is nursing right for me?

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Hi i am 30yrs old male want become nurse. I really like to help to other people best way i can.i dont mind to deal with blood or sick people but i really cant deal with human waste (****) or clean up other people, help them bathing. RNs really have to clean human waste and help bathing or lpn, nurse aid does that stuff.Thank you very much for any advice

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Hi i am 30yrs old male want become nurse. I really like to help to other people best way i can.i dont mind to deal with blood or sick people but i really cant deal with human waste (****) or clean up other people, help them bathing. RNs really have to clean human waste and help bathing or lpn, nurse aid does that stuff.Thank you very much for any advice

It'd depend on where you work as to whether the RN, LPN, or CNA would do it. No one is going to enjoy or look forward to that type of activity.

Is nursing for you? That's hard to answer. I start class tomorrow, and I don't know if it's for me or not. It's probably not, lol, but I like medical stuff so I'm going to give it a shot. I've been a paramedic so I've got medical exposure, but I like my current line of work (law enforcement) to tell you the truth. I'm definitely not a nurturer.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Rehab.

I can't answer whether nursing is right for you, only you can do that. I can tell you that dealing with the nasty stuff that comes out of people's bodies is part of the deal. As an RN you may deal with less of it, but you will deal with it. CNA's and LPN's probably get a larger share of the less glamorous work (is any of it Glamorous?), but nobody is immune. The other big factors are your attitude toward other people and a need to want to make a difference. If you feel that you have those qualities, then don't shortchange yourself on the poop issue.

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Ahhh yes the cleaning if poop.

I remember during my 1st day of clinicals (CNA) my resident had a total of 4 Loose bowel movements.

After my 2nd week of clinicals..poop was just..well poop. I figured if I could get past that, well then I guess nursing is for me:yeah:

Heres a tip. Judge the poop, makes jokes about it. Like think to yourself "Dang Mrs Rose, Thats huge! Id give it a 8/10" or "Man if i could poop like that, i'd definitely show it to my friends"

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Specializes in mental health.

Heres a tip. Judge the poop, makes jokes about it. Like think to yourself "Dang Mrs Rose, Thats huge! Id give it a 8/10" or "Man if i could poop like that, i'd definitely show it to my friends"

If that poop had any more yeast in it, the flies would all be drunk.

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nursing school is where most of the human waste clean up will take place for most nurses, after nursing school you want do it much or any depending on where end up working.

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I'm 38 and switching careers from being a service mgr at a Chevy garage to nursing. I am in my first year of the nursing program for my ADN. I have had the same thoughts, but I figure that we all have to start out somewhere and cleaning up waste is part of starting out and learning process. But, one of the things that has attracted me to nursing is the fact that there are other areas of nursing that I would be able to move into to help reduce the possibility of having to clean up feces. Investigate nursing to see if there might be other areas within nursing that might seam to be of interest for you. Hope this helps....

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Which areas within nursing i wont have to clean up feces. Any help please

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Specializes in ER, ICU.

Yeah poop is pretty unpleasant, I have trouble enough cleaning up my own. But, I work in an ICU where the nurses do ALL the care. You just dig in and get it done. That is such a small part of the job you'd have to be seriously phobic to pass up a career for that. Look at it as an opportunity for personal growth.

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Cyucetas,

Don't misunderstand me about not cleaning up feces....new nursers wanting to gain experience will have to trudge through with the not so pleasurable things such as cleaning up poo. Nursing administration might be an area to investigate. Also, if you go beyond an RN degree and achieve a masters, you could be teaching others to clean up poo.:yeah: Don't get me wrong, we need to be there for our patients and do the jobs that are required. I myself am wanting to look beyond my ADN and get my BSN. More managerial opportunities I hear if you have a BSN? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong with that statement) Specializing within certain areas of nursing has it's advantages as well.....surgical nursing, ER, ICU; but of course these area you would have to tend to your patients needs too.

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Specializes in Medical Surgical/Addiction/Mental Health.
Which areas within nursing i wont have to clean up feces. Any help please

Any position that doesn't require patient care. Administration, Education, working for an insurance company, ect... or you can elect to be one of the unemployed nurses who would love to clean up poop for the sake of having a job.

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Poop is very different with gloves on. It might not be as bad as you expect. Having said that, it's still poop.

It's my first week of nursing school and I figure that if I can clean up after my dog when he has diarrhea all over my carpets, I can wipe someone's butt.

I hope.

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