Frustratingly Obnoxious People.....*vent*

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Specializes in SICU.

In my Nursing class, we have a teacher with a faint accent...resulting in her pronouncing a couple of terms different.... Thats ok.....

so....

why oh why do my classmates feel the need to be soooooo obnoxious and giggle and make hand gestures and smirk at each other whenever this happens?:uhoh3:

apparently they are upset at her because she's not *teaching right*

Its nursing school- and the time for spoon-feeding is over, the instructors is not obliged to give you a blow by blow study guide.... so why do you feel as if its it a personal insult to your person when they decline to do so?

we all paid good money to be here, we dont need our time wasted by your snide comments resulting in the instructor having to shush you all the time.

.....and to the annoying EMT if you knew everything, you wouldnt be here mmmkay? theres a reason why the instructor has MSN after her name and YOUUUUU dont!!!!!! so shut up already.......:down:

phew....

off my chest.....;)

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I am going to make some guesses here about what is going on, I may or may not be correct. New nursing students frequently feel scared and inadequate. At some level they must realize they don't know much. Some deal with this by going on the attack. I am thinking that the very young have a tendency to do this a lot but they are by no means alone in these behaviors. Does tearing another person down make them feel better or smarter for a few seconds? It worries me because when they get at the bedside they are going to constantly be exposed to people that are very different than they are. I fear these people won't be ready for that, they won't be able to get past their judging to do care. Also, being a know it all is related to the same syndrome just manifesting in another way.

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Specializes in SICU.
I am going to make some guesses here about what is going on, I may or may not be correct. New nursing students frequently feel scared and inadequate. At some level they must realize they don't know much. Some deal with this by going on the attack. I am thinking that the very young have a tendency to do this a lot but they are by no means alone in these behaviors. Does tearing another person down make them feel better or smarter for a few seconds? It worries me because when they get at the bedside they are going to constantly be exposed to people that are very different than they are. I fear these people won't be ready for that, they won't be able to get past their judging to do care. Also, being a know it all is related to the same syndrome just manifesting in another way.

Absolutely!!! yet these people are the same ones that say " whatever-im only doing this crap so that i can be a NP or a CRNA etc." its kind of annoying because as much as we are all entitled to our own opinions some things are just in bad taste to say on a large scale.....

plus the whole judgment thing is quite accurate....theres a lot of that going on and the truth is that once we get on the floor as nurses, we wont choose our assignments we will have to learn to get on or at least interact respectfully with people from different cultures/nations/backgrounds......

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.
Absolutely!!! yet these people are the same ones that say " whatever-im only doing this crap so that i can be a NP or a CRNA etc."

The ones who dont think that this baseline knowledge aka "crap" wont help them or will be unnecessary when theyre an NP or CRNA, will be the ones who wont make it. Itll sort itself out. Until then, hold on. :D

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Specializes in Army Medic.

Kids will be kids. I'm sure they'll all have their own humbling experience once they make it into the real world.

Generally when people in class won't stop talking I tap them on the shoulder and tell them to shut up, but I'm a 6'4" 230 lbs. tattoo'd male, so they listen.

Try your best to ignore them, I think getting frustrated over their rudeness is going to be more of an educational distraction than actually listening to your instructor over their talking!

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OP, just wait a little.

Sometimes those who come to nursing from other healthcare positions feel all they are doing is getting the "paperwork" done to put an RN on their card. They do minimal amount of everything of course, because they feel they already know everything... Here is the fun part, just wait... often they don't get managers sending them roses as they were expecting. They are often stunned when nobody just "gives" them a job.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I can't imagine that heckeling the teacher will get them very good grades either ??

Not too smart if you ask me :lol2:

Praiser :heartbeat

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Tele/Onc.

Let me put my teeth in before I answer this post......The problem with young people today.....:p

Seriously though...I've got two tween-teens now and wonder if this "child-centered" way of child-rearing is causing some of this. I've known the parents who will fight a teacher or any adult authority figure if they look cross-eyed at their child. Sometimes I think respect for adults and teachers is severly lacking in how people raise their kids these days. No one should tolerate abuse, but sometimes parents don't even tolerate a differing opinion! That's not real life. Sometimes my child's teacher or another parent may do something I don't agree with, but I tell my child that she is the teacher and you need to respect that teacher. (This is if that something isn't dangerous or illegal.) When they are older and can make their own decisions, they can choose differently.

I think when kids aren't taught proper respect for adults when they are younger, they become obnoxious college students and co-workers.

To the OP, I was where you are a few years ago. I just tried my best to ignore them.

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

LOL! Wait until the Physician with the thick accent gives them verbal orders, STAT. Bet they won't be smirking and giggling then.

They are in for a shock.....I am in California and I bet 75% of the people I work with have an accent.

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They will pay for their idiotic behavior. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but they will have their humbling moment. Like Granny used to say, if you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. In the mean-time, sit as far away from them as possible. Create a "circle of nerds", a group of serious-minded individuals such as yourself who are actually there to learn.

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Create a "circle of nerds", a group of serious-minded individuals such as yourself who are actually there to learn.

it's always those people who think "they're too cool for school" who end up going to the "circle of nerds" in the end. i've had my fair share of hanging with the "cool kids" and the "nerds" and the result is always the same: those who take the subject matter SERIOUSLY will thrive. those who think they're too cool to study, FAIL.

i'm starting nursing school in May and i've always had those type of people in your class in my pre-req classes. i've noticed too that people who have been in the medical field (lvns, cnas, emts, etc...) think they do know everything and often *try* to correct the professor if they think something is wrong. BUT...in all fairness, not everyone is like that. there are those who have a medical background who are more than willing to help, learn, and share their experiences that are relevant to the subject matter.

hang in there, buddy...like a previous poster said, you're there to learn. ignore the obnoxious know-it-alls and the too-cool-for-school kids and don't let them distract you. :)

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Although it is difficult, treat all those obnoxious comments/childish behavior as "static". Just filter out the static and concentrate on your own learning.

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