stuttering as a nurse.

MartinArvizu · Dec 19, 2012

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Sadala, ADN, RN · Dec 19, 2012

I don't have a stutter, but I do have a bit of expressive aphasia. I tend to say, you know, the umm, umm... And invariably someone fills in for me whatever word it is I'm looking for (or not). I have yet to see how this is going to pan out once I graduate and the patient says, Umm... no I DON'T know, that's why we're here. LOL

Do you stutter more when you're nervous, or is that a duh! sort of question?

allnurses Guide · Dec 19, 2012

I stutter when nervous and tired... I lose words and sound like Porky Pig sometimes.

There are many presentations in nursing school and you have to do a lot of talking as a nurse!

I am a nurse and it can be done.

albsRN · Dec 19, 2012

I think you can definitely still be a nurse. Yes, as a nurse you will do a lot of teaching/explaining to your patients and I can see how a stutter may at first come off strange (the patient might think you are nervous). But I think that if you feel like you are stuttering a lot with a patient it would be ok to say "I apologize- I tend to have a stutter" or something like that. As for my nursing school, we didn't have very many presentations except for demonstrating patient teaching mainly. Don't let it hold you back!

MartinArvizu · Dec 19, 2012

I don't have a stutter, but I do have a bit of expressive aphasia. I tend to say, you know, the umm, umm... And invariably someone fills in for me whatever word it is I'm looking for (or not). I have yet to see how this is going to pan out once I graduate and the patient says, Umm... no I DON'T know, that's why we're here. LOL
Do you stutter more when you're nervous, or is that a duh! sort of question?

I do stutter more when ever I'm nervous but I do stutter all the time though. And no a lot of people think that why people stutter. Thanks :)

MartinArvizu · Dec 19, 2012

I think you can definitely still be a nurse. Yes, as a nurse you will do a lot of teaching/explaining to your patients and I can see how a stutter may at first come off strange (the patient might think you are nervous). But I think that if you feel like you are stuttering a lot with a patient it would be ok to say "I apologize- I tend to have a stutter" or something like that. As for my nursing school, we didn't have very many presentations except for demonstrating patient teaching mainly. Don't let it hold you back!

Thank you so much. I guess I was just worried about that. Thanks again fellow RNs