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If one has obtained their lvn or rn why would they choose to work at a nursing home. Seems so depressing. Just askin' '

Ditto: Haters are going to hate! Jealous people will be jealous until they are happy with themselves, which is likely not going to happen until they get serious therapy. Sometimes we take these comments personally or can feel hurt but that is likely due to the fact that most healthy people would like to have a healthy connection with their cohorts. Young people can be...well they are a bullying generation whether it is with words or actions. Ignore them. I am a mental health professional and we would be lying if we said we didn't have biases. What is important is that we don't let these interfere with the treatment of our clients/patients and that requires having our own therapy. The individuals that you speak of lack self awareness and are letting their biases get in the way of preparing for nursing. I hope none of them become my nurse. Imagine the poor patients that are victims of their behavior and attitudes.

how do i obtain the vomiting happy face...love it

I was looking for a quote I had seen about nurses. My mother is in a nursing home and some of the nurses (some lvn's and some rn's) are just wonderful. I wanted to fax the quote to the nursing station. In the process I came across this thread. Boy do I need you guys. I was a flight attendant for 30. We weren't required to be nurses in the 1970's. Each time the plane landed a crew came on board and cleaned up. There was always a barf bag in the seat pocket for each passenger. People must have vomited in my early years of flying and I vagely remember carrying the barf bag from the passenger to the trash. We always took the bag by taking a hold of the top of the bag and makin sure it was closed. No problemo. As I got older it became a problem. One time projectile vomit all over one of the walls. Little kids as well as adults using the barf bag. The sound and all that goes with it was unbearable to me. We were stuck in the aisle with the cart and couldn't get away from the sound. I sure as hell didn't feel like "taking a deep breath." On some airplanes the flight attendant jump seat directly faced a row of passenger seats. I would try to look away. Unbearable. One time enroute to honolulu someone vomited. There was no barf bag so the guy puked in the seat pocket itself. A chain reaction began and there were no barf bags. In short, I freak out if someone gets ill or even thinks they might be ill. Mom came to live with me 5 years ago and two issues arose causing her to start heaving everymorning. i couldn't even help her. i got her a bowl and ran out of the room. i would check on her and plug my ears with my fingers. i always called my girlfriend to drive mom to the er that's how bad it is for me. There's more but you get the picture. I can easily have a panic attack over this (I took early retirement as a flight attendant. I appreciate your posts but since i don't/won't see it alot like nurses i wonder if i will ever get used to it. i didn't have kids. Any tricks of the trade? I lost a ton of weight when mom came to live with me because of this. Thank you