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[quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to add that nursing is perceived as an easy career option for some women, but it is very much not. I'm pretty good at handling stress but I could not handle nursing, especially during COVID and with staff shortages everywhere. It's the "bad customer" stress of retail or waitressing but with the backdrop of life or death decisions weighing on you.

Plus, depending on the field, nurses see truly traumatizing situations. My mom (hospital NP who has worked in peds and OB wards) talks about seeing stillbirths, child abuse cases, kids dying, not to mention all the awful family drama she sees. And that's not even including all the gore and guts you have to deal with... And the brutal workplace norms - my mom still complains of not getting to sit down to eat a meal and feeling (even during the pandemic) that she cannot ever call in sick.

Plus who wants to wear a thick N95 mask all day? That's the norm in a lot of hospitals. My mom comes home with bruises on her nose from wearing it for 8-12 hours straight.

-family member of many nurses[/quote]

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