Nursing-Social Life

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Has anyone ever moved to a new location for a job. I watched a nursing reality show years ago on MTV, and a common theme on the show highlighted how there were "cliques," is there some truth to this in the average nursing social lives? I guess my question is, do nurses truly hang out together, or do they come and go? All words are welcomed.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

Omg that horrible MTV show guised as a reality show. They got so much flack from that show. From nurses individually to groups. It was ugly.

I never moved but I did commute. I always kept my work & social life separate. It's nice if I'm friends with the people I work with, it makes work enjoyable. But hanging out with them outside of work, no thank you.

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Omg that horrible MTV show guised as a reality show. They got so much flack from that show. From nurses individually to groups. It was ugly.

I never moved but I did commute. I always kept my work & social life separate. It's nice if I'm friends with the people I work with, it makes work enjoyable. But hanging out with them outside of work, no thank you.

I agree, the issues they had were very high school. One moment that was nice to me was when the African-American girl jumped on the bed and said "I'm ratchet but I'm here," it was good to see that she is proud of where she came from, but she didn't need to stand on the bed to make a point.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I agree, the issues they had were very high school. One moment that was nice to me was when the African-American girl jumped on the bed and said "I'm ratchet but I'm here," it was good to see that she is proud of where she came from, but she didn't need to stand on the bed to make a point.

I didn't watch the show. I know what nursing life is & I didn't want MTV to try to portray it their way.

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I didn't watch the show. I know what nursing life is & I didn't want MTV to try to portray it their way.

Is there much difference in LVN and LPN? How did you decide which route to go?

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Specializes in ICU.

Oh my OP. You have lots to learn based on all your posts. Take it one step at a time. You made into school. Focus on passing that. Then NCLEX. Then finding a job. Then, your social life.

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Omg that horrible MTV show guised as a reality show. They got so much flack from that show. From nurses individually to groups. It was ugly.

I never moved but I did commute. I always kept my work & social life separate. It's nice if I'm friends with the people I work with, it makes work enjoyable. But hanging out with them outside of work, no thank you.

I think that's what I call an associate.. someone you speak to in the workplace, but do not know outside of work.

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Oh my OP. You have lots to learn based on all your posts. Take it one step at a time. You made into school. Focus on passing that. Then NCLEX. Then finding a job. Then, your social life.

Indeed, I have a lot to learn. Obviously, based on the questions in my post. If I were you; however, I wouldn't read too far into what I am thinking/learning. I post what I want to know at the moment, and also just getting to know others on this site which I think is what it is for. Thanks for your response :up:

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Is there much difference in LVN and LPN? How did you decide which route to go?

They are the same thing. Different states just call them one or the other.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Is there much difference in LVN and LPN? How did you decide which route to go?

I decided to become an LVN because I wasn't sure if I really wanted to be a nurse so why waste time becoming an RN?

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I think that's what I call an associate.. someone you speak to in the workplace, but do not know outside of work.

No, I assume an associate is just someone you're friendly with. These people I really got along with & had we met some other way I would hang out with them. I just prefer to keep my work & social life separate.

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Specializes in ER, Med-surg.

Every unit and workplace is different. It's as meaningless a question as "do office workers have cliques and socialize outside work." Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

I was very close with many of the people on my units in my school job as a tech and my new grad job (which I moved out of state to take). I was young and single and so were many of them, and we hung out together outside work and we are still friends (although I don't live near them anymore). In my subsequent jobs I've had the occasional friend where I spent time outside of work with them, but being older and married, I have a life and a family outside work, and while I like my coworkers, my life is not focused around work socially anymore.

I'm pretty confident that no job (or anything anywhere) is anything like MTV portrays it.

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