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(Message started by: Linda_Howell on Apr 28^th, 2006, 9:09pm)

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Linda_Howell on Apr 28^th, 2006, 9:09pm

Just a quick question.

You went to school for 4 years & have a degree in Social work, so why aren't you doing that? How did massage therapy get into the picture?

O.K. That was 2 questions.

Linda

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by jimmers on Apr 28^th, 2006, 9:38pm

Massage therapist huh. Are you going to be at the convention? ;;D

Just kiddin!

Jimmers

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Redd715 on Apr 28^th, 2006, 9:43pm

Donate an hour massage to the highest bidder....

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Gator on Apr 28^th, 2006, 9:50pm

on 04/28/06 at 21:11:16, kimmiedawn81 wrote:

Social work is too stressful and emotional.

And you think nursing isn't? I got news for you. Some of the things you will see will break your heart. And stressful, lives will depend on the decisions you make and the actions you do or don't take. Not to mention every Tom Dick and Merry out there with a lawyer and a grudge looking for a reason to sue you and whatever doctor/hospital you work for.

I'm not saying you couldn't do it, just that you may want to do some research and talk to some of the nurses here before going back to school again.

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Gator on Apr 28^th, 2006, 10:21pm

No need to get all upset. I did NOT say you couldn't do it. Just pointed out that nursing can be an extremely stressful and emotional job. I'm surprised that some of the nurses here have not taken offense to your implication that it is not.

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Lizzie2 on Apr 28^th, 2006, 10:48pm

on 04/28/06 at 22:21:30, Gator wrote:

I never saw the post before it was removed but all I can say is that it is the most stressful thing I've ever done in my entire life. Much of the time, I feel like I should be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder from some of the things I see. It's no 40 hour a week job for me, even though I don't work overtime. It's every minute of every day. It haunts me in my dreams and nightmares.

I buy baby blankets when I'm at target because I can't let them not have their own blanket...even though I don't have the money to do it. I've given my phone number to families who have called me on Friday nights terrified for their baby.

I took care of a baby that was dead but kept alive for 2.5 weeks with 2 broken arms (from birth) and never was EVER alive. At 2am, the overwhelming sadness seems to hit... Then there's the drug babies - the horror of adult withdrawal x 1000 is the horror of watching a baby in withdrawal. Or the micropreemies weighing just 500 grams. Coding infants and placing them in their mother's arms, only to have the baby come back to life when we least expected it.

I love my job. But it is my life. I don't have a life outside of work except for my own health care. The past 10 months have been the absolute hardest 10 months of my entire life. I'm not hardened, nor will I ever be - which may make it just that much harder but my heart breaks for each and every one of those babies...and I feel joy every time one does well or finally gets to go home.

My autoimmune stuff is perpetuated by working many 12 hour shifts in a row. There are weeks when I only sleep 8 hours in the entire week because of shift switching and having to work the weekend...especially if there's a lot going on...it's hard to sleep.

I got my kitten last year so that I'd have something to take care of that wasn't dying... And I'm so glad that I have my piano - sometimes the only thing that keeps me from losing my mind in the middle of the night is being able to get up and play piano for awhile. I've had repeated nightmares about certain things that end up keeping me up all night, and sometimes it helps to just be able to focus on playing piano to release emotions and clear my head. :)

I certainly wouldn't trade my job for anything, but I would have to say that I don't think I ever really knew stress (as stressed out as I have been in my short life...which is a LOT) until I became a nurse.

Carrie :)

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by kimmiedawn81 on Apr 28^th, 2006, 10:52pm

I'm very sorry to all who have read this post. I didn't mean to get into it with anyone. I know the reasons that I want to get into nursing. I guess I shouldn't have shared it here.

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by Gator on Apr 29^th, 2006, 12:28am

Kimmiedawn, I'm sure you have good reasons for wanting to be a nurse and if that is what you want to do, you should go for it. You said you could not do the social worker thing because of the stress and emotion involved and that you would like to try nursing. I wasn't telling you not to try. I was just sharing with you what I have seen over the years. I have been around nurses most of my life. My mom has been a nurse since I was a small kid. I spent a year working in a hospital as a security officer. I worked the graveyard shift and got very close to the nurses in all the various departments. Sometimes we laughed. Sometimes I protected them from angry patients and the spouses and parents of patients who didn't think the hospital was doing enough for their loved ones. Sometimes I comforted and gave them a shoulder to cry on when they lost a patient or were having a bad night. I have seen what the stress and emotion of the job can do to a person.

There was no need to delete your posts. There's nothing wrong with sharing your thoughts and feelings, but in a public forum like this, you have to be prepared for others to do the same. When you ask a question, there is always the chance you won't like the answer.

Title: Re: Am I crazy?
Post by medic1852 on Apr 29^th, 2006, 9:14am

Kimme, I did not get a chance to read your post before you decided to remove it.

But to me it seems like this would be the best place to ask for advice. From what I did read from the other posts the others were not flaming you but they were giving you the advice and feed back that you left open.

If you want to talk to someone who sees the best and the worst in folks let me know. I work the streets as a paramedic have for 15 years if I ain't seen it I know someone who has. I can listen, and I sometimes have some good advice. If you want to talk pm me and we can work out talking.

Like I said this is a good place to get answers to some dilemmas these folks may seem like they may be flaming, but in my opinion they are just being honest. There is a big difference. That is why they are family, they are honest with one another.
Just my two cents.
Rodger