Care As a Patient from New Grads

AZ_LPN_8_26_13 · Oct 14, 2013

Went to the doctors office today from having stabbing pain where my gallbladder was (taken out 07/13). Did a assessment and suspected appendicitis. Rushed me up to lakeside in Omaha NE. Had a CAT scan and confirmed. So They got in touch with my dr and Admited me. Surgery at 8 pm awake by 10.
The hospitalist was very kind, good bedside manor. The surgeon was you know.....a surgeon.
My point is the nurses. All new grads within the last 2 Years (one graduated in May!!). They are so caring and bedside manor is understanding and very caring. I will never again in my life be weary of a new grad again!! They are so confident and ontop of things!

Email this post to hospital administrators and hiring departments at hospitals. Most of them haven't gotten the message yet. Many places still don't want to hire new grads

PAjama_Mama · Oct 14, 2013

I graduated in May and currently work in an ER/Trauma Center where a patient recently asked - from what seemed out of nowhere - if I was a new grad. I was instantly mortified! I thought I'd done something wrong, made a silly error, etc., despite the fact that I had an excellent orientation and preceptor. I looked at her, wide-eyed, and replied, "Why do you ask?" Her response? "You're too nice to have been here a long time. Only the new ones are nice like you." :facepalm: That really bothered me.

(I must say 90% of my coworkers have been there for many years and are also very compassionate, and this woman typically dealt with a for-profit hospital across town!)