Status

[ADNRN]

How we seek status. Get the LPN so that you're better than the CNA, get the CNA so that you're better than the housekeeper. Get the RN so that you're better than the LPN, CNA or houskeeper. Get the BSN so that you're better than the ADN, and get the MSN so that you're better than just the ordinary BSN. But lots of people have MSNs so leave nursing altogether and become an NP And then go for the PhD, but don't stop there! One really needs to also be a fellow of the american academy of nurses and have a national certification. But then you're going to need a job to go with all that, so go work for the government or get on some editorial board of some nursing journal, or scrounge for research dollars at a university. Whatever you do--make the big bucks, because that's how you really prove you're better than just a bedside caregiver.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all about power and status--I just want the real thing. I want the power and status Mother Teresa had.

[ADNRN]

Originally posted by LilgirlRN

I am still not quite sure what the original poster is after. Perhaps respect? That's what I had for Mother Theresa. I think you are obviously a very smart person, you are very communicative, great use of language and yet I am still confused. Do you want my admiration for your aspirations of being MT and JC like? Or, do you want me to fuss at you like other posters have? It's not my place to judge you at all, just not sure what response is desired.

LilgirlRN, if I'm after respect I'm in big trouble.:)

The response I'm looking for is your response to the original post, not that I can actually remember what post I'm in. Oh, no, never mind, wrong post.

I guess I don't know. Why don't you tell me why you respected Mother Teresa. What did you see in her? What did her life do for you?

[ADNRN]

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

too many are feeding this and helping it go on and on.....meanwhile the OP laughs at all the wild reaction he/she has garnered........such folks thrive on attention......you know nothing ever gets accomplished.....i made the same mistake of reacting to this person......then i remember a basic tenet of the boards:

people like this WANT/CRAVE the attention, negative, especially. It's a bit sad really.. However, I see what this person is about. I saw two days ago. Now, I choose to ignore it. It's so ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh------------------------------------------

I have only been responding. The original intent of this post is pretty much over. You say I want and crave attention--what do you want me to ignore you. You just posted. And I don't think the attention is negative at all. I think people are using me to open up and be the kind of person they truly are. I see it as an exploration. Why is that a bad thing? Look at Lilgirl's post: what's so negative about it? Or my reply to her?

Someone tells me they don't like me saying I am taking the kingdom by violence and force, that gives me the opportunity to expand on that concept and be a little humorous as well. I didn't think that person was being negative. I don't think I was negative in return.

You say you saw what kind of person I am two days ago. Tell me, who do you say that I am. (sorry, I just had to say that...)

[fergus51]

If there's one thing I have learned over the years, it's that the "I am not after power or gloating rights" is usually its own form of gloating. It's someone saying "I am better than you because I was called by God to go into nursing and am not interested in status", when that is exactly HOW they exert their status as the "ideal nurse". It's simply reverse snobbery.

I long ago stopped needing to worry about it. I go to work and do my job, and I have no problem saying it is a job and not a calling. The calling people usually get used and abused and burned out because they see advocating for themselves as selfishness (like many nurses out there).

[manna, BSN, RN]

Heaven forbid anyone value higher education merely for education's sake! Geesh!

[ktwlpn, LPN]

Originally posted by 3rdShiftGuy

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Did your name used to be Mario? j/k

:chuckle :kiss He just "started nursing school"-according to one of his last posts.....I kind of almost miss his.his.....whateveryou want to call that thing he brought to our discussions.....

[LilgirlRN, ADN, RN]

MT was selfless, doing good only for the sake of doing good itself, not for any recognition offered. Gave all the glory to her God.

[ceecel.dee, MSN, RN]

Originally posted by ADNRN

I see it as an exploration.

I can live with this, and hope that you are simply encouraging and open to what all have to say. Exploration is good, and viewing many perspectives does help us hone our own arguments, without needing to be argumentative.

[nurseT]

Dear ADNRN:

WOW.

[nurseT]

Dear ktwlpn:

YEAH!

[Peeps Mcarthur]

By ADRN

So, you're going to be an MD?

No.

By myself

How much personal sacrifice is really needed to prepare for an undergraduate position? It's too easy to not try to achieve some academic goals and call that sacrifice.

This is the thesis of my post. I think people that talk about how corrupt money and power are, are afraid to fail in reaching it.

I've gone to nursing school and been on this board for 4 years. That's what I'm doing posting on a nursing BB.

Now..........what do you think of prestige as a product of commitment? It could simply be coincidental.

[ADNRN]

Originally posted by fergus51

If there's one thing I have learned over the years, it's that the "I am not after power or gloating rights" is usually its own form of gloating. It's someone saying "I am better than you because I was called by God to go into nursing and am not interested in status", when that is exactly HOW they exert their status as the "ideal nurse". It's simply reverse snobbery.

I long ago stopped needing to worry about it. I go to work and do my job, and I have no problem saying it is a job and not a calling. The calling people usually get used and abused and burned out because they see advocating for themselves as selfishness (like many nurses out there).

Good point on the reverse snobbery issue. In fact, I agree. And it may be the case that I was not actually called by God to be a nurse, but given the signs that have followed that calling; I have no choice but to believe it. I may be completely deluded, but I'm incapable of seeing it any other way.

But how is that snobbery? God called you to it as well--it just doesn't seem to have done anything for you spiritually. And if that is the case, if I were you, I'd be scared of that and be looking for path to spiritual growth. Man, we didn't just come into this world to eat, digest, sleep and poop in the morning. We are vessels for God, or we are supposed to be.

I'm getting more bold, now, because school is starting back up in the AM and I don't know how much I'll get back to the group over the next week.

[ADNRN]

Originally posted by LilgirlRN

MT was selfless, doing good only for the sake of doing good itself, not for any recognition offered. Gave all the glory to her God.

Sounds like you knew her pretty well. You must have done some work with her directly in the Missionaries of Charity ( I think that was the name of her order).

Of course, what I really wanted to know is how that impacted your life. Did it impact your life? I mean, did it bring about any changes in you or growth?