And they don't know how to keep those opinions to themselves!
Nursing school has meant my social life has taken a pretty big hit, and on top of that I've had to drop some people who have shared their uninformed opinion about my given field.
"If nurse were smart they'd be doctors, as it is they're a bunch of bitter old harpies who exist just to make doctor's lives difficult."
(I wanted to tell this person if they were smart they'd be a filmmaker and not an unemployed assistant cameraman but I was too kind to disparage their chosen field)
"Nurses are pretty much glorified flight attendants. This is a customer service job - if they're tired they should just quit."
(Next time you're in the hospital tell the nurses that and tell me how it goes)
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put on a band aid."
(well, then put on your own band aid, genius)
I have my own grievances with the field and will complain about it, but when someone who's outside the healthcare setting says stuff like the above I get angry (and maybe a little bit defensive) - this job is not easy! I guess this is what they mean as nursing being a lifestyle and not just a job - I can't really relate very much to certain people any more.
After hearing some of the dumb things that have come out of people's mouth, I'm thinking nurses really need better PR: people really do not understand what nurses do at all! Have you all been subjected to the same sorts of ill-advised opinions?
I am in a BSN program, and I would not say that our extra classes are BS. I feel like it expands your knowledge on what makes up the nursing practice rather than just skills and disease processes you will encounter. Policy helps you to understand why and how policy works in the hospital. Also, research.. How wonderful is to know what made your practice be able to be practiced? All these classes make you have a well-rounded idea of what nursing encompasses in every aspect of the field. These courses also, in my opinion, make us realize WE can do things like conduct research and perhaps change a practice? It helps your realize your full role and scope of practice I guess you could say.. I am definitely not knocking ADN at all either... They work hard too.. All I am saying is, those classes are essential in moving nursing practice forward..
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Oh, Esme, here's another one that gets it! Maybe we can make a difference after all!
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN
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^^^^THIS^^^^
Oh, Esme, here's another one that gets it! Maybe we can make a difference after all!
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