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I have loved this site, but as I check , "Today's Posts", as is my wont, more and more, there are only student related topics.

What has happened here? Has anyone else noticed this? I have no problem with lots of students here, but I also want to participate in lively discussions with peers!

Specializes in Emergency.

I'm in an unusual place as far as this thread is concerned. I am a new nurse, but I am not a young person. I've had a 28-year (non-nursing) career so far and I don't have the new-grad/new-nurse complaints. Perhaps it is because I have grey in my hair and wrinkles around my eyes which show that I understand that life isn't fair, when someone bullies you you need to know how to let them know it won't stand, and that getting that job you want requires patience and work. Now of course I don't mean to paint all young new nurses with the same brush.

I've only been truly on my own for 2.5 months and the tone these posts continue to set makes allnurses something I can't really connect with anymore. I started looking to Reddit for the RNs subreddit but they also don't post very much either (and then I end up wasting a lot of time on other subs). I tried to use the Oncology Nurses Society Community as a means of finding people to connect with as I grow in peds hemonc. I will continue to visit allnurses, however, in hopes that the tide will change back to the way things were and we will see more of the "tell on yourself, if you dare" posts than "incivility/lateral violence/bullying/general snowflake nonsense" posts that are not the allnurses I remember when I started nursing school that fateful fall of 2013.

I was triggered by your post and felt the need to respond as a good triggerin' is apt to do. I joined a bunch of years ago ('03 I believe) and was pretty active until around 2010. If memory serves my decreased activity was at least in part associated with a time which the website was experiencing a bit of change that some might say was not for the better--cliques were forming amongst various members, people were banned and ultimately feelings were hurt; it got quite nasty unfortunately and a splinter group attempted to start a similar website, but one of the things that most stood out was the very significant increase in mod activity, deleting and editing posts at the first sight of some post possibly being perceived as offensive to someone. I mentioned this because it would seem based on what I'm reading in this thread that the happenings of 2010 were the beginnings of what many of you are reporting today (hopefully with less bannings/post deletions), so it seems like a natural transition over time.

I must say I've noticed that it's been more difficult for me to find a thread that might be interesting to participate in or prove helpful, but figured it was because of the changes in the website that made it difficult for me to find stuff.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

So it will always be on long-standing internet message board communities.

Specializes in retired LTC.
... My issue is when I post things in more specific forums, like CCU forum, I get less answers, which makes me more inclined to post under general nursing to attempt to get replies. How many individual forums do you all check daily?

This is so true. Sometimes I really don't blame others for posting where they do just because of this reason.

So to Admin - have a suggestion. Why not leave initial posting alone as it is. But after 10 days, you guys have some kind of in house program that would alert you to move postings at 10 days old to a more appropriate forum/room. You've been alerted by the 10 day program, some mod reviews it and then moves it as approp.

After 10 days or so, a post isn't so new anymore. And like PP CCU BSN RN comments, how many individual forums does one check daily? I don't do many at all.

Second career student here.... I just want to say- I love all the nurse posts, such as Tell On Yourself If You Dare, and remember the one about the way things used to be done, like crank beds, being admitted prior to surgery for a full work up, and cardiologists smoking on the floors? Loved that one!!!!

So, I hope the students don't get kicked out, because I love the actual nurse posts and advice given. I felt like I wrote a better admission essay because I have already gotten so much great advice on here from reading your comments on various threads.

Of course since I'm a student I also appreciate the posts that recommend helpful tools for passing the NCLEX, or tips from current students about things that they thought were helpful to bring with them to clinicals.

So, I say, bring on the nurse posts and helpful student posts!!! I like the stories such as the recent home health nurse making a difference, and articles where I can learn about different specialties, as well as any tips offered to students/new nurses.

The formula lately I have seen is 1) pre-nursing student wants to go straight for NP or CRNA, 2) nurse asks for advice or opinions, they are genuinely given, sit back and watch the fur fly. Rinse, repeat.

And even worse... somebody gets all butt-hurt because they didn't like the answers they got even though nobody was rude or hateful, just honest, and the thread gets removed, not locked, because I guess AN is now a "safe place". It happened recently when a nurse caused herself some grief at work, got schooled here, didn't like the answers so pulled out the bully flag, performed a classic internet flounce, couldn't resist coming back for more and then somehow managed to get the thread removed. It was unfortunate because there are people who could have learned from her mistake before making it themselves. Yet posts like " Do you think I'm ugly" remain. It mystifies me. :banghead:

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
And like PP CCU BSN RN comments, how many individual forums does one check daily? I don't do many at all.

I check 20+ forums; they are on my "Favorites" list. If there is a new post, I can tell because the title of the forum is bolded. Lots of great discussions. :)

And even worse... somebody gets all butt-hurt because they didn't like the answers they got even though nobody was rude or hateful, just honest, and the thread gets removed, not locked, because I guess AN is now a "safe place".

Most unfortunate if this is still happening. Wasn't good then; isn't good now.

Yet posts like " Do you think I'm ugly" remain. :banghead:

ok so I'm intrigued. Are they posting pics or are we talking ugly like someone being ugly? I must try to find this thread.

Most unfortunate if this is still happening. Wasn't good then; isn't good now.

ok so I'm intrigued. Are they posting pics or are we talking ugly like someone being ugly? I must try to find this thread.

He uses a picture of himself as his avatar. He actually created a poll. He was talking about his looks not his attitude.

ETA: My bad. They did remove his post but then there was a follow up one.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
How many individual forums do you all check daily?

I have about 12 forums on my "favorites" list. I don't use the "what's new" option for posts.

Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
How many individual forums do you all check daily?

All of them. I use the get daily or what's new options. I don't read each and every post, but I look at thread titles. I also check out the unanswered tab on the homepage.

Specializes in kids.

You all need to check out the school nurses forum (not to be confused with the nursing school forum. LOL!). We welcome newbies with lots of support. We have challenging questions that get great and diversive answers, or sometimes everyone states the exact same thing. I think the cohesiveness there is because we are quite often the only medical person in our building, caring for a huge variey of complex, medically fragile kids. We NEED each other to bounce things off of. We deal with multiple sets of people; the kids, the parents, the teachers and the administration :no: We can be quite entertaining as well! :roflmao:

C'mon, pop on over and take a peek! :)

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