I'm not rude and assertive so I wouldn't survive at work...right?

[Back2Nursing09]

I meant "at work."Nurses eat their young and don't get along.So I heard...I don't let people walk over me,but I don't have a bad attitude if it's not called for.I'd have to really feel offended by someone to have one.So would I survive as a Nurse? The ideal work environment for me would be a comfortable one, where everyone collaborates in a friendly manner.I know this is a stereotype but sometimes,stereotypes could be true...Nurses,speak to me !

[SWS RN, ASN, RN]

April,

Whoa, I stand corrected....

Mea culpa, Mea culpa...

My bad and all of that.

To the OP...

So sorry..however, I still don't think you need to be rude and nasty,

good luck.

S

[bree*]

I meant "at work."Nurses eat their young and don't get along.So I heard...I don't let people walk over me,but I don't have a bad attitude if it's not called for.I'd have to really feel offended by someone to have one.So would I survive as a Nurse? The ideal work environment for me would be a comfortable one, where everyone collaborates in a friendly manner.I know this is a stereotype but sometimes,stereotypes could be true...Nurses,speak to me !

Then nursing is not for you. I don't blame you for wanting to work in that kind of environment or for being a decent human being. People with self respect wish to work in a reasonable environment. Nursing isn't one of them.

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

I do think you need to be assertive to be en effective nurse. I don't think anyone needs to be rude. Ever.

[nightengalegoddess]

Need to be assertive to advocate for your patients! Do not need to be aggressive to overwhelm your co-workers. Sometimes things get heated, and there may be a number of people not pulling their weight, and you may be the RN that is cleaning up all of their messes so that the patient gets a just experience and everything they deserve out of the system. That is when some people end up acting aggressive because they are overwhelmed trying to to the right things for the paitents. I'm an adult and I can tolerate that now and then. And perhaps that bedside nurse is not heard nor supported by supervisors who are without smarts, backbone,or any origional creative thinking going on! When somone who does not want or can't think/act creativly comes upon a bedside RN who IS doing these things....this dynamic RN may be seen as a threat to them and their positions. Then ANY act of assertiveness will begin to be seen as aggression and threat! So many RNs just want to keep their jobs...all about their jobs, not the patient. They will be meek and let everything eat their passion for nursing. I would rather be around RN's who are a bit aggressive for the care of their patients (NOT aggressive towards patients)...than work with RN's without backbone who put our profession back 50 years. Hope you don't think this was threatening.

[diligent-trooper]

I believe one should be assertive, but there are limits too. Respect is also key. One needs to respect their patient's wishes, in which match their needs and wants. I witnessed a nurse being assertive. She was stopping a patient from leaving the Dining Hall, and demanding her to finish her meal. The patient threw water in the nurse's face and was followed with a forceful smack to the face.

[nightengalegoddess]

Did the RN smack the patient or the patient smack the RN? That Rn sounds wrong to me. We have to respect the rights of our patients. If they don't want to eat, they ought NOT EVER be bullied into it. Yuck. This sort of freaks me out. It is NEVER necessary to be aggressive with the patient. Maybe shield oneself from abuse, but never attack them. Wow.