Well, as some of you know, I have considered going into nursing. However, I struggle with vomit, so I thought that meant I would not make a good nurse.
Also, my DD just had her tonsils removed and she was in really bad pain, which really upset me, I don't know if it was because she was my daughter or if I would be like that with all patients. If so, that is probably a bad thing. It was like I wanted to make the pain stop and make it stop now.
Then I had to look in the back of her throat where the tonsils were removed and I was scared to look at, a part of someone's body that had been cut off or cut open. I finally did it, and it was okay, however, do you think these things would make me a horrible nurse. Or do you think I would get over things like this?
Well, as some of you know, I have considered going into nursing. However, I struggle with vomit, so I thought that meant I would not make a good nurse.
Okay, so a word of warning: Don't see the movie Bridesmaids.
You'll get over a lot of the things that gross you out, though probably not all of them.
It's normal to have the kinds of feelings you described about your daughter. I don't like to watch my kids get vaccines. I always look away. But this doesn't impact my ability to be a good nurse.
Horseshoe, BSN, RN
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Okay, so a word of warning: Don't see the movie Bridesmaids.
You'll get over a lot of the things that gross you out, though probably not all of them.
It's normal to have the kinds of feelings you described about your daughter. I don't like to watch my kids get vaccines. I always look away. But this doesn't impact my ability to be a good nurse.