I'm a student nurse. I'm in my second year, and I have to say so far I enjoy every minute of it. I'm happy and satisfied that I have chosen the right course and right future career for myself. I'm so proud of it and I can't wait for the day that I finally become a registered nurse.
But... I've been feeling down these few days, ever since one of my acquaintance, let's call her "S", struck me with this question... "S" is a medical student in Russia. This is approximate what "S" said to me--
"I find nursing is stupid. If u wanna become a nurse, u might as well choose to become a doctor. think about it, u've got to know what the doctors know, like u've got to learn anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, nutrition..... Some more u need to do all those dirty jobs like wound dressing, bed making, changing diapers, cleaning patient's orifice, feeding, bathing, getting scream from the patients, and all those stupid admission, discharge, inventory paper works. Let me ask u, do u really like cleaning people's orifice? do u really like serving urinal and bedpan all the time? do u really like getting scolded by the patient for no reason all the time? u've got to know at least 60% of what the doctors know, but the doctors no need to do all these jobs. and a doctor's pay is much more higher than a nurse. U might as well just study harder and become a doctor like what i do!"
I was so angry when she said that because i really love nursing. And yes, I never love cleaning people's orifice. But then nursing is actually a lot more than just giving urinal and bedpan.
I was quiet. Yes, I should've just opened my mouth and fired her. But, I couldn't think of anything to say at that time....
