? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

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What is so tough about being a nurse?

i am thinking about being a registered nurse and it seems like a great career. but alot of people complain that its hard and such.. whats hard bout it?

Specializes in ER.
We do much more than take pulses, I can assure you of that.

Bummer! I am only five weeks into the BSN and I was thinking I had the whole nursing process locked up!

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I am a mere five weeks into nursing school, and I can tell you it's tough. I know you're looking for how the career is as a whole, but the education you need to get into the career is really really hard and very stressfull.

but there are tons who have toughed it out, so maybe it gets easier on down the road.

In my opnion, actually being a nurse is a lot harder than nursing school. I've been a nurse for 17 years, and graduated from 2 nursing programs (LPN then RN).

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Specializes in Med surg, Critical Care, LTC.

Where did all these "little injury" questions come from?

I've dealt with some pretty big injuries, like the elderly man who shot away 1/2 his head, buck shot was stuck in the white matter of his brain, his heart still beat for a short time, so we HAD to code him - even though we knew what the final outcome would be.

I had a very obese man use a shot gun and shoot himself in the lower abdomen. He had one entrance wound, with three exit wounds, two on the top of his abdomen and one on his back. His intestines were coming out of one of the holes on his abdomen. He was rushed up to surgery, and lived. He didn't hit any major organs.

I've got a lot more!! Nurses take care of some pretty big injuries.

Babs

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....Why would you get flamed when you gave good advice?

:)

I think the poster is telling the person he/she is responding to to expect to get flamed for their comment.

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Now come on, don't be exaggerating to this poor guy:

OP - in general, nurses will tell you that they went through the hardest education, they know it all, and that they work THE #1 stressful job in the hospital. The truth is, they take a lot of flak from the people and families they treat, but that's the job. You are the face of the hospital to your patients when you're a nurse. You're a busy person that carries out orders and fills out paperwork. You do little more than that despite what nurses will tell you.

You'll be hearing a lot of "nursing school is incredibly hard", "nurses have to take all the sciences", and that their school's are difficult to get into.

Fail.

Contrary to opinions you'll find here, the education is not that difficult if you're not a complete idiot (a B average in high school, like you, could easily pull it off). Try working in a hospital and watch first hand what they do. And don't fall into the volunteer trap - volunteers do remarkably little in most hospitals and you won't get a real feel of what it's like. Work as a transporter or CNA.

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.
Now come on, don't be exaggerating to this poor guy:

OP - in general, nurses will tell you that they went through the hardest education, they know it all, and that they work THE #1 stressful job in the hospital. The truth is, they take a lot of flak from the people and families they treat, but that's the job. You are the face of the hospital to your patients when you're a nurse. You're a busy person that carries out orders and fills out paperwork. You do little more than that despite what nurses will tell you.

You'll be hearing a lot of "nursing school is incredibly hard", "nurses have to take all the sciences", and that their school's are difficult to get into.

Fail.

Contrary to opinions you'll find here, the education is not that difficult if you're not a complete idiot (a B average in high school, like you, could easily pull it off). Try working in a hospital and watch first hand what they do. And don't fall into the volunteer trap - volunteers do remarkably little in most hospitals and you won't get a real feel of what it's like. Work as a transporter or CNA.

Hmmm, so nurses do little more than fill out paperwork and follow orders?

As licensed professionals, we nurses must not only follow orders, but know when new ones are needed. Quite often we define the proper course of action to the Dr that isn't physically there, and then they simply agree.

Also as professionals we need to understand the reason for the order and the ramifications of it, it is our duty question an order with the Dr if it is incorrect. Many of us nurses have saved a Dr or ten from an awful mistake by questioning an inappropriate order. We have to know what the correct coorifice of action is to be able to spot when the incorrect one has been ordered. We are held to that standard not only personally, but by our BON. We also assess patients continuouly. The Dr isn't there most of the time and we need to understand each disease process and know what is abnormal and prioritize it, such as should this be discussed in the morning, or is this urgent and needs dealt with now.

Nursing is a dynamic, constantly changing field. If we didn't sleep the night before or don't feel well we still have to be completely on. Nursing is not a job that you can go to and just have an off day. When a nurse is working she must be 100% focused.

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Now come on, don't be exaggerating to this poor guy:

OP - in general, nurses will tell you that they went through the hardest education, they know it all, and that they work THE #1 stressful job in the hospital. The truth is, they take a lot of flak from the people and families they treat, but that's the job. You are the face of the hospital to your patients when you're a nurse. You're a busy person that carries out orders and fills out paperwork. You do little more than that despite what nurses will tell you.

You'll be hearing a lot of "nursing school is incredibly hard", "nurses have to take all the sciences", and that their school's are difficult to get into.

Fail.

Contrary to opinions you'll find here, the education is not that difficult if you're not a complete idiot (a B average in high school, like you, could easily pull it off). Try working in a hospital and watch first hand what they do. And don't fall into the volunteer trap - volunteers do remarkably little in most hospitals and you won't get a real feel of what it's like. Work as a transporter or CNA.

Obviously, you're not a nurse.

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i didnt think rn's can be responsible for peoples lives. i thought they just treat little injuries. like broken fingers/burns/take ur pulse and such..

I think we can thank TV's portrayal of nurses for this one... :no::banghead:

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Now come on, don't be exaggerating to this poor guy:

OP - in general, nurses will tell you that they went through the hardest education, they know it all, and that they work THE #1 stressful job in the hospital. The truth is, they take a lot of flak from the people and families they treat, but that's the job. You are the face of the hospital to your patients when you're a nurse. You're a busy person that carries out orders and fills out paperwork. You do little more than that despite what nurses will tell you.

You'll be hearing a lot of "nursing school is incredibly hard", "nurses have to take all the sciences", and that their school's are difficult to get into.

Fail.

Contrary to opinions you'll find here, the education is not that difficult if you're not a complete idiot (a B average in high school, like you, could easily pull it off). Try working in a hospital and watch first hand what they do. And don't fall into the volunteer trap - volunteers do remarkably little in most hospitals and you won't get a real feel of what it's like. Work as a transporter or CNA.

Now THIS guy is a troll... Don't fall into the trap he set by responding to his absurd statements. In fact, I have probably fed into him too much already! :banghead:

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.
I think the poster is telling the person he/she is responding to to expect to get flamed for their comment.

Thanks Valerie, I was telling the OP to expect to get flamed for their comment, I wasn't flaming them myself.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.
Now come on, don't be exaggerating to this poor guy:

OP - in general, nurses will tell you that they went through the hardest education, they know it all, and that they work THE #1 stressful job in the hospital. The truth is, they take a lot of flak from the people and families they treat, but that's the job. You are the face of the hospital to your patients when you're a nurse. You're a busy person that carries out orders and fills out paperwork. You do little more than that despite what nurses will tell you.

You'll be hearing a lot of "nursing school is incredibly hard", "nurses have to take all the sciences", and that their school's are difficult to get into.

Fail.

Contrary to opinions you'll find here, the education is not that difficult if you're not a complete idiot (a B average in high school, like you, could easily pull it off). Try working in a hospital and watch first hand what they do. And don't fall into the volunteer trap - volunteers do remarkably little in most hospitals and you won't get a real feel of what it's like. Work as a transporter or CNA.

Excuse me, but are you actually a nurse? You sure don't sound like one.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.
Where did all these "little injury" questions come from?

I've dealt with some pretty big injuries, like the elderly man who shot away 1/2 his head, buck shot was stuck in the white matter of his brain, his heart still beat for a short time, so we HAD to code him - even though we knew what the final outcome would be.

I had a very obese man use a shot gun and shoot himself in the lower abdomen. He had one entrance wound, with three exit wounds, two on the top of his abdomen and one on his back. His intestines were coming out of one of the holes on his abdomen. He was rushed up to surgery, and lived. He didn't hit any major organs.

I've got a lot more!! Nurses take care of some pretty big injuries.

Babs

:yeahthat:

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