Just wondering, I am in a clinical group for the summer for clinical 3 days. There is a clique of girls in this clinical group. I went into the break room at the end of clinical and one of them was hitting my bag. My bag is a trendy bag which a lot of ppl carry. When I saw the girl hitting it I picked up the bag and said "That's mine" then sat at the table. The girl said "Oh I thought it was Kate's" (Kate is her friend who is in the click and has a bag similar to mine, since it is a trendy bag. Kate was standing there however.
I am worried about the safety of my personal possessions at this time since I have clinical with this group 3 days a week (its only the third week of school). Should
I let this slide or bring it up to the course coordinator? I am graduating next semester and don't want to make any waves. But, there is palpable tension between me and this group, so I don't want to let it go then have it blow up.
How does your tattoo play into nursing? I have 5 tattoos (none visible in scrubs) but of course want more. I was just curious how that has worked for you in nursing, if you always have to wear long sleeves to cover them or what. What type facility do you work in also?
I was joking because OP has mentioned another nurse when she was in the hospital and was upset she didn't get the customer service she thought was deserved. The nurse had a tattoo behind her ear and OP said something about the nurse looking like she got her education while in prison... it struck a nerve.
I am still in school, so I can't really give you a for sure answer. However, I do plan to wear long sleeves or a skin tone tattoo sleeve under my scrubs. The last thing I want to do it make a patient uncomfortable solely because I resemble a prison inmate but on a serious note, I don't want the family or patient to judge my quality of care based on my tattoos. I can easily understand a family of a really sick patient, already being incredibly stressed, and seeing a younger and tattooed nurse walk in if they already have a bias. It would just cause them unnecessary anguish.
Now, being judged bc I wasn't acting as a beck and call girl. Then, to top it all off, I have tattoos. That makes me want to take my annoyance out by using violence. Side note, I'm in love with all my tattoos and I would get them all over again. They are incredibly meaningful to me. Unfortunately, there will be super judgmental and insecure people where ever you go.
JustBeachyNurse was trying to help, and you jump all over her with all four feet? Sheesh.
This comment was classic! All FOUR feet, though?! I will have to borrow that one.
But in any case OP, it was very rude of you to respond to JustBeachy that way. Her advice is solid. Just don't bring your bag if all you need is your lunch. Use a plastic lunch bag and be done with the worry. Then just steer clear of these girls as best you can. Like most everybody else on here, I think there is some mutual annoyance going on here and who started it, we won't know, but you really have to do a self evaluation because through what you're saying on here, it's not hard to see you have a bit of a chip on your shoulder and you want to brush that off sis because I've been told that it's a small, small world in medicine and you don't want to start burning bridges before you've even gotten a chance to get your feet wet.
Best of luck to you with everything though! Seriously.
You guys are horrible! LOL I will say, curiosity got the best of me and I looked back at OP's other threads. If she saw me in person, I am sure she wouldn't even hear my opinion or advice. She'd be too busy trying to figure out when I got out of prison because I have a full sleeve tattoo.
Dear OP,
I truly hope you are able to see how wonderful people can be! Just because they are different than you, doesn't mean they are not worth your respect or compassion. Good luck to you.
I also read the tattoo/prison comment! It made me laugh. You could say I am heavily tattooed (I just wear long sleeves under my school scrubs) and on the first day of class I covered them to prevent the 'judging' that always happens, but didn't on the second day. Everyone was so shocked that someone 'so sweet' could have tattoos! At the end of this past semester a classmate and I were talking about my tattoos and she admitted that she thought I was going to be the dumb one in the class and didn't take anything seriously. She eventually realized that I was one of the most professional ones in the class, I was on top of everything, always over-prepared, and ended up with the highest grades in the class. (My lowest grade last semester was a 97%…)
All this to say: you REALLY can't judge a book by its cover!
This is very caddy. Unfortunately, fellow classmates are not there to be your friends. Do not bring a nice bag to school. Anyone could take your stuff. Student OR teacher. If she was rude, speak to her. It all sounds very immature and ridiculous. There is a lot of judgement is what you are saying about her. Maybe she is just trying to intimidate you??
I agree with the attitude adjustment. You need to grow up in order to survive. Why even come on a nursing forum about some middle school BS? Talk to your teacher. Goodness.
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Because I need to eat lunch???? What the hell kind of advice is that.
I'm sorry that my simple common sense solution angered you so much.
The solution is you bring your lunch in your pocket or a plastic bag. It's common sense advice.
In school we were advised to not bring anything of value (including purses) as there was no way to secure valuables. Our clinical instructor carried a tote bag that she held our keys and wallets. Anything else was to be locked in trunks or left at home. Clinical was not the place to bring textbooks to study as if you had enough free time to drag out a text then the instructor would find you something to do.
Is this an immature situation? Sure. But common sense prevails. Don't bring expensive bags to hold your lunch that you must leave unattended.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
This is very caddy.
What does golf have to do with the situation? I believe the word you're implying is catty. Either way, it's immature but highlights that one should never bring valuables or anything that cannot easily be replaced that would be left in an unsecured area.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
This is very caddy. Unfortunately, fellow classmates are not there to be your friends. Do not bring a nice bag to school. Anyone could take your stuff. Student OR teacher. If she was rude, speak to her. It all sounds very immature and ridiculous. There is a lot of judgement is what you are saying about her. Maybe she is just trying to intimidate you??
"Caddy"? Like a person who carries around a golf bag for a player? I think the word you wanted was "Catty." Nice selfie, by the way, but please change it so you are not so identifiable. There are multiple threads on the wisdom of being as anonymous as possible on this forum and on the stupidity of being identifiable, so please consider opting out of displaying your own face on our forum.
I will have to borrow that one.
RubySlippers06
139 Posts
I was joking because OP has mentioned another nurse when she was in the hospital and was upset she didn't get the customer service she thought was deserved. The nurse had a tattoo behind her ear and OP said something about the nurse looking like she got her education while in prison... it struck a nerve.
I am still in school, so I can't really give you a for sure answer. However, I do plan to wear long sleeves or a skin tone tattoo sleeve under my scrubs. The last thing I want to do it make a patient uncomfortable solely because I resemble a prison inmate
but on a serious note, I don't want the family or patient to judge my quality of care based on my tattoos. I can easily understand a family of a really sick patient, already being incredibly stressed, and seeing a younger and tattooed nurse walk in if they already have a bias. It would just cause them unnecessary anguish.
Now, being judged bc I wasn't acting as a beck and call girl. Then, to top it all off, I have tattoos. That makes me want to take my annoyance out by using violence. Side note, I'm in love with all my tattoos and I would get them all over again. They are incredibly meaningful to me. Unfortunately, there will be super judgmental and insecure people where ever you go.