So, who are you?

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40 years ago, the first thing out of my newly graduated mouth was "I'm a nurse!".

Over the years, that has changed:

I am a: Christian, wife (well widow now), mom, grandmother, sister, aunt, nurse, teacher, dog lover (have 3 at the moment), Scout leader, crocheter, hiker, traveler .....

So, who are you? How do you define yourself?  Where is nurse in that list? Have fun!

Specializes in orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes.

Mom, wife, professional student. Nurse, advocate for diabetics everywhere. Animal lover. Independent free spirit. Hippie. ??????

Peter Pan. Never grow up ? 

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Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.

I never defined myself as a nurse. I only told people who asked first, what so you do etc. I am a Christian, wife, mother and grandmother, also sister, niece and Aunt, hiker (used to backpack but at the end of the day hotels are now preferred to dirt and tents), painter, photographer, and I like to watch crime dramas, and as soon as Covid has left us I will travel again (which I love). Also, like Broadway shows and Phantom! Mostly I consider myself a sojourner here on earth until He calls me home (oh happy day!) Oh, and a retired nurse.

8 hours ago, Davey Do said:

Sometimes, Emergent, we have to backslide before we can forge forward.

This is probably true for most of us humans

8 hours ago, Emergent said:

Also a backsliding Christian

 

44 minutes ago, SmilingBluEyes said:

I have backslid so far I don't know I will ever come back! (as a Christian)

It is never too late!

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Specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.

Fantastic question.

I'm a husband, I'm a naturalised Frenchman, I'm a European, I'm an Internationalist, I'm a nurse, I'm a union rep, I'm a socialist, I'm an atheist, I'm a humanist, I'm out and proud, I'm a thinker, , I'm a foodie, I'm a wine lover, I'm a beer lover, I'm a whiskey connaisseur, I'm a dreamer, I'm a stroke survivor, I'm an optimist, I'm counting the days to retirement.   

33 years on I am still very proud of the "I'm a nurse"

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Specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.
3 hours ago, sevensonnets said:

 an avid fan of British mysteries, 

I do hope that includes "Vera"?

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Yep!

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Specializes in LTC.

I am a Christian, working a recovery program, a wife to my best friend, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a lover of the outdoors, avid reader, a student of life. 

I am a nurse of 12 years but that is something I am grappling with at the moment.   I feel an insurmountable amount of disappointment within my profession.   I am incredibly proud of what I have done within my career I am just not sure if I want to keep doing it. 

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
8 hours ago, DavidFR said:

I'm a thinker...

And I could hear the Steve Miller Band sing, "I'm a drinker, I'm a midnight stinker..."
 

Seriously DavidFR- please do share your life stories. It sounds as though you are  one interesting frog!

Maybe an idea for a thread...

 

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Specializes in Community health.

I’m a nurse (I don’t know if that necessarily always comes first but it is BIG for me; I’m so proud of being a nurse) and a wife to someone that, as of this year, I’ve known for fully half my life.
 

I’m mother to an Only Child (I find that that is a specific type of parenting. Much like some Twin Moms feel a kinship with other Twin Moms, I feel an immediate bond with anyone who has an only child). I’m smart and bookish and always get As in things. I am ridiculously non-athletic and uncoordinated; you should have seen me trying to handle medical equipment in clinicals, I was a hazard. I’m outdoorsy and I love to be with my little family on our canoe. 

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Specializes in Community health.
On 2/9/2021 at 6:14 AM, NightNerd said:I've written two full length novels and hope to finish my third

This is amazing. My husband and I like to read novels aloud together and sometimes we turn to each other and say “Can you believe that people will sit down and, like, write a whole book?”  Good for you! That takes so much commitment. 

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Specializes in General Internal Medicine, ICU.

A fiancée, cat mom, knitter, and crocheter in progress. 

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

I'm a mom first in my life, to my kids and my dogs. Everything else is in a bit of a state of flux. 

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Specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.
13 hours ago, Davey Do said:

And I could hear the Steve Miller Band sing, "I'm a drinker, I'm a midnight stinker..."
 

Oh I'm those too!!

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