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.
im still a nursing student.. but i am the 1st born to an alcoholic father. my boyfriend (an RN) is also a 1st first born to an alcoholic father. thats kinda weird.. i never thought about it before.
Last born of three. Neither parent has issues with ETOH. Paternal grandfather drank excessively. Both my brother and sister left home when I was 12 (college) so I was an only child for 6 years and was responsible for many home chores when my mom was at work.
This is inspiring, I am not an RN yet, but I am the first-born and my dad IS an alcoholic! Guess that means I would do well! haha j/k but my stats are true!
first born, no etoh. husband says i'm going to make a good nurse b/c i'm so bossy. i don't think of myself as bossy; i just know what everyone else s/b doing.:icon_lol: btw, are first borns more likely to be type a? are most rn's type a? these are questions that keep me up at night.:chuckle
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I am a male, first born, 2 half sisters (from different parents) and one half brother. Alcoholic father.