Nope. That's why I said I respect MOST of them - I meant I
respect those who willingly took up nursing, or those whose dream
was to be a nurse, or those who became a nurse because of a
compassionate religious / personal conviction kinda
standpoint.
And yes, there are folks like that. 
All hope is not lost!
In fact, there are people who are in their middle-age or older, who
were retrenched or have been unemployed for quite some time, who
are entering the healthcare profession as Health Care Assistants.
They work alongside us, providing basic care to the patients, and
they are very invaluable to us. They are inevitably more mature,
and since they had job experiences elsewhere already, most of them
came in because they are compassionate towards those who are ill
and disabled.
Amongst those I've met are folks who used to work in hotels,
including one who was some customer service supervisor or asst
manager calibre, others who were clerks, sales personnel, etc.
