Am I an ogre? Or is it just me?

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Alright, after several months of posting here in relative peace, I am now about to have people angry with me. I can feel it coming on....

Is it just me, or are all of these "help me!!" threads really getting on people's nerves? We have so many expert, helpful people here, and I think it's wonderful that everyone is so open and willing to share. And I do think it's appropriate to answer questions as to whether or not someone should enter the nursing field.

But all of these threads where people want them to do their work for them are just really irking me lately!! When the poster wants someone to do the leg work for them, AND THEN POSTS IT IN 8 DIFFERENT FORUMS, is a bit much in my book. And don't give me this "I don't have a creative bone in my body" crap. If you're going to be a nurse, you'd better find out how to be creative, or care delivery is going to be rough. "Please give me an idea for a presentation!" "Please tell me some nursing diagnoses for my care plan." "How do you do a cardiac assessment?" (That one really got me.)

The internet is a fabulous tool (that wasn't in use much when I graduated, and no, this rant is not just because I'm bitter), and this bulletin board is a fantastic forum for sharing. But give me a break. It's great to bounce ideas off one another, but trying to get someone to just do your work for you is taking it a bit too far.

Ok, clearly I need help. This is a Dayray-length post!! Thanks for letting me vent, and I'm ready for whatever wrath may come my way.

Specializes in Pediatric Rehabilitation.

If they are going to a halfway decent nursing school, nothing we tell them here will just "give" them the answers to a test. The test should be critical thinking styled, not direct answer. Also, as we all know, it will not help them pass the NCLEX. Sooooooo, I figure if they want to hurt themselves..then that's their choice.

Those posts really don't bother me, though..because I rarely read them.

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Don't read 'em

Don't answer 'em

Don't care.

I too am very tired of the MIN (men in nursing ) posts. Grow up.

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Ya know Karen...I told this one "poster" that they obviously wanted someone to do their school work for them. Duh?

Some posters are legit with there questions, you can tell because their thoughts are more like a ponder or they have an idea but wanted to "bounce off" thoughts with others. Those don't bother me at all, and I'm happy to give an opinion, if I have one. But to blatantly ask "I was told to write a paper on ecoli, what do you know about it?

Well...dayum

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And sometimes I read them just to get my blood moving. Also, it's a good way to get a feel for what students are being asked to do, what they think, and how they approach problems--all things hard to find out if you're on the hospital side of education.

But, sometimes the questions are a bit much and I want to ask if they were sleeping in class.

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Specializes in Home Health.

Good point about study groups. I graduated before the internet, BUT got my BSN thru distance study. My school had a great chat room. I met a bunch of people in there, and we began an on-line study group. It was great! My best buddy was fro Alaska, and we had each developed our own study guide for the clinical test, then we shared our guides w each other, and it is amazing the way we each had missed things, but when combined, it was a great effort!!

When I was getting my AAS, I particioated in study groups, and you would always know who was the lazy one in the bunch. We had one person who went through each of the study groups, one per semester. Still failed. You do need to do a lot of work yourself or you will miss a lot.

Like I said, I have to be in the mood, and it has to be a question I can answer. I only go crazy getting references when I am curious about the answer myself. But I have to admit, like Heather says, if I can go to google and find 15,000 hits by typing in oneword, well, makes you wonder why they would waste that time posting here, their google search would be done faster, even with cable I think!

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Is this like one of those "eat their young" threads?:D

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Nope. It's a "we're not gonna spoonfeed them either" thread. :D

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I have no idea what you're talking about. Say, got a toothpick? :chuckle

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Originally posted by Glad2behere

Is this like one of those "eat their young" threads?:D

have you read the posts? obviously, it's not one of those if you have.

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I didn't think it was, that's why I asked.:D

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Specializes in ER.

Hey, if the answer to their question is " go to google and search on the term you just asked me about" they obviously don't deserve an answer. But otherwise inquiring minds are why this BB is so successful.

Although if one more person starts a men in nursing, or BsN vrs RN thread I swear I'm gonna delete it just because it pisses me off.

....(piss)...is that a swear word? uh-oh.

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Originally posted by Stargazer

And for the record, I'm NOT talking just about students or the dial-a-nurse folks.

right on, sistah!!! can i hear a "woot"?
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