TimTamJimJam

I talked to an rn and she said RNs don't do heavy lifting. (I have a minor lower back injury so i cant do a lot of heavy lifting) That it's the LPNs and cnas who do the rolling of patients and RNs do the dressing changes/IVs. Just wanted other peoples say on this.

I was only drawing similarities between the two, which can be done with nearly any two things. I wasn't trying to offend nurses or disrespect the profession.

I see a lot of nurses complain about the fact that nursing isn't what they thought it was. That hospitals are all about making money and not about the care and compassion of the patient. So I'm not sure why that matters.

I'm thinking about becoming a nurse mainly because I absolutely love travel. That's all I really want to do in life. Like the only thing in fact. But here's a few of my concerns: -I did some CNA type work and HATED turning clients and transferring them to wheelchairs, in fact it caused me a lower back injury. And I'm concerned my back won't get better/nursing will make it worse. -I always imagine nursing being like my crappy first job at a fast-food restaurant. It was fast-paced, I hated tending to all the customers and their whiny, overly-specific needs, and I had bum coworkers who made me pick up their slack. -I (mostly) hate dealing with people. I hated the customers at my fast food restaurant, but loved working with the clients at my CNA type job. (The clients were DD and I always came home with some crazy/funny stories.) Another pro to nursing I guess would be that I'm intrigued by blood, guts, and gore and the functions of the human body. Can my love for travel surpass my crappy back and hatred for people and fast-paced environments?