is nursing right for me?

[cyucetas]

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

[Tincup44]

There are some areas in the nursing field that cleaning poo is less common. One area that comes to mind if you're going to be a RN is community work. The RN's usually focus their care more on wound care and IVs. It was hard for me at first too dealing with that and washing old men and women in their 60's+, but with time you create a immunity to it. The hardest part is the beginning because it's awkward and your new with little to no experience. By the end of your first semester of clinical in Retirement homes you'll pretty much have it down pack. You'll see it gets easier but you have to stick it out through the rough first.

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[jasonwillhelp]

I am currently in nursing school myself. I worked several years at a mental facility and the nurses mostly never got their hands dirty. It was always up to the aides to do that kind of work.