It Burns My Cookies ( a quick rant)

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I just had to post this. I am sure several of you have experienced it before. I was sitting at the computer at the nurses' station charting today and the doctor asked me to print him a medication list. So I close out from charting my shift assessment and pull up the med list. When I get up to go get it off of the printer, the doctor's PA student takes my chair.:angryfire If that didn't already have me ready to pop my top, the PA student had the audacity to say, " Hey you, make me a copy of that med list." This just pushed me over the top. I looked the 20 year old kid in square in the eye and told him,:nono: " If you want something, you will address me as Nurse Schroeder and you will ask nicely. NOW GET UP OUT OF MY CHAIR. YOU ARE A STUDENT, YOU CAN STAND!" It was a bad morning already. The PA student just looked bewildered. The doctor just laughed. The doctor did tell the PA student a good piece of advice, he told him " Never make your nurses mad. They might just save your a** one day." I apologize for the rant. It was one of those days and this just burned my cookies.

Nurse Schroeder

Specializes in Me Surge.

Good for you! A PA for goodness sake in someplaces is a Bachelors degree, and the student had the nerve to talk to you that way. Any more lip and I'd go one better, I'd have talk with his school.

Jen2

931 Posts

I understand the rant. I just graduated from nursing school and during my final rotation on a psych ward a student in a masters program for social work walked in and said, "Oh I hate when nursing students are here, I actually have work to do". I heard her say this because I was setting by the door where she was standing and I said, "Well you're a student". She then stated that she was in a graduate program and couldn't get to the patients because of the nursing students. Whatever! I just walked away from that one. Good for you for standing your ground. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.

redwinggirlie

559 Posts

Good for all of you.... I just hope patients didn't hear your rants.

prmenrs, RN

4,565 Posts

Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I was sitting next to the warmer of my critical premie when the docs came to make rounds. I got up to get something; when I came back one of the interns had taken my bar stool. I jerked my thumb over my shoulder, he looked @ me, all huffy. I said, "I'm old enough to be your mother. Get up." He looked surprised, asked me how old I was. I told him. He said, "You're older than my mom!" :uhoh21:

That made my day!! :angryfire

nursey_girl

70 Posts

My aggravation comes when I've worked all night, 12 hours, and the next morning I can't get to a chair or the desk because students are in the way. I understand that they need to get to the charts, but they can do this else where, and in the process respect the fact that I and my co workers have busted tail all night... ( For the record, oncoming shift could be a bit respectful as well!)

Jen2

931 Posts

My aggravation comes when I've worked all night, 12 hours, and the next morning I can't get to a chair or the desk because students are in the way. I understand that they need to get to the charts, but they can do this else where, and in the process respect the fact that I and my co workers have busted tail all night... ( For the record, oncoming shift could be a bit respectful as well!)

I blame the instructors for this. We were taught from day one that we are privilaged to be allowed to practice at our clinical sites and to act as such. We had to find the nurse that had our patient first, get a quick report, and then ask if it was O.K. if we viewed the chart for awhile. We had to take the chart to a low traffic area for review such as the break or conference room. We would never dare take the chance of having our instructor seeing us setting at all (except for lunch), especially around the nurses desk. Needless to say our clinical group never had problems with staff, we respected them and they respected us.

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