[MrsCaseyRN]

I love how the 2 here the are nursing students are on their high horses about how they will never be rude to pts. I suppose the rest of us should hang our heads in shame and learn from those that have never actually practiced as an RN yet.
Come back back when you've graduated and put in some time as a RN, we'll see how perfect of a nurse you actually are. Its not right for nurses to be rude, I agree, but you are in no position to judge....I'm out of here. This thread is silly.

[IcanHealYou]

Originally Posted by CaseyGirl827

I love how the 2 here the are nursing students are on their high horses about how they will never be rude to pts. I suppose the rest of us should hang our heads in shame and learn from those that have never actually practiced as an RN yet.
Come back back when you've graduated and put in some time as a RN, we'll see how perfect of a nurse you actually are. Its not right for nurses to be rude, I agree, but you are in no position to judge....I'm out of here. This thread is silly.

First of all I already said I'm sorry if I offended you. And second just because I'm a student doesn't mean I can't judge someone based on their basic human interaction with people, I don't need to be a nurse to do that. I'm sure you judge people all the time and you have no experience in their profession.

You're practicing RN during clinicals, what makes it so different when you're really practicing RN? If I'm going to be learning and experiencing something totally different during clincals please tell me.

So please don't speak to me like I'm stupid because I already apologized to you.

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Originally Posted by IcanHealYou

First of all I already said I'm sorry if I offended you. And second just because I'm a student doesn't mean I can't judge someone based on their basic human interaction with people, I don't need to be a nurse to do that. I'm sure you judge people all the time and you have no experience in their profession.

You're practicing RN during clinicals, what makes it so different when you're really practicing RN? If I'm going to be learning and experiencing something totally different during clincals please tell me.

So please don't speak to me like I'm stupid because I already apologized to you.

What you call "judging" is actually a function of nursing called "assessing." You'll be practicing this during clinicals, but will not actually use your critical thinking skills until you are out on your own. You might want to check out some threads in the "First Year Nursing" forum for an idea of how those nurses are doing before you jump into this field.

I'm not sorry you started this thread. It's given me insight into your particular personality and also the perception of the patient to the nursing staff of one hospital.

My hospital is not like that. The nurses are all wonderful, and we've won enough awards to believe it. I can only suggest that if your opinion of these nurses remains so low, when you do become a nurse,you work in a different hospital.

[dltrahan26]

One year as a nurse or twenty doesn't justify some of th things I see on a daily basis. And considering some of the said nurses motivation behind their behaviour (they (the pt) have been in the us for eight years they should learn english I don't have time for this crap (one nurse said this to me while I was helping her interview a spanish speaking pt) they should be a nurse somewhere else not in an ER. and any nurse who can justify this behaviour is probably guilty of some the same things themselves. so please don't be so naivete as to give me well he's just a student line.

[dltrahan26]

and yes I am seriously rethinking my choice to work at county but if im not there how can I hope that people will be treated any better ever.

[Blee O'Myacin]

Originally Posted by dltrahan26

and yes I am seriously rethinking my choice to work at county but if im not there how can I hope that people will be treated any better ever.

You are going to burn yourself out quickly with that way of thinking. One person alone can't save all the poor, mistreated folks out there from all the old, tired, crabby, veterans of the hospital system. By all means, bring fresh ideas and a spirit that has not yet been trampled upon by management, patients, media and other "observers". OP - please don't call yourself a volunteer when you were there to observe and report back to your "director". That's an unfair representation of yourself and your motives.

For the record, I enjoy working with new grads and students. I learn just as much from them as I'm teaching because everyone brings something new to the team.

Going into a situation where you feel that you are the only person out there to do any good and the whole staff is aligned against you and the patients is not going to get you far. You'll burn out quickly - and I'd really hate for that to happen.

Blee

[dltrahan26]

that's not the case in my unit we have a few great nurses to work with. its just that the job is tough enough without the nasty ones going out of their way to make it worse. and ps I finished my cna and am finishing phlebotomy, this may all before school to be the best rn I can by being prepared for whatever I can ahead of time and come at this position from the ground up. none of this was required for my nursing school program.

[Altra]

Originally Posted by Blee O'Myacin

OP - please don't call yourself a volunteer when you were there to observe and report back to your "director". That's an unfair representation of yourself and your motives.

Excellent point.

[IcanHealYou]

Originally Posted by Blee O'Myacin

You are going to burn yourself out quickly with that way of thinking. One person alone can't save all the poor, mistreated folks out there from all the old, tired, crabby, veterans of the hospital system. By all means, bring fresh ideas and a spirit that has not yet been trampled upon by management, patients, media and other "observers". OP - please don't call yourself a volunteer when you were there to observe and report back to your "director". That's an unfair representation of yourself and your motives.

For the record, I enjoy working with new grads and students. I learn just as much from them as I'm teaching because everyone brings something new to the team.

Going into a situation where you feel that you are the only person out there to do any good and the whole staff is aligned against you and the patients is not going to get you far. You'll burn out quickly - and I'd really hate for that to happen.

Blee

If you actually read what I wrote, I was there to do research. I was not there for the purpose to observe nurses. I just so happened to be stationed there and I got to see how the nurses work. It was my own observation.

[northshore08]

Originally Posted by IcanHealYou

I was there to do research. I was not there for the purpose to observe nurses. I just so happened to be stationed there and I got to see how the nurses work.

Sorry, you were still not volunteering. You were doing a job. Research is a job.