Thank you to the 12 that helped on my assignment...could use more, but.....

seven · Nov 24, 2001

do i detect a little resentment here? perhaps a little sarcasm?

:eek:

Robin61970 · Nov 24, 2001

Do ya think? You must be a sarcastic person as well to have picked up on that one,lol

fergus51 · Nov 24, 2001

I love how students think sarcastic replies will get them more help in the future. Did it ever occur to you that some of us try to be helpful, but aren't married?

Sincerely, one of the hundred plus nurses that viewed but didn't respond.

Robin61970 · Nov 24, 2001

Oooooh slap my hand like I am 12.......what should I say? Hey guys thanks so much for the assistance that only 12 gave? I asked nicely, but no one seemed to care so trust me I won't ask for it again......I have been visiting and offering my opinions for a long time now and really like some of the people here, but I was a bother to ask for help....I thought that was part of this baord.....guess I was wrong. It bothers me that I got so few replies out of 133 views so sue me........besides what do you need to make a comment for? You were probably one of those 133....doesn't really matter to me what you think anyway. I try to help others and now....well I don't know if I will bother too anymore.....can't get help so why should I?

ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO THOSE WHO BOTHERED TO HELP!!!!!!

pixxel · Nov 24, 2001

Robin,

Sorry I checked out the responses that you got - I was curious to see what others were saying... so I guess a few of those 133 views were from me - too bad I didn't feel like I should have replied considering I'm not married....

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Nov 24, 2001

Unmarried too- and don't think the temper tantrum was called for.

You can count me as three views as I looked back twice to see how you were getting along.

Perhaps a little more lead time would have helped- ya think?

crnasomeday · Nov 24, 2001

I think you're missing a basic ideal of ethics in research here anyway Robin. It's a pretty fundamental principle that when you do research, which you were doing by asking people to participate in a survey, they have the RIGHT to not participate, whatever their reasons might be, and generally speaking, the nurse researcher should not be rude following their refusal to participate.

fergus51 · Nov 25, 2001

Robin, I am not trying to slap your hand. I am trying to make you see that maybe we aren't all lazy no good non helpful nurses. I would've helped you if I was married. I am not, so I didn't feel your questions applied to me so I didn't help you.

I was just trying to explain that some of us do try to help eachother, and just because you didn't get as many replies as you like doesn't mean that we are all bad people. I have responded to many a students' questions including by email, I just couldn't help you with yours. Be as bitter about me or anyone else as you want to be, but I don't think most of us are that bad.

OBNURSEHEATHER · Nov 25, 2001

Perhaps it was an issue some were sensitive about and didn't feel like sharing it with strangers. No matter how well we all think we know each other, we ARE strangers.

Perhaps people were too preoccupied with the holidays. I never even saw your thread because I had other, more pressing, issues to attend to than this board or your homework.

Doesn't really matter. This thread (AKA, your hissyfit) was uncalled for. Your post was very "BORDERLINE". Maybe you'll know what that means when you finish your psych rotation.

Heather

essarge · Nov 25, 2001

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Robin I was one of the people that also viewed your thread and I chose not to answer it because I felt that some of it was nobody's business and, by the way, I am married.

Have you surveyed your campus as well as this board? You need to emcompass as diversified a group as you can when doing this type of study, including live people. I'm sure that you would have gotten the same reaction from some of them. Would you have also "told them off" like you did the viewers of this board? I think not. Please consider this next time you need help and some people choose not to participate!

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2001

I agree... A few of the views may have been from me, and I did not respond because I am not married. Maybe you would have gotten more replies if you had phrased it to include people that were engaged (like me) or people with girl/boyfriends. If you limit it down to only a certain group of people then you only get limited responses. And yes, you are being rude... we are under to obligation to answer your posts and can freely choose not to. And I agree with Essarge-- you wouldn't be telling someone off in person for not participating in your survey, would you?