Okay, So I have learned very well that new nurses (wet behind the ears) are not the best company to have as friends. Yes, that is a bit harsh but considering my long term nurse friends from school or my first job, It seems that the probies honestly do not have a sense of humor at all.
We all go out for coffee or out to dinner. We share our own "war" stories (we've all done it people, don't lie). My aged co-workers and myself joke and laugh about certain situations.
Then comes the probie "Well I think its unprofessional to make those comments and laugh about a person pooping all over the bed" .
KILL JOY!
What the probie does not seem to understand is that (and I quote my mother here) "If we didn't laugh, we'd cry".
Or for example the probie calling me to to say he is going to call in sick from work that night for a headache. My joking response is to take a Lindsay Lohan milkshake (Milk of Mag, Norco, and 2 shots of Vodka).
Probie's response "How dare you assume I am a druggie - you have no clout or professionalism".
Really - I have no professionalism?
I my opinion, calling off sick for a headache is a sign of unprofessionalism.
My advise to probies under 1 year of bedside experience : Learn to laugh at yourself and the world as a whole. It not all textbook in the real world. Sometimes you have to go out for coffee and make jokes and laugh.
I had the opposite experience as a newbie. There was one older Christian nurse I was especially warned about that would talk to the manager if she heard anything that offended her.
What is a proper term? Probie? Newbie? New Nurse? Wet behind the ears? Youngin?
If I take the advise of the veteran nurses on here, the conclusions thus far I have learned are: My sense of humor is tasteless, I have no respect for my fellow professionals, I am dark and morbid, and I have zero clout. But why stop there - Perhaps I know nothing and I am anti-social, I lack empathy, and I have to be right in all situations.
I need to take a break from Allnurses.com for a while - its becoming too much like high school all over again.
You have to laugh. We were just lauging at the nurses station because the respiratory therapist was talking about the doctor that was complaining that his patient sounded terrible and needed to be suctioned. The RT went into the room, listened and couldn't her any advantageous lungs sounds but knowing this particular doctor can been less than cordial, he decided to give him a good deep suctioning as ordered.
The RT came back to the station to report to the doctor that he had done what was ordered. When the doctor went back to the patients room, it wasn't the room of the guy he had just suctioned. He had suctioned the wrong patient. Poor thing, the guy he suctioned was a CVA pt and was non-verbal.
We were laughing because one of our competitor hospitals does "aromatherapy". We said we offer "free pulmonary toilet sessions". * snort. guess you had to be there.
Before everyone lectures: Yes, I know this was wrong, it could have had a bad outcome, it was an error. The other patient could've suffered because he didn't get suctioned in a timely manner, etc... No bad outcome tho. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.
What is a proper term? Probie? Newbie? New Nurse? Wet behind the ears? Youngin?
If I take the advise of the veteran nurses on here, the conclusions thus far I have learned are: My sense of humor is tasteless, I have no respect for my fellow professionals, I am dark and morbid, and I have zero clout. But why stop there - Perhaps I know nothing and I am anti-social, I lack empathy, and I have to be right in all situations.
I need to take a break from Allnurses.com for a while - its becoming too much like high school all over again.
Goodbye Folks
Its been real and its been fun
You've gotta be kidding me.
This is a case of "You can dish it out, but you can't take it." Good grief.
I'm laughing at the fact that so many are offended by the word "probie" If that's the worst of someone's "unprofessionalism" towards me as a new nurse, call me probie all you want. It's simply short for Probationer, what's the big deal?
If I take the advise of the veteran nurses on here, the conclusions thus far I have learned are: My sense of humor is tasteless, I have no respect for my fellow professionals, I am dark and morbid, and I have zero clout. But why stop there - Perhaps I know nothing and I am anti-social, I lack empathy, and I have to be right in all situations.
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I don't think your sense of humor is tasteless, it's just not funny. Big difference. It's like an old manager I used to have. He would walk around saying things like, "You don't have a cell phone? What are you Amish? HA ha" and using 15-year-old Ace Ventura quotes, "Hey that person ordered shrimp. Let's put another shrimp on the barbie! Hahahahahaha!!!!!"
When people just looked at him, he would say, "Geez, you guys have no sense of humor." No, we do...we don't laugh at dumb jokes that aren't funny.
So, really, that's all it is. I bet if you found some original material, you would kill at work.
Hey, OP, come and work on my unit. We are all seriously, seriously warped. I've even been known to tell a semi-dirty joke to a violent patient in order to get him to laugh and not throw his chair at me. How can you not be slightly mental (hence my moniker), working day in and day out w/ alcoholics and drug addicts?
I'm normally very funny and outgoing and I have no problem making friends in most cases.
However I'm starting my second week of my first nursing job and for some reason I've become pretty awkward and shy. It's probably because I'm out of my element. I'm a lot younger than most of the staff, and I think I'm so focused on not looking like an idiot that I feel like I can't just relax and be myself. I'm hoping that once I get more comfortable with everything I'll open up and be back to my normal self. I mean, I laugh at the other nurses' jokes and all, but I think I'm way too deer-in-headlights right now to be all that knee-slappingly hilarious myself.
you have had personality clashes with your coworkers before, if I remember correctly. perhaps it is time for some self-reflection about your professional behaviour?
the alternative being histrionic postings on anonymous internet forums. universally entertaining but less likely to lead to personal growth.
Im glad that I worked in health care before going to become a nurse. Im sure I wont be offended if someone calls me newbie/probie/rookie. Ive been rookied numerous times, and figure its just part of paying my dues.
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I had the opposite experience as a newbie. There was one older Christian nurse I was especially warned about that would talk to the manager if she heard anything that offended her.