A Nursing Perspective of "Being Eaten":The "Eater" Nurse to the "Eaten" Nurse

[The_Optimist]

From the The Eaten Nurse to the eater Nurse

Sad is they name, O wicked one

That brings another down to make thyself feel better

Know me ye from Adam?

What wrong did I commit?

That you should treat me so.

I seek only to become a partner in this field of ours and be able to hold my own

Teach me the skills, I pray

Show me the ropes, I beg

But shame me not, I ask!

The "eater" nurse to the "eaten" nurse

Hare-brained one! How clueless thou art!

You come waltzing into the nursing world

Full of hare-brained grandiose ideas

With a jaded view of nursing already made

I seek not to eat you but to show you

And if in my eagerness I come across wrong

How can I help myself?

It is not a failing but a strength that in my eagerness to teach and show you

That I come across strong and mean to you

It is to be sure that you forget me not, as you go about

Perfecting your nursing skills

How then can I be accused of, "eating my young", when all I seek

Is a better nurse of you make

O newbie nurse, be not so harsh of me in delivering judgment

I seek only to help in your learning as the curve is steep

And consequences deep

Pray newbie nurse! Attempt to look beyond the surface of what I do

It is only for your confidence I do so

A day is coming in the not-so-distant- future when in my position you will be

I pray my thought crosses your mind on that day

So, my dear nurse colleague, be light in your judgment

For I rooted for you all the way- ANON

[lub dub]

Yes, nurses eat their young

Everyone knows about this

But nothing is done

Haiku by lub dub

[Nurse_]

For some, nursing is a right

For the experienced, the license you hold do not mean you can go on solo flight

As an advocate, I have you on my sight

If you are not safe, I may say something you may think is trite

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

A Limerick for the (Delicious) Know-It-All New Nurse

So you think your preceptor a hack,

for harping on skills that you lack.

When your patient is dyin'

Please don't come a-cryin'

When you don't know V. fib from V. tach.

(uhhh...should we shock 'em? Anyone...? Bueller?..................Bueller?)

PSA: I am, in fact, a new nurse.

[lub dub]

[Anbo3882]

A Limerick for the (Delicious) Know-It-All New Nurse

So you think your preceptor a hack,

for harping on skills that you lack.

When your patient is dyin'

Please don't come a-cryin'

When you don't know V. fib from V. tach.

(uhhh...should we shock 'em? Anyone...? Bueller?..................Bueller?)

PSA: I am, in fact, a new nurse.

Thought v.fib and v.tach may be mixed

No need for a angry tic

Problem is lack of knowledge

so teach! do not punish!

For me to learn you need not be a b*tch

[sharpeimom]

There once was a nooby named nurse.

Whose day could have not gone much worse.

She had a quick question,

that she was very afraid to mention.

Along came a crusty ol' bat

who still wore her starched hat.

Nurse thought "Should I ask?"

She arose to the task. And ask-ED.

The bat stopped to converse

with this nurse whose shift couldn't get worse.

She answered her questions over some tea,

Even though you might not have thought it likely.

[betterlatethennever]

I come with no judgements you see

For newbie I must break thee

The world is not kind

And you must come prepared

Otherwise it will have you on allnurses.com

Saying "why iam leaving the nursing field "

So soldier, "This We'll Defend"

We fight this fight together

To the very end.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

For all the nurses who feel "stuck" or in a rut:

"The untold want by life and land ne'er granted,

Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

-Walt Whitman

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

This thread is interesting for sure

Of the trials and tribulations endure

This is all quite witty

This cool little ditty

Cause where you are now we once were.

So do look back at this thread

and how to sleep in the bed

we made it, and to not be a snob

perhaps prose could be our new job.

[OCNRN63, RN]

A Limerick for the (Delicious) Know-It-All New Nurse

So you think your preceptor a hack,

for harping on skills that you lack.

When your patient is dyin'

Please don't come a-cryin'

When you don't know V. fib from V. tach.

(uhhh...should we shock 'em? Anyone...? Bueller?..................Bueller?)

PSA: I am, in fact, a new nurse.

​Love it! Very clever!

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

With a new nurse,

you line your purse.

This made me LOL.