Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Good Lord, check out this nurse’s coat. I don’t know a single nurse who wears a mink coat to work. A coat like that is very expensive, and nurses aren’t made out of money.
Meet Dana Gordon. She’s not like most nurses. Dana is a rich debutante who decided to become a nurse. This is Dana’s story:
As Dana put on her new mink coat she remembered the quizzical eyes of the young intern. To him, she was nothing but an ornament—beautiful but useless. At that moment she made her decision to show him that she had the courage and will to win a place in his hard, dedicated world of medicine—even if it meant renouncing her soft, glittering, social world!
Dana went on to show everyone that she was tough and full of spunk. She also marries a handsome young doctor and lives happily ever after. This book, of course, is fiction. There is no such thing as a rich nurse.
I don’t know a single person who would work as a floor nurse if they came into some big bucks. Nursing is a demanding profession, and there aren’t too many people who are willing to put themselves through the daily grind of being a nurse. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn’t stay in my current job if I ever hit the jackpot. I’d be singing “Take This Job and Shove It” as I turned in my resignation and danced out the door. I’ll put it on YouTube if it ever happens. Promise.
Got to go. Time to buy some Lotto tickets.
Tom Humes
September 29th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.
Tom Humes
jody
September 30th, 2008 at 12:32 am
…well if I hit the jackpot I’d work part-time. Or better yet PRN. I wouldn’t give it up. It was too hard to come by!
Plus I really can’t imagine doing anything else =)
..and that ain’t no BS.
Braden
September 30th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Darn! Jody beat me to it. When I’m rich, I’ll certainly cut back on the hours so that I can spend more time with the family, but there is no way I’m giving this up… at least not until a patient sues me.
tammy swofford
September 30th, 2008 at 7:48 am
A nurse with a classy look? AWK! You alluded to one of my pet peeves. Many nurses dress like they are shopping at a knock off clothes closet. I am so tired of the 3-4 nursing magazines (little regional publications) that I receive with nurses on the cover. Most of them look like deconditioned lumps of human flesh and even with awards ceremonies they wear things that have been out of date for ten years. Hey, grit your teeth and spend two hundred dollars on an outfit. Dye your grey hair, get your chin waxed and throw in a professional manicure. We look ridiculous across the board.
Worse yet, a whole passle of nurses photographed in scrubs. Just give them a shopping cart to go with that photo shoot. Then they complete “the look” as homeless people. But again, I can’t count the times when in the middle of a shift some enterprising inhouse photographer calls us all over for a picture for the hospital newspaper. I refuse to be in those things. It is an insult.
Tammy Swofford
Mother Jones, RN
September 30th, 2008 at 9:14 am
I would never work as a floor nurse again if I came into some serious money. I’d go back to school and take some writing courses, and I would form a foundation for burned out nurses:-)
It’s great that you guy would stay in the profession, but I would get out and try my hand at something else.
MJ
RehabRN
September 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Tammy:
I love dressing up! I worked in business before being an RN, so I have my work clothes (scrubs) and my real clothes. I love suits!
I love wearing whatever I want, be it jeans or formal attire. It’s like wearing a costume sometimes…you just dress for the environment.
Kristi
September 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
MJ, I’d help you form that Foundation! Count me in.
While I didn’t win the lottery, marry into money or have incredible luck in the stock market, I did leave nursing 6 years ago.
Do I miss the work? Absolutely.
Do I miss the endless hours of being at the mercy of a beeper? Absolutely not.
coty jo
September 30th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
had to do it..
love you!
quill
September 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
You’d go in again and take the time to turn in a resignation letter? Hmmm…
Laura in Alameda, CA
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:43 am
Well, I’d work if I came into money. As for a mink coat, it would be stolen out of her locker. One of the few work places where it is impossible to bring anything decent without it being stolen instantly.
the terrorist's advocate
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Rich people hire nurses. They don’t become nurses.
Strong One
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
That brings up a very good subject Mother J. Would you still do you’re job if you hit the Lotto. HHmm I feel a blog post comin’ on.
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October 15th, 2008 at 12:18 am
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