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.

[mirandaaa]

This entire post has me rolllling hahaha. So good.

"You mean....I have to touch that?"

[NOADLS]

Don't fret :) I'm sure that he'll be here as soon as he catches a whiff of this thread..

I caught whiff of it and I've delegated a CNA to clean up the mess

[ceebeejay]

My entire first semester just flashed before my eyes. If I wasn't doing it, I was helping someone else do it. I do prefer baby poops, though.

[righteousjenn]

I'll take butt wiping over feet flakes flying in my face any day

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

Many of these nursing students and new grads have been mislead by the institutions who schooled them.

Endless posts re: "I don't want bedside nursing....." That's ok, but without 2+ years of bedside nursing, opportunities are limited. Why? Clinical judgment develops through experience, not fresh out of school.

[JBudd, MSN]

But I am incapable of detecting sarcasm, so that's your fault, not mine. I also can't recognize irony or any tongue-in-cheek humor; anything I take the wrong way is your fault, not mine. Any misunderstanding on my part of your intent is completely your fault.

You've hurt my feelings. You're rude. You're mean.

And now I feel bullied....

Yes, but have you been eaten yet?

[kakamegamama]

But...but...but....can't I climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow 'til I find my dream???? Can't I????

[kakamegamama]

My entire first semester just flashed before my eyes. If I wasn't doing it, I was helping someone else do it. I do prefer baby poops, though.

Breast fed baby poops are fine...but, ew....after they add solids....ewwww.....

[kakamegamama]

I SO needed this today...thanks, y'all, for the laughs!!!!!

[Conqueror+, BSN, RN]

Yes, but have you been eaten yet?

Haven't you been reading this thread ? As a seasoned nurse I am eating my young as we speak.

[AnchoredRN]

So being an RN is similar to being a mom? If so, I've got this in the bag!

[dine saw]

I'll take butt wiping over feet flakes flying in my face any day

This happened to me last night! Lesson learned: don't yank off socks, it was like fresh falling snow