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I'm a new foreign graduate (with US citizenship) and am thinking about settling in NY to look for work. Presuming I actually overcome the hurdles foreign grads face in landing US nursing jobs, I'm just wondering what the typical patients are like in NY? I used to reside in California and I hear that New Yorkers tend to be more up front and abrasive, and that you need a thicker skin?
Adrian32
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I haven't logged on in a while and only just now did I see the backlash my question raised.
I want to extend my most sincere, heartfelt apologies to everyone for its insensitive tone. I guess I just wasn't thinking when I posted it. I thought it was an innocent question but I realize now how so wrong I was. I am so very very sorry. My question did not come from a place of prejudice or anything negative except maybe just outright ignorance. Yes, I am a new grad, and I also happen to be gay, and a minority. I was raised in California, which is also a large cultural melting pot, and I am not racist or consciously prejudiced in any way. But I am truly sorry for my insensitivity.
The reason I asked in the first place was just because I may be relocating to NY, and I have had issues with social anxiety that I'm still actively working on. It's not that I would not care any more or any less for any particular kind of patient; I would try to treat them all as best I could. I know some patients will be more irritable or combative than others, and these are the people for whom I would have to develop a thicker skin. It's something I am working on.
I guess I just wanted to stimulate discussion but I should have been more mindful about how. This has been a mistake on my part and again I am sorry. I hope you can forgive me.