I am interested in maybe looking into nursing, obviously for benefits and furthering my eduction purposes. I currently have a pretty good job(2). I am not complaining, but I would be making more money in the nursing field. I have one problem....I am a bit anti-social. Not to abuse the word, but I just don't like working with some people...I can handle situations very well. I tend to handle them sometimes by avoiding the situation of confrontations..I know with nursing I would have to face them head on. I mean I have over 10 years experience in customer service. I also like the fact with my desk job I can stay "to myself" and out of the mix...of confussion. As with being a nurse I would have to constantly be AROUND my co-workers a lot.. This is one of the things I am not use to doing. I also have a skin condition some of you know as NF1. It's not that bad, but somewhat noticeable. I know a lot about neurofibromatosis..this is another reason I would like to go into nursing...I catch on very quickly and have a desire to someday maybe find a cure to treat the mutant gene on chromosone 17 that is responsible for NF-1. i just can not get past working with sooooo many different people. I use to a very sociable person. I guess i am getting older (late 20's) and can not stand trouble or confussion. Don't get me wrong...I can handle and deal with it , but I just don't wish to experience the situations that come along with interreacting with some people. I had (have) this one job where before I worked there I never knew such STRANGE people actually existed. On a positive side it has taught me to handle situations I would not have otherwise experienced unless I worked there. HOwever, I guess it has made me want to draw that further away from certain people. I want to make communication my major when I go back to school. I really want to learn sign language.. I have a lot of potential I just need to get past this....about people. I
Anyone know of any nurses that are anti-social? Any advice would be appreciated. Sorry for such long post.
When I say I know how to deal with the situation, but perfer not to....I didn't mean being lazy and leaving work for others..I meant I just don't like or carter to DRAMA!! For example I was helping a customer and she clearly was done with me assisting her. In fact she moved on to look at other items in the store. Five minutes later she apporoached me and said "why did you leave me?" I told her "i thought i had helped her with everything she needed" She said, " I am not done yet" (really mean)....So I said , Mam, you are looking for an argument and I am not giving it to you" and walked away...She keep on yelling," iam not looking for a argument", I walked to the back room and eventually she left the store. It takes two to argue and I was not going to allow her to start an argument with me. So you see, I handle situations very well, I just perfer to take the "no drama please" apporoach. I am a diligent worker and take my job duties seriously...When I have a job to accomplish I finish, I would never leave it for someone else to handle.
Thank you all for your responses.
Right, but there might be another way to deal with it than to walk away. You can't walk away from your patient. I didn't mean to infer that you were lazy, just that avoiding drama by avoiding confrontation won't always work in nursing.
There are many quiet/shy/introverted nurses out there in almost every area. You're going to be OK and will definitely not be alone! I'm shy but I say what I need to say at work. I think I'm a bit aloof but that has been a non-issue so far.
As far as working with people... sure, you have to do that. But in reality, 80% of my shift is dealing with endless paperwork.
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Right, but there might be another way to deal with it than to walk away. You can't walk away from your patient. I didn't mean to infer that you were lazy, just that avoiding drama by avoiding confrontation won't always work in nursing.