Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

[burn out]

My daughter is 17 and graduating this spring and plans on going to college this fall. She has expressed a desire to go into nursing but I really have a problem encouraging her to do this. I don't know if it is just the mother in me that wants her to go on to something else or if I just don't want to see her emptying bedpans and taking the crap we have to. She is so young and shy I am afraid she will be eaten alive. AM I being to overprotective or should I be more supportive and encourage her even if I think it is a mistake?

[meynzai]

Nursing is a vocation...Should I encourage my daughter yesss

[emmycRN]

I would support my daughter if she chose to be an RN. However, I would not let my children be nurse assistants in High School like so many kids choose to do.

[oldiebutgoodie, RN]

My daughter is 17 and graduating this spring and plans on going to college this fall. She has expressed a desire to go into nursing but I really have a problem encouraging her to do this. I don't know if it is just the mother in me that wants her to go on to something else or if I just don't want to see her emptying bedpans and taking the crap we have to. She is so young and shy I am afraid she will be eaten alive. AM I being to overprotective or should I be more supportive and encourage her even if I think it is a mistake?

I would recommend she look into becoming a PA, not a nurse. My son is currently a medic in the military, and we have discussed nursing. As a PA, he will make more money and get more respect. However, as a male nurse, he would probably get more respect, anyway.

Oldiebutgoodie

[emmycRN]

I would support my daughter if she chose to be an RN. However, I would not let my children be nurse assistants in High School like so many kids choose to do.

[withasmilelpn]

Not right now, maybe after I switch floors.

[burn out]

"Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?"

How about our sons?

As a male, I was discouraged by my parents to pursue nursing 20 yrs ago and had to pay my own way despite being offered a 'free ride' if I would have chosen another path. In any event, I was happy with my decision, have a job that recognizes my worth and I am paid very well.

Sorry no disrespect intended, I just don't have a son . I guess I should have said would you recommend nursing to your children to be politically correct.

[RN and Mommy]

Well, my daughter is 5, so we'll see if nursing changes in the next 15 years, but right now...No, I would not recommend nursing to her.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

Never mind...

[scubadooII]

I graduated hs 14 years ago (WOW !!) I wouldnt say my mother pushed me to be a nurse (as she is) but she told me, you'll always have a job, you can take it anywhere you'd like, make your hours, work as much as you want...Back then I was like, " you say before you go to work, another day at the hole" WHY on earth, would I EVER want to be a nurse. I remember her complaining all the time....

14 years later, Im in nursing school for the EXACT reasons she wanted me to do it. Gotta say, I really like it too (Im a CNA presently) will be finished with school May 2008.

Pay isnt bad either. Starting average salary is 65K-70K in NJ

[Purdue_Nurse]

Nooo! I don't have kids but when I do I definitely won't encourage it. If they had a genuine interest in it, I probably would have them get a job as a CNA in a hospital for awhile so they can be exposed to nursing. Then I would let them decide if that was what they really wanted to do. Looking back at my first year of college when I was still trying to decide what I wanted to do, if I had known then what I know now, I would probably be in a different profession right now! There are some things I love about being a nurse but right now there seems to be a lot more not-so-good things. By the way, I am contemplating going back to school to get a different degree but have no idea what for If anyone has any advice let me know!

[mniayesh]

No, never.

[worldtraveler]

No, No and No,,,