I am not sure if it is true or not, but I heard that RNs get a little extra pay when they work on a day where nursing students are present. If the charge RN assigned a student to an RN, then they get the extra pay.
I am talking about college nursing students not training a new employee.
It just came on top of my head because I have been assigned to lousy RNs during my clinical rotations and it feels like they should be more engaged with students
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Well, some people were conversating about what it's called when you're orientating someone, and they decided preceptoring was the way to go. Some people like extra syllables.
I think my brain just spontaneously combusted after reading that. Fingernails on a chalkboard, dude.
Dont waste your time apologizing or explaining yourself. They don't care. I to made the mistake of giving my opinion to.
You know what? We do care. Nurses were ****** to me when I was in nursing school too. The difference is that I was and still am able to identify how much of a burden my presence was. I sure as hell didn't walk around complaining about how terrible the nurses were. That... is the difference here.
Dont waste your time apologizing or explaining yourself. They don't care. I to made the mistake of giving my opinion to.
You are perfectly welcome to give your opinion. Just remember that not everyone will agree with you, and taking your ball and going home doesn't win you any fans.
Its not about giving up its about the argument not being worth it. I wasn't arguing in the 1st place but everybody took it that way and when I apologized for the sake of being nice I caught crap for that too lol
I'm sorry nurses were s***** to you oh ello. I bet that made for an awkward and unpleasant experience.
It wasn't unpleasant at all. I never expected anyone to be nice, caring or particularly interested in us. Removing the emotional investment in people who are there to do a job that has nothing to do with my presence, makes it easy to understand their frustration when I'm asking them a bunch of dumb questions and slowing them down all day.
I think we should remember this quote, whether you are a nursing student or a nurse already...
We need to care for each other. We not only have to be caring and compassionate to our patients, but also to our colleagues/ future colleagues.
Nursing students should stop complaining about being mistreated and show the nurses that they can be valuable (safely!...in their own way). Competency is the best way to inspire respect.
And Nurses on the floor... Just be kind, to your patients and to the students, you don't have to teach them if you don't want to... But just be kind.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
The "professionalism" I'm referring to spans across ALL professional jobs, so please don't get on a high horse and think that nurses are the only "profession" I'm referring to. Also, saturating your reply with sarcasm and then trying to make a point doesn't usually bode well. Since I don't have LPN/RN/MSN/CRNA/etc behind my name I don't know what professionalism looks like? That's a naive perspective to take. If you would take time to actually look at what I was saying, I really pinned about 95% of everything on student nurses. Literally all I asked is a professional remain as such. Is that so harsh? Is that too much to ask for? You also phrase all of this as though I'm some young girl. I'm an adult, so sorry if talking down to me won't work.
You're making snarky posts using your real name as a user name and your selfie as an avatar . . . not smart. Please change both. I'd hate for your clinical instructors, classmates, boss or potential boss and colleagues to see what you've written on this site and form and opinion about you based on that. It may or may not be accurate. I'm not under any illusions that the internet is really anonymous, but it's just not wise to be so easily identifiable.
You're making snarky posts using your real name as a user name and your selfie as an avatar . . . not smart. Please change both. I'd hate for your clinical instructors, classmates, boss or potential boss and colleagues to see what you've written on this site and form and opinion about you based on that. It may or may not be accurate. I'm not under any illusions that the internet is really anonymous, but it's just not wise to be so easily identifiable.
While I hear you and will consider making changes, is it not unethical being so anonymous online? Shouldn't we fight for more transparency and have policies in place that protect people from being unfairly judged against? It all just seems a bit disingenuous.
Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN
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I think my brain just spontaneously combusted after reading that. Fingernails on a chalkboard, dude.