Well said capricorn. Sometimes it feels exhausting, like i have to constantly defend my reasons for why i feel i would be a fine nurse. I know it has been posted a million times, stay true to...
Respectfully, i never once spoke negatively of hard working nurses. The original post was referencing new or prospective recruits who enter the field with only $$$ on their mind and no "passion" for...
Wow...ok. sorry if I feel frustration. I earn my grades, while working night shift full time, and raising three kids....i absolutely feel frustration, hearing people whine about how they could barely...
Poster....i have to chuckle at this....i sincerely meant no offense, but i am on my cell phone, and new to the interface, so it was easier to just his reply too....rather that find the initiate a new...
I respect every professional who has the guts to care for another life form..dvm, md, rn, rvt, ma, np, lvn, the list goes on :) caring for someone or something is a difficult job, full of grief,...
I too am union, working in a teaching hospital. Our tx contract has negotiated us excellent benefits, paid leave, and salary. I am very grateful for this :) my aunt in a np midwife, we have had many...
Thanks for the kind words beeker :) I dunno if it is harder, just different. One case sticks out in my mind. A young beautiful sweet blue eyed husky. He developed a pyothorax (foreign body?), needed a...
Well, maybe not nursing but medicine in general. If you brought your dog to my icu, i would deliver the same standard of care expected of an rn in a sicu or micu. No rose colored glasses here, you are...
To OP, I know I have read many a post where the terms "passion" or nursing as a "calling" are frowned upon. Is it wrong to say I am passionate about nursing, or medicine as a science, and truly feel...
OK so here i go, long time lurker...first time poster. I am an Registered Veterinary Technician, getting ready to apply to nursing school. Canesdukegirl: we type and crossmatch all animals prior to...