Most RN's first borns?

[lvs2nrs3535]

Hi everybody,

I have a question and PLEASE dont anybody blast me for typecasting, this was not MY statement, it was a LCSW I was friends with. She claims that a huge % of nurses are first born females of alcoholic fathers. Something to do with the fact that as the first born in dysfunction family of origin you are a caregiver from the get-go. Now my father was not an alcoholic, but I am a first born. I was wondering how many of us are first-borns. (Also, she said this to me a long time ago, and I have lost touch with her, so I cannot ask her where the heck she got her information was) I was just starting school at the time and didnt really fight with her about it, just kind of gave her one of the Hmmm, thats an interesting opinion.... answers. Also, she meant it as a compliment, that we take a difficult beginning and build on our strengths and turn them into a career.

So, how many first borns are out there?

KristyBRN

[kimmymom]

I'm the baby of the family with no alcoholism history. I definitely have the caregiver personality though

[onesunniegal]

Although I won't be a RN until June, may I still answer?

First child, no alcoholic parents, but I was the "caretaker".

[DDRN04]

first born and mother is first born also a nurse

[AmandaBrittainy]

first born with an alcoholic father

[olol765]

Middle child... no etoh in mom or dad, but my sis and grandmas suffer from it

[linzz]

First born here. Alcoholic stepfather, dysfunctional mother, absent father.

[aKyRN81]

First born with no family alcohol problems

[crissrn27, RN]

middle child, ETOH but absent father, great step-father

[christymwinn]

first born of a first born(also a nurse), she has etoh father, but not me.

[salwalwol]

#4 of 6, 3rd daughter. Niether parents drink or smoke. Mom and her sister both flunked out of nursing school. Had 2 great aunts one on each side of the family that were RN's. They were my inspirations. Neither of them were 1st born and we come from a long line of tee- totalers

[nurturing_angel]

8th born, 6th female, no alcoholics in my family that I am aware of. I am the only nurse in the family and was always the "nurturing caretaker" of the group. My family did have a dysfunctional quality about it. Much verbal, emotional and physical abuse from my father.

I was also told in nursing school that nurses are always from dysfunctional backgrounds. Something about accepting a "servitude" role in life. Ask my hubby if I assume a "servitude" role, LOL!!!!!

[bigsyis]

First born, no alcohol, either parent.