Nursing student giving me the creeps.

[TreehuggerRN]

Not just me, either. Where I work we have a practical nursing class doing their rotation and I was approached by this very large, rough-looking guy with a shaved head. He was loud and crude, and when I would answer his questions he would say things like, "what a bunch of crap!"

He looked like he would be more at home in a biker bar than as a nurse. Now before anyone blows me to smitherines for "profiling" and stereotyping I want to say that I'm not the only one who thinks he is weird. I mentioned to another nurse I would not trust handing this guy the keys to a med cart and she totally agreed. I was surprised at my visceral response to this guy because I do not like to jump to conclusions about people and I know looks can be deceiving.

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

This has nothing to do with a student's looks-

Well, I don't know that that is true. The OP made a point, several times, of describing how he looked.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Well, I don't know that that is true. The OP made a point, several times, of describing how he looked.

You are correct. However, as a nurse we need to look past how someone looks. People act inappropriately from every walk of life. Just as people act appropriately from every walk of life as well. The beautiful people can be equally as creepy and obnoxious. Just as atypical looking people can be the most wonderful people ever.

Deal with the behavior and not don't make assumptions based on looks. Or you will set yourself up for a longgggg hard career in nursing.

[OCNRN63, RN]

I worked with a nurse in the ED who was a bald, Harley-riding guy who looked very intimidating. He was also one of the kindest-hearted, tender, compassionate nurses I've ever worked with. He was a big teddybear. I wound up being sick enough to go to the ED, and my prayers were answered when I saw he was in triage. At one point, I broke down and started to cry, and he treated me with more tenderness than any female nurse ever could have.

While I believe in gut feelings, if I'd gone with my gut feeling when I first saw him, I would have misjudged one of the best nurses I've ever worked with.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

I think he may be a but rough with how he communicates, but I know plenty of female nurses who are the same way, and gruff or not I'd have them ANY day of the week.

[Caribbean Character]

Well, let's do this. would you trust this guy as a nursing student on your floor and in your meds room?

Now THIS GUY looks like a trustworthy nursing student!

So which one do you trust and which one gives you the creeps?

[cjdmomma]

The dude all in white gives me the creeps... haha!! I love me a biker dude, and that guy looks like a lot of my most loved and gentle relatives! (Are they the same guy?? lol)

Anyway... I am not condoning what he said to you, but what was (in his opinion) a "load of crap?" Your answer or the policy you were reciting, maybe? I don't know, but maybe you were taking what he said personally, and not why he said it...

Either way, his delivery was off for real. I would let this one slide, but the next time you hear him being rude, let the instructor know. I know that I have a bit of a rough sense of humor and some times nerves get the best of me, and I insert foot... so give him the benefit of the doubt, this time....

[Caribbean Character]

Yeah, actually they are both me. The top pick is a year ago and the bottom was a month ago.

[Alnitak7]

How does this man do with the patients and nursing procedures?

There might be patients who would be the perfect ones for his patient group.

If I'm working on the same floor as him, would he be able to take the sex predators and the combative patients off my group

and I'll take the confused little old ladies who don't want a man to take care of them off his list.

[JBudd, MSN]

This student was being described in 2009, and has either graduated or flunked out by now, lol!

The OP's last post was in 2010, so I doubt we'll ever know how it turned out.

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

Amazing that we posted all these comments, and none of the rest of us noticed it was an old thread. Haha.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Apparently, he now works with OCRN63!!

[Alnitak7]

With anyone who's intimidating like this, you have to remember that the drastic variation in places they can work.

There are probably patients who are similar to him and who would thrive under his care.

Occasionally, people like this have more soul than some others who seem popular with their co-workers.

As far as saying, "What a load of crap," it might be a matter of when and why they're saying it and who they say it to.