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.
The ones overtly crying on social media are the ones who tout having a "calling" for nursing. Ugh. The paradox of self-pity and sanctimoniousness is quite nauseous.
Welcome to the generation of social media.. It is kind of embarrassing to see that. Today not just limited to nursing, but this generation's character is based on the amount of followers or likes one has. I mean even management gets involved with the tic toc dances as well. I think nursing school should also teach proper etiquette in regards to social media.
Welcome to the generation of social media.. It is kind of embarrassing to see that. Today not just limited to nursing, but this generation's character is based on the amount of followers or likes one has. I mean even management gets involved with the tic toc dances as well. I think nursing school should also teach proper etiquette in regards to social media.
It is concerning to see the level of unmitigated narcicism being propelled by these social media apps/sites. I am glad that I own shares in them, but I do not belong in them as a participant. At least some people are profiting from the deterioration of attention spans and dopamine hits that social media creates.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
6 hours ago, DUDERNGUY said:
I am not a troll but I am a truth bringer. I get it, you are all a "click" and want to gang up on an outsider by calling me a troll. It's cool though I've been doubted and repressed my entire life, I know how to handle this. I m glad I triggered some of you who are doing nothing now other than arguing with me to help cope with an obvious decline in the profession. It's OK; I am here for you and will listen. Please see the Image I posted; it shares the stages of coping. Regarding the recent trend of unprofessionalism in nursing, I believe many of you are in stage 2, judging by your responses. I myself am in stage 3 and approaching stage 4. I hope in the future, nurses will find ways to enhance their professionalism. These tik tok videos are not professional. I m finding here people are defensive // coping // ignoring // just getting by.
I'd like to end this post with the definition of professionalism.
pro·fes·sion·al·ism
noun
the competence or skill expected of a professional.
"the key to quality and efficiency is professionalism"
the practicing of an activity, especially a sport, by professional rather than amateur players.
"the trend toward professionalism"
I would say you are in stage 2 as yiu don't seem at all sad - just angry!
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?
OK I’m 23 so I will be the voice of reason here. You always will get a group of wackadoodles In any profession. Just look at the politicians we have! You have the opportunity to plug into facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, Youtube, or any other site and lament over what people say or do. Or you can be like me and choose not to have any social media. It’s your choice. Any good nurse will tell you that you can’t control other people and you have to always expect the unexpected. The fact that your even bothering to be upset over what others are doing is sad. Be the change you would like to see. Cheers on your journey!
I somewhat agree with you. However, you cannot be the voice of reason and proceed to use "wackadoodles". Additionally, you chose to be sad about what OP is doing, yet you lament about him being upset. Hypocrisy much?
Just jumping in to say MOST nurses here aren’t doing it here either. But there are a lotttt of nurses, and some are, and therefore “nurse TikTok” has a ton of people.
What are you struggling to say? Most of the nurse on Tiktok videos doing silly rubbish are in fact from America. We are a sick society disillusioned by our self-imagined importance and narratives of exceptionalism.
37 minutes ago, hppygr8ful said:
I would say you are in stage 2 as yiu don't seem at all sad - just angry!
What are you struggling to say? Most of the nurse on Tiktok videos doing silly rubbish are in fact from America. We are a sick society disillusioned by our self-imagined importance and narratives of exceptionalism.
Can someone please tell me what a birdbox blindfold is?
It was that Netflix movie that had Sandra Bullock in it. I didn’t watch it so I don’t really know what it’s about. I just saw the previews of them in a boat wearing blindfolds.
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The ones overtly crying on social media are the ones who tout having a "calling" for nursing. Ugh. The paradox of self-pity and sanctimoniousness is quite nauseous.