Trigger Warning: This is a general venting thread. Toes may be stepped upon. Snowflakes may face warm temperatures. No one person is the target.
Please, fellow AN participants, make the following stop:
1) Referring to your particular work environment as 'busy'. They are ALL busy. We get it.
2) Using the word 'devastated' in regards to something that does not involve death, loss of limb, or major natural disaster.
3) Talking about the PVT- I think I speak for 99% of the million or so AN members when I say this - "Patience is a virtue"
4) Doing people's homework for them when they have made no effort beyond copy and pasting to do the work themselves.
5) Asking a complex question and, upon getting a thoughtful answer from an expert who took time and energy to compose said answer, failing to thank the stranger who took time to help you.
6) Mistaking the straight truth for bullying.
7) Mistaking an answer that differs from what you want to hear for bullying.
8) Telling experienced nurses you'd NEVER want to be like them when you have no CLUE of how their experience influenced their answer.
Specializes in Med Surg/ICU/Psych/Emergency/CEN/retired.
I'm a new grad and it JUST occurred to me that being a nurse entails working weekends and holidays. How can I avoid this - because my family is really important to me (unlike all the rest of the unwashed masses out there in Nursingland).
Ha!!!!! Or entails strict pre-requisites, etc. What is the easiest, fasted and cheapest way to become an RN, NP, CNS or CRNA? Can I do it all online? Will someone out there pay my tuition?
The only one that annoys me is the "I want to be a nurse but I don't want to work weekends/holidays".
To be fair, it annoys me in real life too lol. It's really not a big deal to work every third weekend and 3 rotating holidays a year. I have 3 young kids and a husband, if I work a holiday, we celebrate the day before.
I guess I just don't understand the big deal is. They aren't many fields left that are a standard 8-5, no weekends/holidays left anyway.
"Should I date while I'm in nursing school?" First of all, I don't know you. Don't know don't care. Also, contrary to popular belief, nursing school does not 100% drain you of your life-force. You can study AND live your life...and you can do it all drama-free!
"Should I quit my job for a position on a Disney cruise ship that pays triple what I'm making now?" Never mind that they haven't applied and don't have an actual offer.
"Should I attend school A, B or C?" Never mind that they're not a competitive candidate for any of the three.
These questions always come with long lists of pros and cons as if there's an actual decision to make.
Boomer MS, RN
511 Posts
Ha!!!!! Or entails strict pre-requisites, etc. What is the easiest, fasted and cheapest way to become an RN, NP, CNS or CRNA? Can I do it all online? Will someone out there pay my tuition?
Have I become somewhat jaded?