I'm too LOUD

Nursing Students General Students

Published

hi everyone!

i just finished up my psych rotation and will officially graduate in 3 quarters! i'm too darn excited for my own good.

i had my evaluation for my psych rotation from 2 different instructors. one of which was the acute care unit (4 long days) and the other was one day in a long term facility for psychiatric patients.

the acute care evaulation was great. no problems that i needed to work on. for the long-term facility, the instructor said "dani was too loud." :selfbonk:

guys, i am so embarrassed and ashamed. when thinking back to that rotation, i think i was probably too loud; we were told that we had to make the most of the clinical to gain something from it. the "clients" and i were playing cards-- having a good time. maybe too good of a time! :bugeyes: after consulting with a few of my friends, they told me it was just part of my personality. my husband said that he's just used to it.

have you guys ever had to deal with this? i know it could have been worse, but i feel like such a loud loser now. i now know i need to change my behavior-- but it is part of my personality. i like being able to go into a clients room and make them smile.

ah well. it's something i can work on. but i kind-of liked being the person who i am.

If it is loud, as in volume, I guess I have some understanding of that. We have a new CEO who is so very loud - the first time I encountered her was at a local restaurant when she walked in and almost shouted to the waitress, asking about apple pie. Everyone in the restaurant looked over at her.

She is so loud at work - it is unnerving.

I think, in her case, it would be good to put it in her eval.

The advice you've gotten here has been good. Especially llg.

Good luck and I wish you well.

steph

i think it is both my personality and the tone of my voice. thanks again for the replies-- i am taking my evaluation very seriously, and like i said before; i feel so silly that people perceived me as this. i am going to work hard this summer at calming the tone of my voice down as well as my personality. this is my last year of nursing school; i've always had exceptional evaluations, so i was surprised to get a crappy-- but true comment like this. the last thing i want is for people to think "oh no, here comes that loud dani." or, worse, make a patient feel uncomfortable. i was just elected president of our nursing class and want to be a positive role model; not an annoying one. i also want to be a darn good nurse that patients can trust and be feel safe around.

criticism taken and appreciated.

Specializes in DOU.

Eh, it could have been worse. My first semester evaluation said I sometimes ask "unsophisticated" questions because I asked where they kept the multi-vitamins. It seems I should have known that vitamins come from the pharmacy while morphine is a floor-stock item. :D

Eh, it could have been worse. My first semester evaluation said I sometimes ask "unsophisticated" questions because I asked where they kept the multi-vitamins. It seems I should have known that vitamins come from the pharmacy while morphine is a floor-stock item. :D

I dunno . . . we keep vitamins in the med room . . . . .;) Rather "unsophisticated" I guess.

steph

Specializes in DOU.

I think the clinical instructors at my school feel as though it is their job to find an area you can improve upon, even if it is something little. I guess I was just happy they couldn't find anything more substantial to complain about (yet).

My psych instructor commented that I really "blended in" with the patients. I was never sure how to take that...

and my friends really got a big laugh out of it, and teased me to no end for apparently looking like a mental patient.

I think in hindsight she was just saying that I did a good job of staying on the sidelines and interacting in a calm way.

Good for you, though, for being able play cards with the patients. I think I would have been too afraid! I admit that this clinical rotation scared me.

Specializes in Peds Urology,primary care, hem/onc.

I have a tendency to be loud (volume) and I have gotten comments on it throughout my 10 year career. I have had people comment on it nicely and not so nicely. I do have a loud voice and it does carry. Sometimes I do not even realize when I am starting to get a little too loud. I am very conscious of it, especially when I am discussing sensitive patient information with my fellow staff members. I don't mind if someone asks me to lower my voice a little as long as they are nice about it (luckily the people I work with don't seem to care for the most part). I have had some really petty people be really mean to me about it in the past but I just let it role off of my back. It did come up in my first eval in grad school at my first clinical. I was at this pediatric office for almost 2 months and they made a nasty comment to my instructor on the last day I was there. Oh Well. Just be mindful of it and that some people are turned off by it. I would not let it upset you. :)

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
i think it is both my personality and the tone of my voice. thanks again for the replies-- i am taking my evaluation very seriously, and like i said before; i feel so silly that people perceived me as this. i am going to work hard this summer at calming the tone of my voice down as well as my personality. this is my last year of nursing school; i've always had exceptional evaluations, so i was surprised to get a crappy-- but true comment like this. the last thing i want is for people to think "oh no, here comes that loud dani." or, worse, make a patient feel uncomfortable. i was just elected president of our nursing class and want to be a positive role model; not an annoying one. i also want to be a darn good nurse that patients can trust and be feel safe around.

criticism taken and appreciated.

i think you have a great attitude about it dani -- and i wish you the best of luck in your nursing career. i'll bet you'll make a fine nurse.

since losing 60% of my hearing, i also get a little loud (volume) sometimes. i am grateful when a good friend points it out to me, but always more than a little embarrassed by it. i do understand at least a little how you feel. modulating your tone is a skill you can learn.

I wouln't worry about it. If thats the worst thing they put on your evaluation, you are doing pretty good.

what they probably meant (and if they did, they should have written this) was that maybe you were being SOCIAL with the patients instead of being Therapeutic..

but "...is loud" is an opinion of personality, not of nursing ability.. Can you bring this up somehow and have it clarified?

Specializes in Cardiac/ED.

I used to work as a phlebotomist in a clinical lab and our draw stations were right next door to the pathologist.

He would often complain about how noisy we were when we spoke to our patients not understanding that alot of our patients were elderly and hard of hearing.

He once called me in to his office and I knew he was going to complain to me especially since my voice carries.

He starts by saying that he understands that I am "gregarious" person.

I quickly interrupted and said "thankyou sir! you're a pretty good looking man as well."

He didn't know what to say...but we all had a pretty good laugh about it after.

P2

ur not the only one honey!!!

+ Add a Comment