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Anonymous wrote:My aunt is an RN and she's a bitch, just one of the worst people I know. So no.

Even the nice nurses turn into b-words. It’s their culture. They are also dumb as hell and delude themsleves into thinking they’re doctors. Did you all see the tik-tok videos of how trashy they are? Twerking and doing dance numbers during their shifts. Ratchet.

Sounds like you are jealous of a nurse you know who did a tiktok. Learn to dance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile. The elitism is disgusting. I have huge respect and admiration for nurses. Ask anyone who has been in the ICU or hospital — nurses run the show. I’ve worked with many nurses, and not one of them has been “trashy” or uneducated.

I can’t believe that I actually read that only a NP who went to Georgetown would be dateable, or some bullcr*p like that. This thread is the worst of DCUM.

Very true about nurses running the show. I'm in the hospital a lot. you need to make friends with the nurses if you will be in the hospital for an extended stay. The other who runs the show is the residents. Both residents and nurses can be a great help when you are facing a life threatening illness. Friends, family, money, your high powered career will be useless. I hope some of you will become humbled should you ever find yourself fighting for your life in a hospital.

I bet this is two nurses quoting each other. So obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile. The elitism is disgusting. I have huge respect and admiration for nurses. Ask anyone who has been in the ICU or hospital — nurses run the show. I’ve worked with many nurses, and not one of them has been “trashy” or uneducated.

I can’t believe that I actually read that only a NP who went to Georgetown would be dateable, or some bullcr*p like that. This thread is the worst of DCUM.

Very true about nurses running the show. I'm in the hospital a lot. you need to make friends with the nurses if you will be in the hospital for an extended stay. The other who runs the show is the residents. Both residents and nurses can be a great help when you are facing a life threatening illness. Friends, family, money, your high powered career will be useless. I hope some of you will become humbled should you ever find yourself fighting for your life in a hospital.

No, they don’t “run the show”. They are doing what the doctors tell them to do. But they are the ones who will be taking care of you 24/7 - you will only see the doc for ten minutes a day.

In my case, they have helped me get what I want and can influence doctors when they are behaving stubbornly. I see my doctors for 3-5 minutes tops.

Nurses are fab spouses. Generally caring and empathetic.

They can easily work nice schedules like 3 12 hour shifts and still be home often. Easily pick up more shift work and overtime.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile. The elitism is disgusting. I have huge respect and admiration for nurses. Ask anyone who has been in the ICU or hospital — nurses run the show. I’ve worked with many nurses, and not one of them has been “trashy” or uneducated.

I can’t believe that I actually read that only a NP who went to Georgetown would be dateable, or some bullcr*p like that. This thread is the worst of DCUM.

Very true about nurses running the show. I'm in the hospital a lot. you need to make friends with the nurses if you will be in the hospital for an extended stay. The other who runs the show is the residents. Both residents and nurses can be a great help when you are facing a life threatening illness. Friends, family, money, your high powered career will be useless. I hope some of you will become humbled should you ever find yourself fighting for your life in a hospital.

No, they don’t “run the show”. They are doing what the doctors tell them to do. But they are the ones who will be taking care of you 24/7 - you will only see the doc for ten minutes a day.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile. The elitism is disgusting. I have huge respect and admiration for nurses. Ask anyone who has been in the ICU or hospital — nurses run the show. I’ve worked with many nurses, and not one of them has been “trashy” or uneducated.

I can’t believe that I actually read that only a NP who went to Georgetown would be dateable, or some bullcr*p like that. This thread is the worst of DCUM.

Very true about nurses running the show. I'm in the hospital a lot. you need to make friends with the nurses if you will be in the hospital for an extended stay. The other who runs the show is the residents. Both residents and nurses can be a great help when you are facing a life threatening illness. Friends, family, money, your high powered career will be useless. I hope some of you will become humbled should you ever find yourself fighting for your life in a hospital.

Anonymous wrote:Didn't everybody spend at least some time in a hospital due to childbirth, operation, or ER? Didn't they see how wonderful nurses were (most of them anyway)?
Why wouldn't you want to marry someone like that, unless you want a trophy wife.

Yes, I’m a critical care nurse with 3 children. One child has a serious medical condition that has required hospitalizations. I can tell you there are some fabulous nurses, but a lot are inept.

"Truck drivers make great spouses."

They also do important work which is way more thankless than nurses. They also work difficult schedules. Where would we be without them?

But there are also plenty of them who are not exactly noble nor partner-worthy.

Stereotyping any profession as marriage material doesn't make any sense.

Didn't everybody spend at least some time in a hospital due to childbirth, operation, or ER? Didn't they see how wonderful nurses were (most of them anyway)?
Why wouldn't you want to marry someone like that, unless you want a trophy wife.

I have an immense respect for nurses. Thankless work, but so necessary, especially in this time.

That said, I would only marry a nurse if she had a compatible schedule to mine. I want to be able to spend time with my spouse and have flexibility to schedule things like vacations and dinners and evening events. I want a partner in life that is available when I am available. So a nurse that works long shifts like 12 on/12 off or has changing schedules on rotation, etc, would not be a good match for me.

However, having known nurses that work more regular hours (whether doctor's offices, insurance companies, etc), I have no problem marrying a nurse with a compatible schedule.

Anonymous wrote:In DC? No.

Blue collar job with terrible hours.

Statistically it's backed up. Lawyers marry lawyers, doctors marry doctors, etc. There are probably some people that marry nurses, but not maybe very well educated or high-earning.

What nurses do you know? All of the nurses I worked with worked 3, 12 hour shifts! 4 days off!

Wasn't the gay male escort caught with the Florida gov candidate on a drug binge in the hotel an RN?

Many years ago when I was single I stayed at a hotel for a wedding and there was a nurses convention underway at the same time. The nurses were incredibly smart and fun and if it hadn’t been for them the wedding would have been a real drag as it was “dry.”

This thread is vile. The elitism is disgusting. I have huge respect and admiration for nurses. Ask anyone who has been in the ICU or hospital — nurses run the show. I’ve worked with many nurses, and not one of them has been “trashy” or uneducated.

I can’t believe that I actually read that only a NP who went to Georgetown would be dateable, or some bullcr*p like that. This thread is the worst of DCUM.

I’m married for one. My wife is an NP. She is an amazing person and very good at her job. She is smart, caring, and respectful. She is incredibly nice to everyone and goes out of her way to be nice and tip very well. We have two young children and she is an excellent mother. She is amazing in bed and we have a great sex life.

There are messed up people in every profession. Most nurses are amazing and do not get enough recognition for the no they do.