Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

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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!

:uhoh3:

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Specializes in SICU.

[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!!!!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
i love my career! i wouldn't dream of returning to the executive ranks if they increased my pay by 7 figures.
are you sure about that?

i'd quit my job tonight if a 7-figure payday was waiting on the table for me.

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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 !"

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.
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?

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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.

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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.

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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. ;)

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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::clown::clown:

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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

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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::clown::clown:

:lol2::yeah: I LOL'd so hard. Thank you.

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I think it is fun! We get to do things that would shock regular human folk : P

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