr]

So basically what I am getting from your posts is that you are irritated when wanna-be nurses say they want to help people?

Well, Trenbolone Acetate, what makes you irritated about that?

Oh, because you know they don't really want to help people?

Yes? How do you figure?

No? Is it because you don't think nurses should care so much about caring for people?

Yes? Well, the definition of a nurse is: noun - A person trained to care for the sick

Case in point, you may think you know someone or about something, but until you have met everyone and done everything, don't knock it until you try it.

[Luckyyou, BSN, RN]

At least nobody is going on about how you have to have a special "calling" from on high to be a good nurse.

[nurseaig, ASN, BSN, MSN, NP]

Op I totally agree with you.

[nurseaig, ASN, BSN, MSN, NP]

Hell as far as I can see it now, I am in it for the money. When management can give you a ton of patients knowing that you can't take care of them the way you should.It is all about the numbers. It is a business and all about profits. So I am with their program, do my job. Make sure no one dies on my shift and management is happy. We are always working short and for that protest of assignment, waste of time. Nurses gets no kind of respect from management or anyone else for that matter. Nursing is a weak profession. All talks no actions. I can go on and on. Please. Show me the money.

[grpman]

Only the lower middle class would say that anyone goes into nursing for the money (not a criticism, just a fact). The money is a perk and something we all need, but not hardly enough to garner the attention of the wealthy.

It's often hard to ever be right with blanket statements. So, you must have an agenda, hate the goodwill of others, or have grown tired of your own self-centeredness. If you are simply tired of others saying that money should not enter into the equation of picking a career path, then I totally get your frustration. But you did kinda go overboard didn't ya?

You said, "treating family is frowned upon." Really? Sometimes it seems to be essential.

[i♥words]

If a person doesn't want to help people, then there really isn't a job out there for him or her, because every successful job at its basis is about helping people. That said, money is necessary to survive in this world unless you are completely self-sufficient.

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from the regard to their own interest." ~ Adam Smith

[Stephalump]

Only the lower middle class would say that anyone goes into nursing for the money (not a criticism, just a fact). The money is a perk and something we all need, but not hardly enough to garner the attention of the wealthy.

It's often hard to ever be right with blanket statements. So, you must have an agenda, hate the goodwill of others, or have grown tired of your own self-centeredness. If you are simply tired of others saying that money should not enter into the equation of picking a career path, then I totally get your frustration. But you did kinda go overboard didn't ya?

You said, "treating family is frowned upon." Really? Sometimes it seems to be essential.

This is exactly how I felt about the post, but I couldn't quite put it into words.

Cosign.

[Trenbolone Acetate]

Only someone who was unable to comprehend the regular post would make a post alike yours. As it was not said that only people go into nursing for the money, you are drawing your own conclusions, which therefore says a lot about you based on the premises to try and formulate any construct within this thread.

Its more important to be scientifically motivated than "wanting to help people" when it comes to nursing. I will type this in capitals, because many of you seem blind to the truth or just completly ignore its message because you have nothing.

IF YOU WANT TO TRULY HELP PEOPLE, AND YOU DONT CARE ABOUT MONEY, GO VOLUNTEER, THE WORLD NEEDS VOLUNTEERS, BUT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE SO EAGER TO TELL THE WORLD AND MAKE IT KNOWN THAT ALL THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, AND DONT CARE ABOUT MONEY, AND NOTHING ELSE, WONT VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS GET PAID VERY LITLE, IF ANY. THEREFORE MONEY IS DOMINANT. LOGICS MY FRIEND! Take it at your local community college today!!

Ok with a little research, the posters who try to argue with what is being said, are the same people making threads involving, "help with grades" "Failed entrance exam" "is my life over" "help with school!". You silly trolls should not even be in this thread.

Its called medical ethics, and treating family members whether your a nurse or MD IS frowned upon.

[Vegan_RN]

We perform the "dirty" jobs. We perform the personal tasks for the patients comfort. The doctors move on....we provide the comfort....we ease their fears. I believe that you misunderstand we don't love them like our family.....we care for them as we would want our family cared for.....we treat them like we wish our family to be treated. We care and LOVE our jobs....but we remain objective so that we may care for every patient to the best of our capabilities.

To be A nurse you NEED to LOVE what you do for the money isn't there....the work we do....the responsibilities that we have... the way we are treated......the job that we do is WAY under appreciated. To combine techinical knowlege with a personal touch, and do so effortlessly, is the real art and kill of the profession. If I didn't LOVE my work I would have not still be doing it 34 years alter.

Those who have no passion and LOVE for the job end up being very unhappy and disappointed.

I wish you the best. :tree:

I completely agree. Although I went into the profession to help others (I was seriously ill as a young adult, nearly dying and received compassionate care by an RN that I wanted to emulate), the money wasn't bad at all....in the beginning.

It doesn't matter how much money you make, if you don't like your job, or have a passion for it, the money won't matter. When you have patients screaming in your face, vomit in your hair, and family members threatening to report you for something petty, the $$ is the last thing on your mind. Your love for the profession will help you to keep going.