Generation Z

Cowboyardee · Mar 27, 2019

They tend to be less worried about their backs and still think hemorrhoids are a laughing matter.

OldDude · Mar 27, 2019

Yea...no one can work, drive, sleep, or eat, without ear buds.

**CalicoKitty, BSN, MSN, RN** · Mar 27, 2019

5 minutes ago, OldDude said:
Yea...no one can work, drive, sleep, or eat, without ear buds.

Sounds like me. I guess I'm just young at heart.

Then again, I was the start of the "Walkman" generation.

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Mar 27, 2019

Probably has always been that way, at least to some extent.

ruby_jane, BSN, RN · Mar 27, 2019

My Gen Z child has extreme difficulty talking on the phone (as opposed to texting, Snap Chatting or Insta-ing). Up front of people though, she is very able to state opinions, and is receptive to other's opinions. She and her friends are nihilistic AF (as they say)...but they have lived with 9/11 and more school shootings than I can count, which would be enough to change one's mindset in a hurry. Us Gen-Xers were latchkey kids but we had a reasonable expection of safety at school. Don't get me started on the 24/7/365 electronic media and instant gratification.

Gen Z and milennials are technology natives, as opposed to my tech immigrant self and my mom, who can't figure out how to text.

We're all a little different.

allnurses Guide · Mar 27, 2019

Interestingly, in the computer training classes I do I am starting to encounter occasional members of this generation who have no idea how to operate a desktop or laptop with a touch pad. While they are the tech generation, some of them have only ever done their computing via phones or tablets. The use of a desktop/laptop with a mouse or touchpad is foreign.

Davey Do · Mar 27, 2019

5 hours ago, OldDude said:
Yea...no one can work, drive, sleep, or eat, without ear buds.

Yeah, OldDude. In our generation it was, " 'ere, Bud!"

Davey Do · Mar 27, 2019

5 hours ago, missmollie said:
Do you notice a difference age groups of 25 or less having a different mindset than those older than 25 in the workplace?

Actually, missmollie, everyone less than 45 years of age looks the same to me.

dream'n, BSN, RN · Mar 28, 2019

I think in general they appear more confident and take things in stride at work, more so than my generation did when we were that age.

EDNURSE20, BSN · Mar 28, 2019

I’m 25 so don’t quite know where I fit in this question. I definitely don’t fit the millennial stereotype.

I have notice a big difference between myself and those that are 21, who went straight to nursing school out of high school and have barely any life experience and haven’t had a job before nursing though. Often are less helpful, first to leave after shift, but tend to be less stress out.

For my self, whose somewhere in the middle of both group, probably technology. I do have my phone on me all the time, not so much personal use but I have apps to look up different medication, terms, conditions I use a lot when I come across something new. Find older nurses still using books!

ocean.baby · Mar 30, 2019

Those phones ?! Heaven help them if they miss a text or a message from one of their many apps, if not read and answered within 60 seconds the world might end. It is OK if the patient is trying to get up by themselves, if the patient is bleeding or vomiting, etc. What is not OK is to not immediately look at that message every time the phone gives them a notification.

And the 'I took the trash out last night' attitude. Or 'it doesn't matter if I can't chart yet, I am not going to do one more lick of work than you are just because you have to chart on all of the patients'.

Thank goodness for the few that give me hope, regardless of their generation.