When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

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I'm going into my second year of my BSN program in the fall, and have been working as a manager at a coffee shop. And here is my rant, My store is close to a hopital and many nurses (I can see it on their I.D.) come into my store. Very few of them are even slightly friendly, they are rude, impatient:angryfire , and look down their noses at me and my staff.

Alot of my staff is still in high school, or secondary education, their are a few that this is their job for a couple years until they can get their lives under control and move on to better jobs. But I feel this gives no one the righ to look at us or treat us like we are sh!t.

Why is it that in a proffession of understanding can nurses at least not seem to be friendly. And if we don't want to have to act like professionals in public when not working then it would only take the small step of changing or at least removing the ID badge. because it doesn't help public relations.

And you would think that nurses who often have to deal, and care for all kinds of poeple whould but a bigger effort into being nice to others to make the lives of others run a little smoother, the idea of a smile can have a snow ball effect.

This is my rant for the day, so please be nice to the person serving your coffee and unhealthy food, because the person behind the counter might be a patient to someone one day and it may help if they have a possitive view on nurses, or even just to be nice,

SR

I think a point that was originally missed in the OP's msg. was the name badge issue. We are told to remove it but if it is accidently left on to REMEMBER we represent the facility and our profession. .

I was just beginning to think as I scrolled through that I was the only one who picked up on this! Anytime we are in uniform with badge on, we represent not only ourselves but our whole profession...who knows, maybe one of those coffeeshop employees currently in high school may be considering a career in nursing one day.

Whether its a cup of coffee, filling up the gas tank, or buying a gallon of milk, doesnt matter...remember those on the other end are human beings just trying to make it in this world.

being rude is a low form of whit

Specializes in Case Manager, LTC,Staff Dev/NAT Instr.

I just want to say as the previous posts true we are in uniform but we are also human, our mind may be elsewhere sometimes and we are not thinking of smiling and going all out in a conversation, especially if we have had a bad day, pt. die etc. and do you and (coffee service staff) go out of your way to speak and smile, if not why do you expect me to act a certain way due to the fact I'm in a uniform, this post is very judgemental on how nurses are looked upon, yes we strived to be professionals but WE are still human and I am so tired of these posts that think because we are nurses we should act a certain way that THEY think we ought to act, if next time you see a nurse not smiling why don't you try and be the first to interact by saying "it's not that bad" or something positive, remember negative attitudes brings reciprocal actions and positive attitudes brings reciprocal actions and a great ending, and try not to think that all nurses have a negative behavior, WE DON'T. :) I go in Peace

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
And that's exactly why I'm not leaving these mountains and GENUINELY friendly folk !!!

Here we still get smiled at, and not a cheshire cat grin, either. The smiles come from the heart, as does the small talk at the coffeeshop counter or the grocerie store or the gas station.

I notice the lack of HEART in other places, too. How ppl have become totally self focused.

When family comes to visit us, they can't get over how genuinely friendly ppl are here. And I choose to reside in the Land of Smiles ! :D:D:D

jnette, when I visited the NC mountains several years ago I noticed the waving too when I went on walks. I'd be walking down the road cars would pass and wave.

I miss the Southern hospitality that isn't prevalent here. Would be nice if a cashier would look at you and say, "thank you have a nice day". Even if it's insincere, just a little manners would be nice. I had a cashier the other day and we conducted the entire transaction in silence. He didn't even give me the total amount, didn't look at me. I ran to the bathroom to see if I smelled or had a booger out my noise. No just no manners like they have back home.

But that's o.k. One cashier out of 1000s of good ones isn't going to ruin my day. But I just love hearing "Have a nice day". sigh........ :rotfl:

if it takes a badge and uniform for humankind to use common courtesy then lets hand them out at birth! (or is that what we get when we get our birthday suit? lol :chuckle )

why does the 'bad guy' set us off into such a generalization about our whole community. :( even when i have a bad assignment, most of my patients are kind and polite. so most of my thoughts should center around the good patients i had.... i know this is ideal, but that is how i choose to live 95% of the time. ( i have bad days, too, lol:p )

can't we all just commit to make a difference and be the catalyst that sets off a world of good will toward men? then we all would live in a community

with ramdom acts of kindness being common place. don't forget the good people are the majority!!! are we not????

i have a solution for rude people- kill them with kindness. :)

Specializes in Med-Surg.
i have a solution for rude people- kill them with kindness. :)

i'm with you. i must admit to getting some perverse pleasure out of how puzzled it makes most grumpy people.

i don't tolerate abuse, but i make an effort to not give grumps the power to ruin my mood or my day. sorry folks, i'm not in an argueing mood.

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