Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

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Just a heads up to inquiring people who read this site. Nursing involves butt wiping, blood, snot, urine, etc. An RN by your name doesn't mean others deal with yucky realities of patient care.

Also, you will likely have to pay your dues job wise. You probably won't waltz into your dream job straight out of school. And, whatever job you get, you WILL work your rear end off.

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Realizing life is short, certain pot-stirrers just get the old "iggy" from me. It's so simple and relaxed that way.

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Realizing life is short, certain pot-stirrers just get the old "iggy" from me. It's so simple and relaxed that way.

Depends on the pot and what's being stirred.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Why,the poop pot, of course. I have been at allnurses on and off for like 13 years. I used to get all stirred/fired up by posters out to "get our goat". I have since grown older, but less patient with people saying stupid things to get others' goat. I just don't have time for it anymore.

But there was a time.....................anyone who has been here a long time knows me well enough to know how I was.

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Nah, it'd just get tuned out, LOL...but seriously, what IS it that you do? I mean, in your REAL job? If you have one...?

Oh, I'm going to guess LTC.

It it may seem counter-intuitive, but RNs and LPNs in nursing homes probably go for longer stretches without doing direct care than our counterparts in the hospital floors. Likely because the nurse-to-aide ratios are reversed.

A nurse with a "no ADLs" attitude would not last long in acute care, but she might be okay in LTC.

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For those who just can't get enough of this kind of thing, here's 1615 of the best AN has ever had to offer. For the life of me I have no idea why they closed it down. It has a life of its own, and what a life!

https://allnurses.com/nurse-colleague-patient/the-mockery-of-674000.html

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Yes, Mockery of Nursing was the original. The classic. Hasn't been a thread quite as funny since.

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Yes, Mockery of Nursing was the original. The classic. Hasn't been a thread quite as funny since.

And, speaking of which, I wonder whatever happened to wooh (Beeker avatar)?

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Yes, Mockery of Nursing was the original. The classic. Hasn't been a thread quite as funny since.

I'm a newbie here but I loved the recent vaxx/anti vaxx thread.

https://allnurses.com/disasters-preparing-responding/anti-vax-nurses-971344.html

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Specializes in Med Surg.

I'm proud to say I was apparently the Mockery of Nursing thread killer!

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Specializes in critical care.
And, speaking of which, I wonder whatever happened to wooh (Beeker avatar)?

There's another regular who has been awol! I'm going to go digging....

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Specializes in critical care.

Nothing since September! Anyone know wooh?

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AMEN !! Reality check please

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