LuciaDisturbed
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Lately I have been thinking about becoming a nurse after I have my surgeries and have healed to the point where I can finally start working again.
I wonder how do Deaf nurses do it? I don't want to work in nursing homes as they are boring. I want to work in the hospital on the medical floor or in the kids or adults with cancer wards. No nursing homes, period.
But my inability to speak and hear and understand speech creates serious communication barriers and they might hesitate to hire me because of that. I can write back and forth but some patients might not want to.
I've heard of deaf nurses but all the ones I know of works in nursing homes, not very interesting. There's not much variety in that.
Of course I would need to go to school, and I can do that once I am better. I am having my surgery next month on March 9th, and if the surgery isn't enough to take away most of my pain, then I will need one more to see if it helps. (I am having surgery on my left hip to fix a labral tear in my left hip next month and hopefully it will take away most of the pain, if not I will need my injured discs in my lower back fixed too). I don't want to sit on my ass all day and collect SSI the rest of my life because of pain. I want to work and I want to like what I do at my job. I don't want to do menial work where my brain is not being stimulated enough. I want to work at a job that is interesting and fulfilling, helping others, and making a difference in someone else's life.
So, Deaf nurses, any advice?
I wonder how do Deaf nurses do it? I don't want to work in nursing homes as they are boring. I want to work in the hospital on the medical floor or in the kids or adults with cancer wards. No nursing homes, period.
But my inability to speak and hear and understand speech creates serious communication barriers and they might hesitate to hire me because of that. I can write back and forth but some patients might not want to.
I've heard of deaf nurses but all the ones I know of works in nursing homes, not very interesting. There's not much variety in that.
Of course I would need to go to school, and I can do that once I am better. I am having my surgery next month on March 9th, and if the surgery isn't enough to take away most of my pain, then I will need one more to see if it helps. (I am having surgery on my left hip to fix a labral tear in my left hip next month and hopefully it will take away most of the pain, if not I will need my injured discs in my lower back fixed too). I don't want to sit on my ass all day and collect SSI the rest of my life because of pain. I want to work and I want to like what I do at my job. I don't want to do menial work where my brain is not being stimulated enough. I want to work at a job that is interesting and fulfilling, helping others, and making a difference in someone else's life.
So, Deaf nurses, any advice?