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I am seeing SO many repeat threads here, so I thought I'd throw in a few words of wisdom.

Question: Is nursing for me?

Answer: No one can answer that but you. As with every job out there, nursing has its pros and cons. To answer concisely, if poop, puke, pee, catheters, blood, ostomy spillage, gaping oozing wounds down to the bone, or pus make you squeamish then the answer is no, nursing is probably not for you. Anything else you're just going have to work out in your head, heart, and your own state laws. We don't know you or your history, and i think I can safely say no one here can read souls to find out your true destiny.

Question: Should I move on from XYZ job?

Answer: No one can answer that but you. If you've given it enough thought to post about it on a nursing forum, you're probably ready to move on. If you're burnt out, exhausted, overworked, underpaid, underbenefitted, your nurse/patient ratio sucks, your managers suck, your coworkers suck, your commute sucks, or any combination of the above, then yes, you're probably ready for a new job. Be forewarned though, you sometimes go from the frying pan to the fire. No matter what field or hospital you move to, you're probably going to find at least one of the above things suck. If they all suck, run, don't walk.

Question: I have XYZ medical problem, advice please?

Answer: The answer is we have no advice. NO MEDICAL ADVICE CAN BE GIVEN HERE. EVER. NO MATTER HOW NICELY YOU ASK OR HOW STRANGE YOUR PROBLEM IS!

Question: What is a day in the life of a nurse like?

Answer: Shadow one in a position you're interested in. Every nursing job is vastly different, even from facility to facility. The only truly good way to experience a day in the life of a nurse is to witness it firsthand. Don't forget your rollerskates.

Question: Can you help me with XYZ nursing assignment?

Answer: Only if it's something you can't look up yourself, like an interview. Being on this forum is usually a way to decompress for nurses, and the last thing we want to do after an 8-12-16-20:uhoh3: hour shift is relive the glory days of nursing school by doing homework.

Question: What should I wear for an interview?

Answer: If we really need to answer this then you may need to go back to either Nursing101 or your professional role transition course. Also, just because it's usually the next question to follow, yes, send the damn thank you card.

Question: Why is XYZ nursing job superior to XYZ nursing job?

Answer: No job is superior to any other job. Nursing is comprised of many different fields, all with its own unique set of challenges, whether it's high nurse/patient ratios or vast amounts of paperwork. Anyone who think their field is harder than someone else's is usually playing the "mine is bigger than yours' game.

Question: What is the difference between an LPN/LVN/RN/NP/PA/MD/DO/PHD/BLAH BLAH BLAH? Followed by, which one should I become?

Answer: Do a search and stop asking this question. Only you can decide what profession is right for you, and you're on a nursing forum so take a wild guess what the majority of the answers are going to be?

Question: Is XYZ out of my scope of practice:

Answer: Check your facility and state policies. Every place is different. What one facility encourages may be completely prohibited by another.

Question: Is it okay that I never get a lunch, don't get paid for my overtime, work short-staffed to a dangerous capacity every shift, my manager treats me like crap, or that I get written up for arbitrary things because my hospital is in the process of converting to a hotel?

Answer: No. See question/answer #2.

Question: Does a new grad belong in the ED/ICU/PACU/OTHER CRITICAL CARE AREA, or is it better to start out in med-surg first?

Answer: You might as well ask if the chicken or the egg came first. It's six to one, half a dozen to the other. You're never going to get a uniform answer on this so just make the choice you feel is best for you and your career.

Question: What's your IQ?

Answer: Really?!

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
Too funny !!!!

II'm 65 years old should I become a nurse?

If you don't know by now ...

Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.
Suck it up, buttercup! Don't you know we eat our young? MUNCH, MUNCH, I say! Pass the ketchup!

*Nom, nom, nom* :devil:

I LOLd

well Hi-dilly-ho, neighborino!

After reading that I just wanted to tell you that Imploring people I never met to pressure a government with better things to do to punish a man who meant no harm for something nobody ever saw, that's what I'm doing!

Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.
well Hi-dilly-ho, neighborino!

After reading that I just wanted to tell you that Imploring people I never met to pressure a government with better things to do to punish a man who meant no harm for something nobody ever saw, that's what I'm doing!

*needle scratches across record. music stops. cue awkward silence*

What?

Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
If things go according to plan, you will meet yourself a hot doc and not even have to work! You will sit at home and bake muffins for the patients. Ooh, you could even make Ex-Lax muffins for patients with GI issues, and Haldol muffins for psych patients...this could be BIG. You definitely don't have to worry about working anywhere. Plan A is snagging a doc and Plan B is medical muffin manufacturing.

You are so ambitious.

This post takes the 'cake'! HA hahahahahaha!

Can you make some muffins infused with Versed for the managers?

Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

OMG- I am so glad this thread is doing so well. I haven't laughed this hard in DAYS!!!!

Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.
This post takes the 'cake'! HA hahahahahaha!

Can you make some muffins infused with Versed for the managers?

Screw versed, bring on the XL doses of ex-lax. Management special :)

Screw versed, bring on the XL doses of ex-lax. Management special :)

OK, does anyone else watch the Food Network? This totally makes me want my own show:

"And here, judges, we have for you a lemon poppyseed muffin with a raspberry-Diprivan cream filling, for those days you'd just rather not remember. Lastly, it is plated with Prozac sprinkles for a cheery, "I-don't-give-a-$%^#" touch. Enjoy!" :D

Specializes in geriatrics.

Lol this thread rocks! Having a down day? Need a laugh? The perfect solution! I will treasure this thread.

Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
Lol this thread rocks! Having a down day? Need a laugh? The perfect solution! I will treasure this thread.

Ditto! Looks like y'all were busy while I was at school today. I was laughing so hard I bout peed myself. :o

Specializes in geriatrics.

So I got written up again. My boss is a meanie! I've been working nights at my job for a month. I'm totally exhausted on nights....so I need to catch my zzzz's. You know....only 2 to 3 hours at a time. What's the big deal?? Ok....I'm the only nurse working. But if you slip these people a couple of extra pills, they sleep through the night. Is it legal for them to write me up for this?? What should I do? I mean, I've been asking to switch to days. This isn't my fault!

Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
I started Nursing school today and I am very disappointed all we did for three hours is fill out paperwork and get a class schedule. Boring.

To top it all off we will not be doing any clinicals for 4 weeks!!! I thought we would participate in clinicals tomorrow and show everything I have learned here on AN. This isn't fair!! I am paying good money and I have all these neat new jammies to wear!

But the doughnuts and cola they had were good (no coffee/( I know that thats what my fellow student peers were thinking, I just know it! and not because I am the tea)

I am the bestest looking guy in class in the over 55 age group only over 55 person in class)

Worst of all we have to read for the other classes this week, why do that when I can get all the info need here or at lookandactlikeanurse.com

I think you when you explain to your instructors all you have learned here on AN, you will be given the opportunity to CLEP the rest of nursing school. By the end of this week they will hand you your diploma and you should be able to sit for the boards by next month!!!! It's a done deal....as a matter of fact, they will probably award you a BSN! Especially based on the fact you are SO good looking.

(by the way, you said you were the best looking guy in the over 55 age group....are you also the ONLY guy in the over 55 age group??);)

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