hi everyone. i've posted on here a few times before. i think i'm addicted to this web site. :stone before i begin, good luck to everyone here and i'll be glad to see how people are doing as they progress down this long hard road such is nursing school. if anyone is in the ky area, let me know. :)
i have worked as a nurse assitant before and have worked in several medical settings so i know pretty much what to expect but there is one problem. i'm afraid of vomit. oh the horror. :imbar i want to be a nurse so badly, there isn't any other options for me as far as a career, by choice. i was even a candy striper as a youngin', ha ha. :chuckle i love the career as a whole but i am puke-a-phobe! :imbar i guess it's because it just seems so unatural to me, something coming out of where things go in. i can handle doodie, pee, phlem, snot, you name it but when i think someone is going to get sick i want to run and hide. i hope no one thinks i'm crazy. i think i am every now and then. :rotfl: it doesn't make me want to puke and it really doesn't make me gag, it's just some weird childhood fear or something. i harldy every get sick, maybe a total of 10 times in my whole life. i have 4 kids (all boys) and when they get sick it grosses me out still! i can handle it if i have to but i am really scared someone is going to throw up on me. i know this sounds really petty and if someone is sick and they can't help it i hate it that i feel this way. i hate it that i want to stand 100 feet away from there with my ears covered. is there something wrong with me? will this make me a bad nurse and will i ever overcome this??? ahhhhhhh! i know this is something i will have to deal with and yes it will happen and that's ok with mebecause i really have sympathy for people who feel bad,i really, truly do, but like i said it's just some odd fear i have. does anyone else have these anxieties? i've gotten much more use to it lately actually, because there was a bad flu going around and you know everyone in my house got it, 'cept me of course because i follow them around the house with lysol all day and i have a little ocd with hand washing. heh. sorry this is so long, just wanted to know, what are you guys's fears, anxieties, hang ups about things, if there are any???????????
i know this is something i will have to deal with and yes it will happen and that's ok with mebecause i really have sympathy for people who feel bad,i really, truly do, but like i said it's just some odd fear i have. does anyone else have these anxieties? i've gotten much more use to it lately actually, because there was a bad flu going around and you know everyone in my house got it, 'cept me of course because i follow them around the house with lysol all day and i have a little ocd with hand washing. heh. 
sorry this is so long, just wanted to know, what are you guys's fears, anxieties, hang ups about things, if there are any???????????