[nursinghumor]

What attracted you to the field of Nursing: The need for a challenging field where if I became bored with an area I could move into and learn about other areas.

Nancy Carey, RN, CCRN, BS, California Nurses:
Specialty Areas: Recovery Room PACU http://www.nursefriendly.com/carey/

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[nursinghumor]

What attracted you to the field of Nursing: I cannot remember when I did not want to be a nurse especially with babies


Alicia Orlow, LVN ASN RN BSN, California:
Specialties: Neonatal Intensive Care Maternal Child Health
http://www.nursefriendly.com/orlow/

[nursinghumor]

What attracted you to the field of Nursing? Wanted to make a difference of substance in others lives.

Jenkins, Linda B, RN, BSN, PHN, ACCE, California:
Specialty Areas: Obstetrics
http://www.nursefriendly.com/jenkins/

[nursinghumor]

What attracted you to the field of Nursing?: I wanted to go into a CRNA program

Mathew Stanley, RN, MSN, Michigan Nurses:
Specialty areas:
Case Management, http://www.nursefriendly.com/ccm/
Nurse Educator, http://www.nursefriendly.com/educators
http://www.nursefriendly.com/stanley/

[nursinghumor]

What attracted you to the field of Nursing: I wanted to be a nurse since I was a little girl

Krista Taylor, RN, West Virginia Nurses:
Specialty Areas: Same Day Surgery
http://www.nursefriendly.com/taylor/

[cassioo]

When I had my 1st child I was working in a hot factory on production line..I'd been to college for accounting but quit to have her and get married. I'd always loved babies and babysitting and I saw the nurses rocking the babies (this is July when it's burning around here) and I thought by gosh I can rock babies in air conditioning too LOL didn't think about doing anything but rocking them and feeding them

[JAE56]

I WANTED TO BE A NURSE LIKE MY BIG SISTER, THEN I WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE ELDERLY, HOWEVER I CAN REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WANTED TO BE IN THE MILITARY AND BE A NURSE. I HAVE DONE BOTH, AND NOW I CAN SAY THAT NURSING ALLOWS YOU TO BE AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

[dchia1022]

I never wanted to be a nurse when I was growing up. All that blood! Yuck! After I was married, turned out I needed a job. My Mom worked as a nursing assistant in a local nursing home and suggested I try it. During my time there I worked with a wonderful nurse whose compassion was awe inspiring. I thought that if I could be half the nurse she was, I would have accomplished something important in my life. I was an LPN for 20 years before going back to school and becoming an RN then achieved a BSN. This all started 30 years ago and I still get excited about nursing! What a wonderful profession we are in. A few years back I called that nurse on the phone and told her how she had inspired me. She was then in her 70's and long since retired. I don't think she even remembered me. But I'll never forget her and what she did for me.

[1mg.epi]

Unemployment

[nursinghumor]

In Nursing for this decade and probably the next, it something you won't ever need to worry about. The shortage we're in will last at least that long.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com