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I would like to get some feedback from a few nurses on the following topic:

What is your personal nursing philosophy? How does your philosophy affect you as a nurse? How long did it take in your nursing career to develop your own philosophy on nursing? What advice do you have to new nurses wanting to develop their own nursing philosophy? Has anyone influenced your nursing philosophy directly?

If you answered one or all, thanks! It is greatly appreciated.

Specializes in PACU,Trauma ICU,CVICU,Med-Surg,EENT.

If you seriously feel "bullied" by this thread then you might want to rethink your career choice. What you have experienced here is mild disagreement and a touch of suspicion. If you think this is bullying then I guarantee you will be back here in a few years complaining that "nurses are eating me" just because they didn't wish you a cheery good morning or they disagree with you on something.

Not trying to be mean but this doesn't even come close to bullying and I pray that you never experience the real thing.

Your posts are an example of exactly what I'm talking about - jumping to conclusions.It behooves you to have your facts straight if you want to intelligently participate in a discussion. It was I,not jesskidding,the OP, who referred to bullying of her/him on here -and I stand by that. Your rough,sarcastic,doom-and-gloom rhetoric adds nothing of substance. Amazing how tough people will act under the umbrella of anonymity...

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

your posts are an example of exactly what i'm talking about - jumping to conclusions.it behooves you to have your facts straight if you want to intelligently participate in a discussion. it was i,not jesskidding,the op, who referred to bullying of her/him on here -and i stand by that. your rough,sarcastic,doom-and-gloom rhetoric adds nothing of substance. amazing how tough people will act under the umbrella of anonymity...

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i do feel like i was bullied and trashed over something that i didn't even do. it really hurts because i have been a member on an since 08' and i've always felt i could come here and get good advice from very intelligent nurses.

it appears that i was not jumping to any conclusions and that my facts were quite straight. and speaking of jumping to conclusions, i was not in any way being sarcastic. i was pointing out that people throw the term "bullied" around for the most minor of offenses. we are going to have to disagree. this was not bullying. there shouldn't be any long term effects. her feelings got hurt for which i'm sorry but seriously, there are over 500,000 an members and maybe 6 of them voiced skepticism about the veracity of the op's question. and just to point out, i wasn't even one of them. if people get this upset about what total and anonymous strangers say on some forum to the point of feeling "bullied" then they may have a really tough time dealing with the realities of being in the field of nursing. heck, it's probably true of any field. if you'd like i'd be happy to pm you my full name but as anyone knows posting it for all to see would be supremely foolish. do you want to share yours?

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Specializes in PACU,Trauma ICU,CVICU,Med-Surg,EENT.
and there still are many intelligent nurses here.

some of these intelligent nurses, even seemed to call you out...

as they/we do with other new students who come to us for homework help.

we're more than happy to help those, who have demonstrated their input and effort into the assignment.

btw, what have you "developed" so far?

this thread can move forward, if you want it to.

the nurses who support you, can and will help you, if desired.

again, much luck to you.

leslie

The bold face type in the quote above is mine - the sarcasm hasn't been lost on anyone. If you'll refer to page ONE of this thread, comment number 8 - by the OP, jesskidding, you can see for yourself that she has put forth her own solid ideas early on in this witch hunt. And,in my opinion, she, with her obvious intelligence and her amazing restraint in the face of all of this ridiculous behaviour, will move well and beyond any "help" she could be given here. Though,I have no doubt you have taught her more than you ever dreamed possible.

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Specializes in PACU,Trauma ICU,CVICU,Med-Surg,EENT.

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it appears that i was not jumping to any conclusions and that my facts were quite straight. and speaking of jumping to conclusions, i was not in any way being sarcastic. i was pointing out that people throw the term "bullied" around for the most minor of offenses. we are going to have to disagree. this was not bullying. there shouldn't be any long term effects. her feelings got hurt for which i'm sorry but seriously, there are over 500,000 an members and maybe 6 of them voiced skepticism about the veracity of the op's question. and just to point out, i wasn't even one of them. if people get this upset about what total and anonymous strangers say on some forum to the point of feeling "bullied" then they may have a really tough time dealing with the realities of being in the field of nursing. heck, it's probably true of any field. if you'd like i'd be happy to pm you my full name but as anyone knows posting it for all to see would be supremely foolish. do you want to share yours?

why in the world would i want you to pm me your name?? you are either being deliberately obtuse or....whatever. you obviously have or have had bullying issues -fair enough - but that is not anywhere near being the central issue here; why in the world take a strip off the op over the use of a word that was not coined by her in the first place? imo,your comments here seem misplaced. she likely referred to it (the word 'bully') because i have been one of the few posters on here who hasn't insinuated that she is a liar -and i expect that is comforting to her - god knows i'd find it comforting to have an ally. you are drawing sweeping conclusions when you make a grandiose statement that she may want to rethink her career choice - puleeze.

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Thanks, all4seasons, it is nice to feel like you have an ally...even if it's in cyberspace. :)

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

Why in the world would I want you to PM me your name?? You are either being deliberately obtuse or....whatever. You obviously have or have had bullying issues -fair enough - but that is not anywhere near being the central issue here; why in the world take a strip off the OP over the use of a word that was not coined by her in the first place? Imo,your comments here seem misplaced. She likely referred to it (the word 'bully') because I have been one of the few posters on here who hasn't insinuated that she is a liar -and I expect that is comforting to her - God knows I'd find it comforting to have an ally. You are drawing sweeping conclusions when you make a grandiose statement that she may want to rethink her career choice - puleeze.

I offered you my name because in the your first post where you, to use your verbage, took a strip off of me you basically stated that it was easy to be "tough" when hiding behind anonymity. So I'm willing to take that cloak off for you. Nothing obtuse about that. As far as my issue with the term bullying, people need to understand that someone being disagreeable is not the same as bullying. It's an important distinction particularly in this age of lateral violence. Too many new nurses cry out "I'm being bullied" whenever someone is being unpleasant to them. It devalues the word and makes it harder to fight it. The "boy who cried wolf" and all that. In your posts you accused me of not having my facts straight when, in fact, they were (sound familiar?). Did I like that? Nope, but it didn't rise anywhere near the level of bullying, although it wasn't particularly pleasant. However, I don't know you and likely will never meet you so I won't lose any sleep over it. Although, I bet if we were to accidentally meet some day in the future you might find that we'd get along just fine. As frequently happens in this media, the original intent and tone is lost leaving it open for interpretation by the reader. You interpreted it as me being mean and sarcastic. I most assuredly was not feeling that way at all. Although I highly doubt I will ever convince you of that. At any rate I do want to point out to you, again, that in no place did I insinuate that the OP was a liar and, for what it's worth, I actually answered her original question.

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Where the heck is the anti-kudos button????? :eek:

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Okay, maybe I should clarify that these questions are not anything related to nursing school. I don't even start until Thursday! I have no syllabus or anything telling me what I will be studying. LOL I understand you jumping to conclusions though.

I took a philosophy class last semester and it just has me thinking along those lines.

I am working as a CNA on a med/surg floor and so far my philosophy is to see my pt as a human being and treat them how I would want to be treated. I believe a smile can go a long way. I tend to see the smaller things like; opening the blinds in the morning so the pt can see the sunrise, or bringing in a warm blanket when they are chilly, changing the water in flowers in the room so they last longer.

I want working as a CNA through school to help me be a better RN one day. I don't want to be one of "those" nurses who think they are beyond helping someone to the bathroom or getting a warm blanket for someone. Those are the basics of nursing care. I want to be able to manage my time while giving excellent pt care. I want to get to know my pts and build a trusting relationship with them. I want them to think their hospital stay was made a little more bearable because I was their CNA.

There's a lot more and I am working on building my own philosophy still, but that's some of the basics. I have only been working on my floor for about a month and it's my first CNA job.

Please don't ever lose this mentality or philosophy--your consideration and thoughtfulness is really touching.

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It's a darn shame when staff has to close a thread like this one that had some really interesting posts, but unfortunately, members on both sides of this unnecessary argument refused to let it go.

It's okay to encourage students to do their own homework. It is not okay to keep insisting that someone is cheating after they say they are not. If you don't want to provide assistance, don't. But, please, refrain from making continued snide comments and further accusations. If they're really not doing anything improper, additional negativity can chase them away. But even if they are doing something they shouldn't, at some point, we have to let the chips fall where they may and trust that these things have a way of catching up with people.

On the flip side, if someone accuses you of something and you're not guilty, offer a simple explanation and then let it go. Taking great offense and getting indignant doesn't add anything constructive to the equation.

The founder of this board wants to offer a welcoming atmosphere those who visit. We'd rather err on the side of caution and let a handful of posters get away with something than scare all the newbies away.

Whenever there's a situation that you think is problematic or warrants investigation, I can't stress this enough--use the report triangle-- report.gif rather than engage other members within the thread.

Thread is now closed.

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