Nurses make me sick

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I am coming back to this forum, after being away for many years, to communicate this message to you:

Are you kidding me? Why is this profession on "blast" everywhere? Every Instagram post has some covid/nursing/hero quote within it. Nurses are now dancing all over tik tok? Do you think this is cool? Do you think this is what professionalism is about? It is to the point where I am almost ashamed of being a nurse; our traditional nurse leaders are rolling over in their graves. Have humility, stop talking bad / complaining about how awful your jobs are. You came into this profession, probably for the $ and cause every other post on facebook influenced you. This is all part of the agenda: flood hospitals with nurses to drive down wages, make working conditions worse, and pay less. Basic supply/demand strategy used by all corporations to make their workers replaceable). There are plenty of good nurses out there, I am sure. I am just disgusted by the profession's turn: Nurses are shaking all their goods for social media; nurses have no respect for their patients and do nothing but talk chit. I am nothing like most of you, I am ashamed of you, have some respect. Be humble, stop fishing for attention on social media.

Just about every post here has helped to restore my faith in the profession. Maybe it is because this is a third party nursing website that tends to attract a "higher quality" nurse? Or perhaps we are just part of the older population, as I am in my 30's, and I can be experiencing a normal generational dissatisfaction with the youth. I know many of you gestured that my initial tone was harsh/rude; it was meant to be that way as I am upset with the unprofessional trend. I LOVE the different aspects of nursing, even though I have struggled like many of you, and I would fight to defend the profession's integrity and value, as I am trying to do with the discussion here.  

I feel my message was not geared towards many of you potentially great nurses who post here; I really don't know the extent of the audience that exists on this site, and therefore, I doubt many of you are part of the problem. The nurses causing this disturbance are not posting on allnurse; they are on insta, tik ,snap , etc...

3 minutes ago, sevensonnets said:

TY DUDERNGUY, for setting about 5 million of us straight here on social media, and for doing it in such a spectacularly kind and thoughtful way. If you'll excuse me, I've got a unit to run. 

Don't forget to make a tik tok video about it while you dance inappropriately in the med room. Where is HR in all this social media mix? Dropping the ball?

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

 

Happy new Year (nevermind)

 

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1 minute ago, SmilingBluEyes said:

You just came here to stir the pot I'm not sampling any of this dookie. He/she who stirs the poop pot, gets to lick the spoon.

Happy New Year.

See this is part of the problem, eveyone wants to be blind folded like bird box. First it was the birdbox blind fold, now it is the covid mask, what's next?

If you cared about integrity and the profession's future, I think these things need to be considered. Just because the "trend" exposes nurses' lives in the fashion in which it is currently doing through social media does not mean this is best or what should be happening. Can we blame nursing educators for failing to share professionalism and humility with students? Do we blame society as a whole? Or are the days of honor, self-respect, preservation of struggle, and humility only a thing of the past? I, for one, believe we are witnessing a decay in nursing standards. What comes down the road from here, if this trend continues, is nothing good. 

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

If you will notice I changed my post. Your title was a bit pot-stirring. But as I said, I changed it so maybe you could remove your comment as I no longer wish to express what was said.

 

Thank you and happy new year.

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Specializes in Cardiology.

Buddy, Im not sure if you remember but hospitals were paying less and making conditions worse (I.e. staffing) before the covid pandemic and it will continue after (unless you are a union hospital) so I doubt the Tik Tok dancing and social media posts will have any bearing on that. Also, to say people went into this profession for the money is laughable. You think MD's go into the profession to just help people? The same is with nursing. People go into nursing to care for people but also to make good money doing it. 

In regards to the social media posts I am in agreement with you. I got rid of all my social media and I've never felt better. I also cringe when Im called a hero. I also cringed when I got called a hero for being in the military. I'm not. Just doing my job. I also believe upper management should be doing more regarding social media in the workplace. 

Last point: We do have the right to complain about our jobs. Maybe not on social media to see but we do have that right. 

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

I have glanced over this and agree with most responses. @DUDERNGUY

I see that at 30 you are firmly in the group kknown as Millineals. This problem you speak of seems to be endemic of that generation. I don't see an answer but will quote the wisest man I ever knew "If it disturbs you to look at something? Stop looking at it!"

Hppy

 

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On 12/29/2020 at 7:39 AM, DUDERNGUY said:

I am nothing like most of you, I am ashamed of you, have some respect.

Is it wrong that I find this oddly comforting...?

On 12/29/2020 at 8:47 AM, DUDERNGUY said:

To be honest I do my best to avoid most social media these days because of things like this. The less I know, the better.

Good call ?? I’ve avoided social media since its inception.

Oh, and welcome back. I remember you from your previous equally flamboyant entrance on the AN stage ?

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I admit, I have avoided much of social media and I have no idea what the crying videos are and I have avoided TikTok thus far. There is a huge segment of the population that I assume includes some of our nursing brethren/sistren (haha) that seems to want to go viral. Not my cuppa coffee. Who has time? But I am not going to judge, either. I think judging each other has put our country in the rather dire position it is in now, with so much hate and derision and division out there. We need more love in the world. So there, I love all youse guys. ?

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Specializes in ER.

Great thread title!

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15 minutes ago, Pixie.RN said:

I think judging each other has put our country in the rather dire position it is in now, with so much hate and derision and division out there. We need more live in the world. So there, I love all youse guys. ?

I couldnt agree more. I think sometimes we forget that we are all in this together and all the name calling etc is just making things worse for everyone.

I am guessing you meant more love in the world but more people alive would definetly be good too!!

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32 minutes ago, Daisy4RN said:

I am guessing you meant more love in the world but more people alive would definetly be good too!!

Yes, thank you! I fixed it now. ?But we probably all need a little more living as well. I moved to a new city in the middle of this apocalypse so I haven't even had a chance to see much of it! 

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6 hours ago, Pixie.RN said:

I admit, I have avoided much of social media and I have no idea what the crying videos are and I have avoided TikTok thus far. There is a huge segment of the population that I assume includes some of our nursing brethren/sistren (haha) that seems to want to go viral. Not my cuppa coffee. Who has time? But I am not going to judge, either. I think judging each other has put our country in the rather dire position it is in now, with so much hate and derision and division out there. We need more love in the world. So there, I love all youse guys. ?

we need to judge, they are killing our profession. We are in the situation we are in today,with the world, because we let idiots do stuff for to long without saying anything. You don't believe me that our profession is in dire danger:

 

 

 

I've done my part by warning you all. Where is HR in all of this? Where are nursing leaders?

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