allnurses or allSTUDENTnurses?

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Is it my imagination, or has allnurses become predominantly a forum for students? I dunno, it seems like I have to wade thru tons of threads about nursing schools or nursing instructors, or new grads, in order to find a thread about nurses who already working. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE and feel for students, it's just that the site is being overwhelmed with them. Maybe it''s because they are sooooo stressed out now so they need to vent more?

I realize I'll get flamed for this, but I have noticed this trend.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

I won't flame you, I'll agree.

I notice a lot of student posts under "General Nursing" vs. "General Nursing STUDENT discussion"

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.

No flames from me. I will say no more.

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yes, i've noticed there are many threads started by student nurses.

and no, i have not noticed any imbalances.

keep in mind, student nurses are here to learn, usually from us experienced nurses...

so i think moving everything to the student forums for discussion, could be counterproductive.

just click on the threads that interest you...

and gently blow the rest away.;)

leslie

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i'm to tired to flame..lol... i agree with you 100%...

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lately i'd need the lung power of a category IV hurricane to blow them all away! There's just so MANY of them (I know, I know, blowing gently......)

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Specializes in CTICU.

So start some threads of your own. Maybe the students are the only ones with the energy.. haha. Us oldies are too tired to sit around starting threads.

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So start some threads of your own. Maybe the students are the only ones with the energy.. haha. Us oldies are too tired to sit around starting threads.

You may have something there!:yeah:

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

I notice the trend. I avoid the "please help me with my homework" ones.

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I know I'm just a CNA and not even a nursing student yet, but what Leslie said is right. I appreciate that I can come here and read the responses from the experienced nurses. I put a lot of thought into the threads I make and where they should go. Sometimes it needs to go into General because an opinion from a nursing student is not the same as an opinion from an experienced nurse in some cases. Not to offend any pre nurses by saying that, I just think that sometimes you need an opinion from someone who has been in the profession for sometime, not someone trying to get into it.

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I am a student, and I know that a lot of students post on allnurses.com. I haven't really tried to notice if the student-post ratio is disproportionate, but it may be. If so, it might be attributed to the fact that students sometimes (not always) are in high stress situations and may seek advice (or vent) more than someone who is established in his/her career. (Although venting might be more understandable for the latter group!)

Also, I feel that sometimes this is the only forum where it is appropriate to have that "give and take" discussion about nursing school. At school, you try to appear professional, and at home, family members simply don't understand, so I see a lot of posts that are based in "Does anyone else feel this way?" Call it social referencing, if you will.

I do believe students should take care to post in the appropriate forum, and I wholeheartedly join the chorus of "DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK!" I love this site and vent/commiserate with the best of 'em, but I do my own assignments and research and think all students should also.

:loveya:

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I've noticed the trend, too, and like to speculate as to the causes of the trend. Here are a couple of thoughts:

1. For students, this is all "new and sparkly." They are hungry for information and for interaction with real nurses.

2. For us old nurses, there is little "new" or "sparkly" here. Once you have spent a year or two seeing the same topics discussed in similar threads ... the experienced nurses are more likely to drift away ... while the students face graduation and a new set of questions for them.

3. There is always a new crop of students coming along to ask those same questions every new semester.

4. Experienced nurses are too busy and too tired to invest a lot of time here! Once the novelty wears off, there is not much reason to be as active as they were when they first discovered the site.

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