A nurse that needs agnger management

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My older sister is going to school to be a nurse but she gets angry very easily. Can she take an ager management class and still be a nurse?

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My older sister is going to school to be a nurse but she gets angry very easily. Can she take an ager management class and still be a nurse?

This can't even be a "real" post, can it? Nah....

I wouldn't admit to getting a black eye in an after hours fist-fight at a bar....not to a patient, at least. I'd say I fell down. That's my serious answer.

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Well, she's going to find a lot to be angry about. I wouldn't recommend it.

It may also be best for you- she can't always ru away from things that make her angry.She would learn to control it after patients complain and she is written up a time or ten.:)

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A "great nurse" is capable of keeping her anger in check. If this person already has anger issues and they are not even exposed to some of the crap that comes with a nursing career, it doesn't really matter how badly or how great of nurse she thinks she may be. For everyone involved, it would be highly advisable to get the anger under control before attempting to venture into patient care.[/quote']

A "great nurse" might also sometimes need her anger(channeled right,of course) to get things done!

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I'm a nurse and I've got anger issues....plus I'm a management malcontent!! Nurses are people too....not saint-like, celestial beings.

Hahahah OP, pricked a nerve. Love your response, by the way:), about the "not saint-like, celestial beings".

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This can't even be a "real" post, can it? Nah....

I wouldn't admit to getting a black eye in an after hours fist-fight at a bar....not to a patient, at least. I'd say I fell down. That's my serious answer.

Huh?!

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I think she knows her sister better than we do and that's why she's asking this.

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I have a classmate that is doing her pre-reqs and she is not a people person at all. I would like to see the type of nurse she makes. She literally walks around with a scowl on her face at school and her conversation is alway negative. Hopefully at home she's different.

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I have a classmate that is doing her pre-reqs and she is not a people person at all. I would like to see the type of nurse she makes. She literally walks around with a scowl on her face at school and her conversation is alway negative. Hopefully at home she's different.

even that, one can't judge.

i know a nurse who wasn't a "people persons"...

frankly, she was pretty disenchanted w/man in general.

yet when it came to those at a disadvantage, she had a huge, HUGE heart.

you couldn't want for a better advocate.

actually i know a few people like that.

they come across as cranky, abrasive people...

who are seriously some of the most tender-hearted folks i've ever met.

you can't judge a scowl by its cover. :)

leslie

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Specializes in drug seekers and the incurably insane..

What does it matter anyway? As long as she's not a danger to herself or others, I'm sure she'll be fine.

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even that, one can't judge.

i know a nurse who wasn't a "people persons"...

frankly, she was pretty disenchanted w/man in general.

yet when it came to those at a disadvantage, she had a huge, HUGE heart.

you couldn't want for a better advocate.

actually i know a few people like that.

they come across as cranky, abrasive people...

who are seriously some of the most tender-hearted folks i've ever met.

you can't judge a scowl by its cover. :)

leslie

Like I said maybe she is just like this at school. I am not judging her by her scowl, I just mentioned it but mainly I was going by statements she has said to me and others over the course of the past few years as well as actions. Put it like this...I would not want her to be my nurse based on the rude way she treats her fellow classmates, that and she cannot seem to pass physiology (has dropped the course 3 times).

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...I would not want her to be my nurse based on the rude way she treats her fellow classmates, that and she cannot seem to pass physiology (has dropped the course 3 times).

the bolding (mine) is what scares the begeebeez out of me.

for me, i would much rather have intelligence over mannerism, versus a warm smile over ineptness (or close to it.)

anyways, i'm not saying your concern isn't valid...

just pointing out that there are cranks with big hearts.

leslie

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Funny...I've been around a few long time practicing nurses with anger issues - both overt and covert.

there seem to be enuf of them here...

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