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Thanks for all of the comments guys! I was just wondering about opinions and experiences. LOL, and I did not mean "bad wrap". I meant "bad rep" as in bad reputation. I definitely wasn't paying too much attention when I wrote that! I've been kind of distracted with trying to memorize all of the A&P that is getting thrown at me (this week is all about the skeletal system). I definitely don't think that nurses deserve a bad reputation, I just think that TV shows give a false impression of what nurses really do. And in regards to the sleeping around, I agree that sleeping around happens with any job, and its just something adults do (including doctors)!

I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like nurses get a bad wrap sometimes. For example, on Grey's Anatomy the nurses are looked down on completely, and one of the nurses even gave syphilis to a doctor. Also, the nurses on the show are generally grumpy and in one episode they go on strike and refuse to work. I also feel like nurses have a reputation for sleeping around. My dad who is 85 and is a retired general surgeon says that back when he practiced, nurses were known to sleep around a lot. He said it's because nurses are around life and death so much that they get careless in the sexual promiscuity sense. I just think that all of these stereotypes portrayed through TV are really rude and not realistic. I just started nursing school a little over a month ago and this has been bothering me. Does this bother anybody else? I just was curious to see different opinions on the subject.

I'm actually going to visit Chamberlain college of nursing today to meet with an admissions counselor about their BSN program. My grades from high school are really well qualified for the program and I'm just going to discuss options. I'm really excited. I'm going to keep working on my anxiety because I think it would be unfair to myself to give up my dreams just because of a mental health issue.

Thanks everyone for the input. This is extremely disappointing to hear. I want to be a nurse more than anything, I just have terrible anxiety which makes it difficult. Does anyone have any tips or advice for making it through nursing school? Or any ideas on the easiest way to get a nursing degree? Thanks so much.

Yes, my anxiety is well managed. I have been trying to get on top of it for five years through medication and therapy.

Hi everyone! I'm about to start a CNA certification course through the red cross and I was wondering if being a CNA could be a life long career? My goal is to work at a hospital. I have an extremely bad anxiety disorder and bad school phobia which stops me from being able to really become a nurse like I originally wanted to. Can i make a career out of being a CNA in a hospital? Thanks so much!