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

giggly1977 · Mar 12, 2003

My aunt is a nurse. Although she was a miserable nurse. She always complained about working in the hospital. She ended up working in a MD's office after 15 years in the same hospital that I work in now. I just graduated in May and let me tell you, school is nothing like the real world. Nursing is an extremely difficult profession and only certain people can be nurses. It's a tough job. I've wanted to be a nurse since I can remember, probably since about kindergarten. I love my choice of career even though it can be very stressful at times, most of the time, I still love it. I am very happy with my choice to be a nurse. It gives me great satisfaction to know that I can make a difference in many people's lives. Oh and by the way, do we have the same birthday???

jeannet83 · Mar 12, 2003

leeca, good for you!! It's hard to break the mold sometimes.

:) Jeanne

RNforLongTime · Mar 12, 2003

I am the only nurse in my immediate family. I have a cousin on my Mom's side who is an RN, another cousin is a Dental Hygenist. An Aunt (by marriage) is an LPN. That's it.

I work with a RN who has two daughters who are RN's and another is in RN school at this time. They all work in the same facility and two of them work in the same unit. They allow that in my hospital because neither one is supervising the other, So if one was a PCA then they wouldn't be allowed to work in the same unit as their Mother/sister RN

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 12, 2003

I'm the first nurse in my family (we have very few college educated for that matter).

I did inspire my sister to become a nurse. She said she never would have thought of it until I became a nurse first.

adrienurse, LPN · Mar 12, 2003

Okay here's the medical family tree. My grandfather was an army x-ray tech, apparently he was so good at "reading" x-rays that the MD's used to "consult" him. His wife, my grandmother, apparently always dreamed of becoming a nurse, but never did. Her parents pressured her to drop out of highschool because her time would be better "spent" working as a maid and earning money.

Next came my Mom, who graduated with her RN in 69, her sister is a psychoanalyst and a former massage therapist. My dad's younger siblings so looked up to my Mom that they each at one point worked in the field as health care assistants, one became an LPN, one is now a Massage therapist and another is an Activities worker in a nursing home. Several of their children are also in the health care field or have married those in the health care field.

One sister is an accountant and the other works for a drug company. How dull

kimmicoobug · Mar 13, 2003

I have an aunt who was a CNA....does that count? Ummm, no one in my family has ever wanted to do nursing. My family has teachers, lots of military, factory workers, bus drivers...whatever. No one is really interested in health care except for me.

LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN · Mar 13, 2003

My great aunt was one of the first women to get their MSN in the south. My dad is a retired Saunder book salesman and my mom runs a pulmonology office, my brother is a fireman, and on the FEMA team. But I wanted to be a nurse ever since I can remember.

sbic56, BSN, RN · Mar 13, 2003

First nurse and probably last...sister started in radiology and is now a cardiac cath tech. Neither of us would recommennd this biz to our own, but it beats waiting tables!

emily_mom · Mar 13, 2003

My great aunt was a nurse in Waco, TX. Other than that, just me...