Nurse vs. Not

I agree, sometimes you do just want to let it all hang out. The site should always contain students tho... don't really know what it would be without the mentoring that goes on here. But then seeing it from another perspective, it is always entertaining when most of us jump on the unsuspecting visitor (not a nurse or student nurse) who wanders into our lair to tell us what's what.

But I am for your efforts.

Can you put in the new TOS, that swearing is allowed? Some of us just cannot express our thoughts in earnest without dropping the F bomb (my favorite, or insert your words of choice), what ever they may be

Thank you.

I'll add another, related point ...

I've noticed lately that a lot of the students -- and even people just taking pre-reqs "hoping" to go to nursing school these days -- and expressing strong opinions without identifying their lack of familiarity with the issues. They give the impression that they are nurses when if fact, they have never worked as a nurse or even as a nursing assistant.

The trend concerns me because people who read their posts don't know that these people have no experience in nursing -- or even in health care. They mistakenly believe that these posters know what they are talking about.

I WELCOME students here and nursing assistants, etc. I belive they can and should be welcome in any thread. However, when they are giving advice to nurses and other students, they should identify their level of experience with the subject matter. Perhaps the "years of experience" listed under our names should say, "years of nursing experience." Or there could be categories that a person would have to check off as they register (RN, LPN, nursing student, pre-req student, other, etc.) Yes, some people would lie. But most would probably tell the truth.

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I agree, sometimes you do just want to let it all hang out. The site should always contain students tho... don't really know what it would be without the mentoring that goes on here. But then seeing it from another perspective, it is always entertaining when most of us jump on the unsuspecting visitor (not a nurse or student nurse) who wanders into our lair to tell us what's what.

But I am for your efforts.

Can you put in the new TOS, that swearing is allowed? Some of us just cannot express our thoughts in earnest without dropping the F bomb (my favorite, or insert your words of choice), what ever they may be

Thank you.