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

[Emergent]

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.

[SmilingBluEyes]

We have an obvious poser here. Best thing to do is not feed his energy.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

We have an obvious poser here. Best thing to do is not feed his energy.

I suppose you're right. Unfortunately there are those with less time on this site, the new nurses, students who don't know what ....this... is. At least he's outted for now

[Libby1987]

Can't speak for anyone else, but I take the opportunity to "out" imposters wherever they skulk, so that others might avoid the trap if possible. And that includes this one.

Unfortunately, there are still people who believe this to be an actual nurse. As I've said before, it's also a BEAUTIFUL example of why no one should ask an anonymous message board for an interview with a nurse, in an online setting. You never know.....what.....may respond.

A nurse shouldn't be that naive, I'd like to think they're/we're all smarter than that.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

A nurse shouldn't be that naive, I'd like to think they're/we're all smarter than that.

Good point, although I honestly have been blown away by what is oftentimes said by people I DO believe to be nurses! The naive, the not-so-smart....

But ok, you guys win, LOL, I'll ignore it now!

[vintage_RN, BSN, RN]

We have an obvious poser here. Best thing to do is not feed his energy.

But I find it quite amusing....I need some humour in my life 😝

[Farawyn]

Go to the Black Humour thread!

There's funny stuff there. Some not intentionally funny...

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

That's the CNA's job. Definitely below me or any other nurse to be doing that.

With that attitude, I have difficulty believing you're for real.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

With that attitude, I have difficulty believing you're for real.

He isn't. Trust me.

[kaimkaim]

How come you can want to be a nurse but "HAVE" to do "the dirty work" to be one? Guess what, there are plenty of RN jobs that do not require butt wiping. Not wanting a job that requires you to wipe someone else's butt or clean their fat folds is perfectly ok! You should not be made to feel guilty for not wanting to do something so disgusting. Does someone have to do it? Yes. People need to be cared for and have their butts wiped and fat folds cleaned, but if you don't want to, don't get a job that requires it.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

How come you can want to be a nurse but "HAVE" to do "the dirty work" to be one? Guess what, there are plenty of RN jobs that do not require butt wiping. Not wanting a job that requires you to wipe someone else's butt or clean their fat folds is perfectly ok! You should not be made to feel guilty for not wanting to do something so disgusting. Does someone have to do it? Yes. People need to be cared for and have their butts wiped and fat folds cleaned, but if you don't want to, don't get a job that requires it.

If you don't want a job that involves direct care, fine, whatever. But the language you're using to describe it ("something so disgusting") is uncalled for.

[eagle78]

Another important aspect of nursing I failed to mention: in order to thrive in the profession, butt kissing is also a must. Ego stroking and brown nosing are very useful skills.

Nooo, say it ain't soo...

[wannabecnl]

I just read through the entire thread, and amid the many excellent posts, my favorite quotation is a few boards back, where someone called themselves the Poop Whisperer and described the "oceans of poo" that would be flowing by the end of his/her shift. I almost peed myself laughing (but then I would have had to clean myself up, and I became a nurse so I wouldn't have to do that anymore).

Seriously, bodily functions are so far down the list of what stresses me at work, I don't even think about them. True, in PACU we don't "do poo" as much as many of you, but we have Foleys full of interestingly colored pee (deep blue, Koolaid red, rhabdo brown, and I-was-good-and-didn't-drink-anything-after-midnight dark yellow), and plenty of vomit, blood, fresh trachs and ostomies, and yummy secretions. These are NOT the things that keep me up at night or make me wonder if I'm in the right job.