i am graduating in may after waiting years to become a nurse. i have always, since the tender age of about 9, wanted to be a nurse.
i simply cannot express how much it :angryfire burns my hide :angryfire that everyone and their mother wants to be a nurse now. what's with the sudden enthusiasm and interest in nursing??? particularly in ca, in seems that everyone is telling me that they are doing pre-req's for nursing. ***?? my friend (also graduating with me in may) pointed out that it seems more and more men are coming into nursing. now, maybe she and i will get raked over the coals for this one, but before the $$ spike for nursing pay, men would be laughed at (a la ben stiller in meet the parents) for being a nurse.
i just find it so frustrating that everyone wants to be a nurse now, especially since nursing has become quite the lucrative career. what happened to wanting to be a nurse because you (*gasp*) care about people and like (*gasp #2*) helping others???????
this is all boiling over with me because i see quite a few of my classmates that clearly are in this for the money. i, personally, would rather die than be their patients - that's how greedy, selfish, money-hungry some of my lovely classmates are.
sorry - i just have to vent.
**please note: i absolutely do not mean that men should not be in nursing - i think it's great. i am generally frustrated at seemingly everyone (both men and women) being interested in nursing, now that it pays so well (esp. in ca). please do not accuse me of being sexist**.
I have cared for some pts who were a blot on the face of the universe and did it well. The fact that I didn't think they deserved much compassion had no bearing on whether I did my job. It's the difference between an amateur and a pro............................
You made this point much more effectively than my try at it.
"Jumping the shark is a colloquialism used by TV critics and fans to denote that point in a TV show or movie series' history where the plot veers off into absurd story lines or out-of-the-ordinary characterizations, particularly for a show with falling ratings apparently becoming more desperate to draw viewers in. In the process of undergoing these changes, the TV or movie series loses its original appeal. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak."
(The phrase refers to a scene in a three-part episode of the American TV series, Happy Days, first broadcast on September 20, 1977. In the third of the three parts of the "Hollywood" episode, Fonzie (Henry Winkler), wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, jumps over a penned-in shark while water skiing.)
I'm from california, but I am pretty sure this is a widely used phrase. And yes, BFFs.
I'm going to have to finally admit I'm getting to an age where many of the colloq, coloq, oh heck, sayings of the day are going through their life spans without my noticing.
Perhaps "calling" was the wrong word. Seeing as that I'm atheist, I certainly don't see a higher being as what called me into this field.
What about fate? I believe in that. I do believe in a higher power, and it doesn't have to be God that you believe in. A higher power can be anything that is important to you,, it can be your integrety, your beliefs, ... Anyway, it was explained to me like this several years ago, and it makes sense. It makes sense that something has called you into the nursing field.
I have met so many nurses that are wonderful, and then so many that might as well be garbage truck drivers, it wouldn't make a difference to me... lol. But when I have the opportunity to work with the wonderful nurses, I have to believe that a higher power called them into the profession...
i, personally, would rather die than be their patients - that's how greedy, selfish, money-hungry some of my lovely classmates are.
truern
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Yeah, I think I'm offended!!
Love love love your new sig, btw