Crossing the line of professionalism

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Is there anything wrong with becoming personally involved with a client? How do you as a nurse maintain professional relationships with your patients? What are some warning signs that the professional relationship is becoming unprofessional?

Talk about crossing the line of professionalism...this is a perfect example!!:(

so she didn't say it was for school up front, give the girl a break. Does it really matter, and don't eat your young! Wouldn't you liked to have had a resource like this in nursing school? I would of.

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no one is eating anyone here, I don't like being used. I am a willing mentor under the circumstances of MY choosing. THAT is my right. if you call that young-eating, so be it.

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

no one is eating anyone here, I don't like being used. I am a willing mentor under the circumstances of MY choosing. THAT is my right. if you call that young-eating, so be it.

Well spoken!

I am sorry you feel used. Are you not reacting to some past injury and striking out at this poor student? Were you really injured by this?

Somehow my senses tell me it was not her intent to trick anyone. She would not have told us this if it were. Come on lighten up. Me thinks you take your self too sereiously. You were injured, huh?

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD THREAD!! Personally I thought who has the most to lose is Agnus she had the most advice to offer.(my fingers hurt reading her reply. ) Just a bit of advice to all nursing students please be forthwright with the members here they all have a lot to offer.

:rolleyes: :kiss :nurse:

Originally posted by Buddha

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD THREAD!! Personally I thought who has the most to lose is Agnus she had the most advice to offer.(my fingers hurt reading her reply. ) Just a bit of advice to all nursing students please be forthwright with the members here they all have a lot to offer.

:rolleyes: :kiss :nurse:

I appreciate your sentement. I still have everything that I had when this thread started. I did not loose anything. Just like you don't loose anything by giving away a smile.

I don't respond to any thread that I don't want to. I answered because she asked. I answered to help someone. As I answered I was very conscious to the fact that I did not know if this was a theoretical question or that she was in trouble. She did not state that she personally was having a problem. It did not matter the reason. She was seeking knowledge, oponions.

She had an assignment to talk to nurses about this issue. Maybe your issue is with nursing instructor who give these assignments. Sheez

Some folks on this board have previously expressed the opinion that asking us questions is tantamount to cheating and doing the student's work. For some reason it is ok to seek informantion only if it is not tied to a school assignment.

Sounds like sour grapes. "I didn't/couldn't get help this way when I was a student so why should I help you."

If this is really this important to you and you feel defiled then ask the person before answering if this is a school assignment. She had no way of knowing you felt this way. (she is not a mind reader) She did not ask you personally. She is not obligated to post a disclaimer because someone might nurse some imagined injury if they answer. You were not obligated to answer.

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

no one is eating anyone here, I don't like being used. I am a willing mentor under the circumstances of MY choosing. THAT is my right. if you call that young-eating, so be it.

ditto.....i am growing tired of every imigined slight to a newbie being referred to as "eating our young"...puke.gif

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

I don't like being used. I am a willing mentor under the circumstances of MY choosing. THAT is my right.

If you have conditions that must be met for you to give an opinion or information then you need to state them up front.

If one expects a consulting fee they don't give away the information before mentioning thier fee.

Agnus, usually we agree but in this case I feel you're a bit harsh.

Are we really helping students by giving them all the answers and spewing forth info for them to print out and copy? Not in my opinion. Will they be the next generation to cut and run their first year out of school...unprepared for the real work out there?

I don't think you were addressing me but I would like to answer anyway. Yes, I HAVE been put upon by quite a few new grads who demanded no less than total 'brain drain' from me...with zero effort on their side. I bet others here have too. This seems to be a common nursing school mentality today...just show up and get the lecture and all the answers...but it really shouldn't work this way in nursing school (IMHO)....nursing is a hands on career that demands much from us. Why not teach students this early on?

I have learned through the years to ask something from new nurses when they come to me......and that is tell me where they're at in the learning process and do some homework FIRST...THEN come to me for clarifications/questions. I think this is the most helpful to both parties.

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Originally posted by Agnus

If you have conditions that must be met for you to give an opinion or information then you need to state them up front.

If one expects a consulting fee they don't give away the information before mentioning thier fee.

Geez this post is really over the top. Utterly. I mentioned nothing of the sort; twist away at will. All I ask for is honesty.....if that is too much to ask, well then. They come in here...take take take...offer NADA in way of support or anything for anyone in return. They show up, get what they want and disappear. I don't think it's a lot to ask to be UPFRONT w/us at the very LEAST. I really don't .....over and out.

I agree with Agnus, I don't think she intentionally tried to trick anyone. She was given an assignment and a list of possible resources. Being new here, and maybe even new to the internet, she may have been unaware of "message board etiquette" related to school assignments. I don't think it's anything to get angry over.

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