Nurses General Nursing
Published May 26, 2012
http://education.yahoo.net/articles/careers_for_fun_people.htm?kid=1LE83
This kinda made me laugh. Any thoughts?
Always_Learning, BSN, RN
461 Posts
HA! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
And that is my commentary on that article.
Oh, and this quote: "Sometimes bad news must be given, and it's during these situations that having registered nurses who are fun-loving, outgoing, and lighthearted can be important." Uhhh, Yahoo, no amount of my being lighthearted helps when I am calling a family to tell them to come see their family member for what will be the last time, and hoping they make it to the hospital in time. As a matter of fact, giving ANY bad news is not really the time to be light-hearted OR "fun-loving." Really?! Get a clue!
OhioCCRN, MSN, NP
572 Posts
[color=#333333]"so this interaction could allow you to get creative, crack jokes, and remain upbeat, all while administering medicines and organizing important details"
bwahahahahhahahah!!!!
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
102 Articles; 27,612 Posts
i love my career! i wouldn't dream of returning to the executive ranks if they increased my pay by 7 figures.
i'd quit my job tonight if a 7-figure payday was waiting on the table for me.
workingharder
308 Posts
Lord, how many starry-eyed kids are going to fall for this crap, only to (if they can actually get a job) end up losing they're sanity in a run down nursing home taking care of 30 patients ? All the while being in debt for $40,000.I can see it coming to a forum near you,"But, Yahoo said it was going to be FUN !"
tothepointeLVN, LVN
2,246 Posts
Just spilt my coffee all over my computer. We are listed with a travel writer and fashion designer. People believe this stuff.....no wonder these poor new grads are shocked when the graduate.
Having been both being a "fashion designer" is about as unfun as nursing is. Though nursing is way more serious and intellectually rewarding.
So what was number 1 Undertakers?
LollygaggerRN
24 Posts
I think my jobs are fun....I really do. Certainly not every moment is happy- far from it- but I actually enjoy going to work every day.
I am a second career nurse....fell into it on impulse....and am so happy I did.
Reading some of the posts I do wonder why some people continue. If your job is not fun, the hours are crap, co-workers are lazy, doctors are arrogant, you are understaffed and work too hard....then why do it? That was EXACTLY how I felt about my first career -social worker for state department of social and health services- so I left. Got a new career that I love.
Having said that...the Yahoo article was just goofy as all get-out. But, let's also give some credit to potential nursing students. If you are with-it enough to get into nursing school and make it through the classes you are also probably smart enough to figure out that nursing isn't about rainbows, sing-a-longs, and golden unicorns.
kcmylorn
991 Posts
I like the idea of all the nurses on AN ( all 500,000 of us)writing this writer @ yahoo and telling him how much fun nursing is.
pecanpies
82 Posts
Come on, people. The simple fact that Ice Cream Taste-Tester wasn't number one on this list should've been a dead giveaway it was a bunch of baloney.
Hygiene Queen
2,232 Posts
Wheelchair races!
Saline flush fights!
Glove balloons!
Call light disco lights!
Scavenger hunt: Find-the-Tech!
Wild and crazy doo-doo misadventures!
It's fun!
It's exciting!
It's all the narcotics you could want!
It's nursing!
YES!
You too can be a nurse for just $130,000 at Scam Blam Thank U Ma'am For Profit School o' Nursing!
Get your ASN today!
Get a job tomorrow!
And have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:clown::clown:
I just sent my response to this article- if that's what one call it, to yahoo.
I told them how much FUN nursing was!!!
I had to go to the home page and found a feedback link at the very bottom of the page.
Let's all 500,000 of us send our feedback to yahoo
♑ Capricorn ♑
527 Posts
Wheelchair races!Saline flush fights!Glove balloons!Call light disco lights!Scavenger hunt: Find-the-Tech!Wild and crazy doo-doo misadventures!It's fun!It's exciting!It's all the narcotics you could want!It's nursing!YES!You too can be a nurse for just $130,000 at Scam Blam Thank U Ma'am For Profit School o' Nursing!Get you ASN today!Get a job tomorrow!And have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:clown::clown:
Get you ASN today!
I LOL'd so hard. Thank you.
threebrats46
90 Posts
I think it is fun! We get to do things that would shock regular human folk : P