Can Inspiration and motivation really not be a nursing topic:?????

[angelique777]

I thought today I post inspirational movies a lot of them about team playing , not quitting , never giving up. The post was bumped. It was a list of movies that inspired that. Some how the staff member felt its not nursing related. Well after being a nurse a while its hard for me to say this but its unfortunate that often in this profession what is consider relevant to nursing is well not edifying or helpful to me as a nurse or person. Like a post that talks about saying saturation correctly. In a 12 hour shift what is relevant to me is that my fellow nurse is a team player and that she would be there to help me out and help the patients out. I would hope she not there to notice if I said Saturation correctly or not while I am all for teaching. I can only hope she there as an encourager beause the job is tough. I can only pray she there to notice any changes in my patient and let me know what she see and we compare our thoughts about it. I can only hope she there to lead, support , and work in conjunction with me. It would not hurt the profession one bit to be inspired by the movie for example "Facing the Giants." Having a co-worker who is there thinking about giving you 110% support is the inspiration that all nurses need in our field of work. So how could that topic be irrelevant is beyond me.

Its unfortunate ,as new students will notice , is that nurses can be cranky, difficult , extremely critical , whiny people and although its not all of them its enough to put a strain on the job. Hence a few inspirational movies wouldn't hurt but of course one staff member did not think that's relevant to nursing. Brian Song is about a Football player who although smaller than others on his team had a lot of grit (Enough grit to get him on the Chicago Bears) and an awesome personality in the face of meeting new people , in face of great personal adversity , and a supporter to others when other people needed it or were struggling and in trouble. However, one of the staff from allnurses.com website did not feel that such movies are relevant to nursing. Well I think they are wrong its probably one of the key most important attitudes to have in nursing in order to help others and personally be able to survive the career your self. In order to help others you need to find some inspiration and well if your a nurse you may go to a nursing web site and share that with a fellow nurse. You may want someone to share what they saw and you share what you saw in order to encourage each other to go the extra mile at work. If the source was a movie ...does not mean its not relevant to nursing. One of my professors in nursing had us watch "Remember the Titans" as a class assignment. Therefore, inpirational stuff including movies definitely has its place in nursing because we deal directly with life issues of death and life. Along with major life adjustments and changes and movies are just a form of humans sharing stories that inspire us to do that better. That is extremely relevant to our roles as nurses. Especially since we have to deal with a lot of grief , illness, and pain because that is what the patient is going through and we are there to help them through there stay in the hospital.

Now if I list a lot of movies like holloween , Scary movie, Terminator Icould see how it was not relevant but these movies where about people who faced life crises, and how they over came them through not quiting , having a good attitude, etc. this is what being a good nurse is all about.

It shocks me some times that things that inspire are often knocked down but ranting and criticicing is reward with a post. I thought that posting inspirational movies about team playing , not quitting , never giving up would be one avenue we could encourage each other through another story. The post was bumped it was a list of movies that inspired that. Some how the staff member felt its not nursing related.

I wont re-post the movie list but I think the staff may try to consider that I don't have to talk about puke and pee , sex on the nursing unit as some post have in order for a topic to be nursing related . Motivational movies are definitely nursing related subject since in our very limited free time a movie can re-energized a nurse to come to her next shift in a mind set to help , encourage , help another especially after a work week of 12hrs shifts where most people come in to complain and critique.

Its gotten so bad that I heard of a manager who had to send staff to a class on how to be nicer and caring. So motivational inspired movies are important and relevant to nursing since they portray issues in life and you cant get any closer to issues in life than nursing a sick person back to health under the stress of short staffing and surrounded by cranky people..

Just my two cents for the staff who felt Motivational movies shouldn't be a part of nursing . Seeing Brian Song and his attitude while being sick was definitely something a nurse should see. Again just my two cents..................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angela

[jules2980]

Sorry your post was bumped..I think it's a great topic. Much more interesting than yet another thread about "RN vs LPN...help me decide!!!" Ugh.

[ukstudent]

Sorry it was bumped. However, both movies that you posted about here are football movies. I don't know what your original list was, if it was only sports movies? So I can't judge if the list was nursing relevant.

Personally I find the movie Alien to be inspirational. A women that has to adapt to every changing working conditions. Fighting against a soul crushing corporation that is only interested in money. At the same time as trying to proctect the innocent child (eg. patient).

It all depends on how you view things. I could make the argument that the films you thought would not be nursing relevant such as Halloween, Scary Movie and Terminator could all be seen as inspirational. They all show teamwork and overcoming the odds.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Personally, I find the day in and day out topics that are discussed here much more instructional and inspirational than a movie list. I don't know why your list was bumped, but I truly don't think that this is the place for a list of someone's entertainment choices.

[tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN]

Your thread was moved to AN Central to a more appropriate forum. Hopefully you will get more responses there.

http://allnurses-central.com/general-off-topic/motivational-movies-419928.html