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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I thought I'd start one of those fun threads. Does anyone else have a Mother/Father/Family member xyz that just brags and brags about the fact you are a nurse? Share your story!:yeah:

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Specializes in Adult Stem Cell/Oncology.

I'm just finishing up my last couple of prerequisites for nursing school, and my mom tells everyone that I'm going to be a nurse..... it's adorable but drives me nuts! I wish she wouldn't say anything since I'm not even in nursing school yet! I almost feel like it's bad luck! LOL! :p

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

My mom and my dad are telling everyone that their almost 30 year old daughter is going into nursing school after having two kids.. LOL

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Specializes in LPN, Peds, Public Health.

no but everyone brags about my brother being a fireman... no one seems to care that i made it through nursing school at 20 and being a single mom of a 2 year old at the same time. but oh well. he can have all the glory. i been doing this for 6 years now.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

My mom and dad just say "we told her not too, but she wouldn't listen"

My granddaddy on the other hand, tells all his nurses at the hospital I am "his personal RN, and they better not mess up, because I'm watching". *rolls eyes*

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Specializes in Psych.
no but everyone brags about my brother being a fireman... no one seems to care that i made it through nursing school at 20 and being a single mom of a 2 year old at the same time. but oh well. he can have all the glory. i been doing this for 6 years now.

Ouch!!! :crying2:

I am so sorry to hear that. I can imagine how badly that must sting.

"I" applaud you! :yeah: (I know it's nowhere near the same...but I hope it's a teensy bit comforting...)

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Specializes in HomeHealth / geriatrics.

My mom is telling everybody that I am a nursing student and how proud she is of me , and that I just had my first child 6/17/08 which makes her a grandma. So she is on cloud 9 right now!!!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Nope.

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Specializes in LTC, Med-SURG,STICU.

My Mom and Dad and my mother-in-law all bragged about me becoming an RN. My family never tought I would go to college (30 years old and two children when I started). I was the first person in my family to go to college and recieve a degree, so I guess I can put up with my family bragging.

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Specializes in LPN, Peds, Public Health.
Ouch!!! :crying2:

I am so sorry to hear that. I can imagine how badly that must sting.

"I" applaud you! :yeah: (I know it's nowhere near the same...but I hope it's a teensy bit comforting...)

thank you very much :D

Its not that I want to be praised all the time by them or anything, it would just be nice to have some kind of recognition of what I have done and what I am trying to do.

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My family brags all the time. They think it's great that I am finishing up college with four kids, me, someone who barely made it through H.S. It does get a little annoying when my mom says, "how's my "A" student?" In front of nursing school friends, but I know she's just proud.

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Specializes in ICU.

My mom and brother are also nurses so it isn't that big of a deal in my family. But my husband says that being able to say your wife is a nurse is the coolest he can think of. My daughter also likes to tell everyone that her mom works in ICU and that she isn't going to be a nurse because she wants to be an artist so that she can stay home with her kids (she's 5). Love it! :D

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