The allnurses website has been around since 1997, about 23 years.
I've read some posts where members began visiting the site when they were students, which could mean that they now have nearly a quarter of a century experience in the profession.
Other members have been nurses for periods extending 40 years or more and have been members for years, even decades, on allnurses.
All that time set me to thinking: What if we older members had the advantage of allnurses when we got into the field?
What if we could go back even before the time of the internet, and post? What would we say?
I played around with the idea and came up with what my first post might look like:
Here's what I am requesting that you do:
Enter a date, preferably a month and year, and post as you would as if it actually is that month and year.
You may want to give yourself a different user name, fitting your status at that time.
I will be submitting more time travel post myself and really look forward to reading other members' time travel posts!
Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
21 hours ago, cynical-RN said:
Day 5: OMG! I got caught diverting and fired, but landed a dream job the next day. I’m so confused as how this will affect my chances of getting into CRNA school ? Anyone else been through the same ordeal? Oh and my marriage is now failing, my dog had diarrhea while my aunt was on a trip in Cambodia. My sister put monkey glue on her hair and everyone is calling me because I’m a nurse and I hate the attention. Please help and validate my assertions because I’m sensitive to positive criticism. Who needs such negativity in life? Ugh!
Edit: I just came back and reread your post @cynical-RN and it is, truly, a classic! Drug diversion, a dog with diarrhea, and monkey glue in sis' hair! A pulp fiction perfect!
OMG! I’m like so overwhelmed. Thank you so much for the response and staying on topic. Have you noticed how people usually respond with impertinent info? It’s like so gross! Anywho, so, tomorrow we have a pizza party at work, but I’m scared because I only want to eat the pepperoni and toss away the crust because I’m gluten-free on Keto diet. Our dog’s name is dawg. He’s a vegan chihuahua and bulldog mixed mutt but identifies as walrus. I don’t like when people misidentify him as a canine. So my husband is smoking PCP downstairs playing video games in his with his Scoobie-doo onesie with Dawg. My husband’s girlfriend wants me to braid her hair, but she’s bald headed. What should I do? OMG! I’m like, so, stressed, right now!
OMG! How do you like talk about death so casually? I’m like so outraged right now to the highest level of outragetivity. Don’t joke about suicide. How dare you? I’m flummoxed, appalled, dismayed, flabbergasted, and bamboozled at how callous some people are.
Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
5 minutes ago, cynical-RN said:
OMG! I’m like so overwhelmed. Thank you so much for the response and staying on topic. Have you noticed how people usually respond with impertinent info?
Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
September 15 2003
My supervisor from Buoy Memorial where I work in ER and med surg called me this morning and said she had to meet with me. I asked if it could wait until tonight when I came into work. "No", she said, "I need to meet with you this morning".
Jeez! It's a 25 mile drive to get there! I wonder if it has anything to do with that nurse who drinks cherry cola. ♪ c-o-l-a, cola ♪. She and I had a spat last time I worked.
It’s interesting though how people can make up something in their mind that’s untrue, irrelevant, or insignificant and proceed to argue with others about trivial details that derail the context of the subject at hand. That’s what I was trying to illustrate ? CYN
OMG! How do you like talk about death so casually? I’m like so outraged right now to the highest level of outragetivity. Don’t joke about suicide. How dare you? I’m flummoxed, appalled, dismayed, flabbergasted, and bamboozled at how callous some people are.
Davey Do
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