Nursing 'legacies'? How many of you have nurses in your family?

ERNurse752, RN · Mar 10, 2003

Both of my parents are nurses...they went back during their 40's...I was interested in nsg before they ever were.

Every year, my mom would tell me, "It's not too late to switch to something else..."

But, I never was good at listening to my parents...

semstr · Mar 10, 2003

sister and bil are both psych. nurses, mil was a nurse (she has stories to tell!! She started training in 1946, in postwar Austria!)

my aunt in Chicago is a nurse too and at least one, but I think even 2 of my nieces in Australia are nurses too.

Plus we have a few dr. med. in the family too.

deespoohbear · Mar 10, 2003

In my side of the family, I am the only one who is anywhere near the healthcare field except for my sis who is an admissions clerk.

On my husband's side besides me is his sister, she is an RN. Another SIL is a home health aide. My 13 y/o talks about becoming a paramedic but that is a few years down the road....if he goes through with it.

frannybee · Mar 10, 2003

First and only - my Ma is so proud

BMS4 · Mar 10, 2003

My mom is, two on my dad's side and four others on mom's side. I think some families are just service oriented, meaning adding to the nurses, my family consists of mainly teachers, police officers, and military members. With a doctor and a couple of pharmacists thrown in to round us out. :)

allnurses Guide · Mar 10, 2003

I'm the one and only in my family too. I come from a long line of farmers, ironworkers, loggers, etc. My mom was a SAHM. Didn't graduate from high school. My Dad was an ironworker, went to two years of college and played minor league baseball. Grandparents on mom's side were farmers . . one set wealthy and one set poor. Grandparents on my Dad's side owned a bar and worked the railways. I'm the only kid in my immediate family to graduate from high school and college. Sounds like the "Grapes of Wrath". And I grew up in So. Cal at the beach.

steph

RNonsense · Mar 10, 2003

My mom is an RN, my dad was an RPN and a paramedic, I have about 6 aunts that were nurses, an uncle who's a firefighter, cousin who is a paramedic...a typical 911 family here! :)

My hubby is in 911 too!

CJM · Mar 10, 2003

This does run in families. I was a nurseing assitant, my mother was a receptionist for three dentists, my aunt was a RN, my cousin's ex-wife was a RN, his present wife is a occupational therapist, another cousin was briefly a parametic for the fire department.

Sleepyeyes · Mar 10, 2003

Well, I'm the first but my oldest daughter is hot on my heels--she works with handicapped and will be starting nursing school this fall.

WashYaHands · Mar 10, 2003

My great grandmother was a nurse from 1913-1926. She was a private duty RN. I have her ledger with cases, diagnoses and outcomes documented. I hope to finish a historical research project about her life some day. Her daughter, my grandmother's sister, was a nurse in world war II.

Linda

zudy · Mar 10, 2003

I have one aunt tha was an RN, so is my sister. When I saw here for the first time in her whites, cap, and white support hose, I fell out laughing, and swore I would never be a nurse. Never say never.

zudy · Mar 10, 2003

I have one aunt tha was an RN, so is my sister. When I saw here for the first time in her whites, cap, and white support hose, I fell out laughing, and swore I would never be a nurse. Never say never.