I prefer working with new grads,or non-hospital nurses

[Blackheartednurse]

Is it just me or what but I noticed a trend :many of the hospital nurses are burned out,mean,show bad attitudes and nurses who are employed outside of the hospital settings or are just starting their career are generally more pleasant to work with,have over all better attitude,enthusiasm.

It is sad to say but working with a new grad or non-hospital nurse is a like a breath of fresh air and working with many of the hospital nurses is like working in a coal mine.

[April, RN, BSN, RN]

What??? What are you talking about..At my current job everyone is really awsome and I have no problems with anybody..I have been there for 3-2 months now.It is only that on some days I run into crappy nurses at the other health care setting but I noticed that many of those mean ones work in a hospital.'

What other health care setting? The flu clinics? People are having a problem with your original post because you have very limited experience in any health care setting and are making offensive generalizations about experienced bedside nurses based on a few encounters you've have. The awesome nurses you work with in home health now are experienced and likely worked in a hospital at some point, too.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

I know that it is hard to face the music.

Sometimes the music's in stereo. You know, surround sound. We all need to face it.

To whom will you go when you need a second opinion, or when a patient crumps?

Judge, assume and hate away. But it's me (and my experienced cohorts) who will be there to help you. I wouldn't lump us all into one stereotype.

Speaking of lumps, my great granddaddy was a coal miner. He was a hard worker! I don't see the need to dis coal miners...

[chloecatrn]

Oh no,it is not me cause I met some wonderful nurses who treated me very kindly.

I know that it is hard to face the music.

Those same nurses that I talked about in my first post... the backstabby, catty new grads? They had older, seasoned nurses that treated them very well too. Not every nurse treated them badly; it was easier to get on their good side than to be on their bad side. I'm not saying that this is how you are. My point is that you may want to take some time for some self examination to determine if any of these bad interactions could be colored by your attitude in any way.

And I'm not sure what you mean by "hard to face the music." I don't work in a hospital. So, by your very definition, I should be one of those nurses that you prefer to work with.

[klone, MSN, RN]

I really tried to stay away from this thread but I will add my two cents.

1. I believe OP needs a paradigm shift i.e what can I do for others instead of what can others do for me?

2. OP, next time you have a stool softener/homehealth/med question, why dont you go ask the new grads and non-hospital nurses that you seem to prefer working with!

3. I think you ought to apologize to the grown(i.e non-new grad) and hospital nurses that always help you out whenever you have a question because the title of this thread is very insulting to them.

That's a very good point - OP, you do realize that probably half, if not the majority of posters here are hospital nurses, right? And you just kind of insulted us all with one broad brush?

[noctanol]

hospital nurses, especially when working with nurses who have never worked in hospitals thing or feel they are superior. Case and point, me, hospital nurse comes and supervisors tell me to train her coz she is new to facility. well she dont want to listed because she "has seen alot of real emergencies" in the hospital. i almost cursed her out, a fall is an emergency in a NH, we do not get gun shot wounds or stubbing, or babies who drank a whole bottle of chlorox, this is a nursing home, get it, we provide LONG TERM CARE, some of this people will never go home. she only lasted 2 weeks, she had issues with our narc count, shift change report, etc.

Another nurse, said she had 10 fold more years experience than the three nurses (US) who work here. thats the two that i know off:eek: