Have you noticed...

[joe_mulligan88]

There are a lot of nurses that get up in the morning and drink a large (sometimes in Merica, a XL) cup of hater-aid?? I'm a very easy going guy, never expect anything anyone. But it sure does solidify an article I read that nurses eat their young and the lateral aggression that exists in this field. Just saying its prevalent.

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

You mean this is NOT a joke...?!? I started reading your post with a smile, thinking it funny.....then realized you MIGHT be SERIOUS???

I happen to like diet soda as a preference, and tend to be careful of indulgences. But if I feel like having some sugar....just try and stop me!

Totally completely utterly true. And given the facility, this edict may start filtering to other facilities.

[SionainnRN]

Did you drink, Sionainn?

Took my shot!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Totally completely utterly true. And given the facility, this edict may start filtering to other facilities.

Wow. I really do get the need to limit access to poor choices for those who cannot/should not have access. As in not giving your diabetic patient a vat of mac & cheese and chunk of bread with honey and think it's going to turn out well. Asking visitors to not bring in bags of fast food to a patient on a low-salt, reduced-calorie diet. But it sounds like your facility doesn't allow the STAFF to get their own meals and snacks in peace! Just too much.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Took my shot!

LOL, while I can guess, I won't ask outright

[SionainnRN]

LOL, while I can guess, I won't ask outright

Ha ha on another thread I said I've started a game of doing a shot whenever NETY was screamed from the rafters!!

[AOx1]

It is cold outside, and I eat everything at the first sign of below freezing temperatures. Pasta, oatmeal, my young. Generally, I prefer carbs to eating my young, but some are so tasty.

In all seriousness OP, nursing is much like any career. Expect the best, and the few jerks you encounter, just don't be tasty. Be calm and assertive but not aggressive, and try not to take the bait. In a healthy workplace, this is rare.

[Nonyvole, BSN, RN]

Let me just raise my hand...I do. I drink my daily cup o' angst.

Because my chosen coffee place is closed by the time I need my triple shot skinny peppermint mocha. So I have to go to a far lesser location...Starbucks. Yes, I could fire up my coffee maker at home and bring a thermos into work with me to let me get through the night, but that would be too logical.

OP, think about how you're presenting yourself to others. Like others have said, people give what they get. When somebody walks in and says that they're just marking time until they can go to CRNA/NP school, that can be annoying. It takes time for a person to become fully acclimated to a unit, and that time is extended if it's a new grad because that person is also learning how to be a nurse, not a student. And when a person up and leaves after two years or less? It makes the people who put in the time and energy as trainers wonder why they even bother.

[ixchel]

ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html?m=1

[ixchel]

(P.S. That link was posted in humor, not in dramatic irony reflective of the thread's intended subject matter. ?)

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Not to get completely off topic here--however----what is so wonderful about being a CRNA?? If I had to sit for hours on end maintaining an airway I would be just about all set.

Anyways, OP, I think that whatever floats your boat is whatever floats your boat. But, like anything else, be 500% sure that there's a job market for CRNA's in your area doing what it is that you would like to do. I am not sure that people are believing you to be a "hotshot" but do not get so tied up in titles that you are unable to work for what you specialize in.

I think (think) that you have to at least have critical care experience. And for good measure, I would see about getting a certification in critical care. Many, many times, critical care nurses (and other CRNA's) are so focused on what they have to do (which I think is so complex and intricate) that they may come across as less than warm and fuzzy. I find that people who have to put all of their energy in keeping a critical patient alive and functioning leaves very little energy for niceties. And a CRNA who is educating a patient on the effects of anesthesia...and assessing after a procedure....that is where one's patient interaction ends. So classically, they are not necessarily talkative and animated.

Next time someone says to you "enough already about the CRNA talk" or whatever it is that you believe to be hateful...ASK. "Why are you saying this? Can I ask for your support in my venture?" With that being said, however, those kind of encouragements are usually left to one's family/friends/mentors outside of the workplace.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I was born with a particular brand of ******* running through me at all times. I don't need to drink any.

[VivaLaVespaGirl, BSN, MSN]

On this forum, it seems like most are quickly to judge. Look at my previous post and right away someone was like, you must pay your dues etc... I'm just saying there is some generalizations made. I didn't mean to start a whole thread on this. My real life experiences with the nurses I've worked with were great. So what if what I want to do is CRNA, many of my friends parents are CRNAs. I had a great exp with one while I was following him during an open-heart surgery. None of them talked to me like people on here.

I looked back at your previous post, and the comments you received were very positive, supportive, realistic, and framed toward giving you the best possible chance to succeed in your chosen career. If the only thing you got out of those posts was to "pay your dues" you seriously need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.