pet peeves when nursing students arrive

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 14, 2011

Thanks. Its sort of funny now, looking back on it. I wish she could see how ridiculous she looked. The bad thing was, we couldn't get away from her! Everywhere we went, there she was! One day, I was back in the special care nursery and there she came, dressed in street clothes. She just came to "hang out, see what's going on". I guess my instructor was right, she was definitely territorial!

Yikes :eek: No life away from work makes people a bit loopy.... and reminds me of the nurse in "OMG - I'm shaking"...over on Central..... granted, that's a major extreme....

Scarlette Wings · Aug 14, 2011

ruby "enjoys having students around" so she can sigh, become aggravated while her bad attitude rubs off on us new students? we take up her time rather than being a mentor and being patient with us? that is what it seems to me. no thank you!

child, you for sure don't want to make this group of experienced older nurses angry and expect to gain any respect out in the real world or advice on lessons to make life easier down the road... ruby has more wisdom in her left little toe than most people have tact when they open their mouth. :rolleyes:

i had no attitude one way or another when i started reading this thread but geesh, sounds like someone asked for advice and then when it was given they had a hissy fit. it is not worth the hassel.

p.s. the use of the word "child" denotes youthful type behavior and inexperience and i hope innocence, not ill intentioned hatefulness.

Scarlette Wings · Aug 14, 2011

how come you don't see the doctors acting like this? it's like they welcome medical students a lot better than nurses welcome nursing students... none of that catty, egotistical bs. there's more camaraderie to me.

:hpygrp::hpygrp:

i'm sorry but i have seen some doctors, specially surgeons, chew up a fresh intern and spit out the bones and dare the other students interns to blink. lol

allnurses Guide · Aug 14, 2011

so many people seem to have taken this post as a direct insult. One poster said they would chew their arm off before having a preceptor like Ruby. Now that seems rude and over the top.

On the contrary. I said I would chew off my arm to have the opportunity to precept with Ruby. :smokin:

6mostogo · Aug 14, 2011

I can see this person is not the nurse you want to be in clinicals with. Too bad you have such a bad attitude and feel that we students are taking up more of your time and think we are problem children. I hope to never be in your patient room :/ So much for "supporting other fellow nursing students" !! :mad:DISLIKE:mad:

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet, but I'm sure I'm not the first to say this: I would jump at the chance to learn from Ruby Vee for a day.

NeedchangeofPace · Aug 14, 2011

originally posted by purplcav

ruby "enjoys having students around" so she can sigh, become aggravated while her bad attitude rubs off on us new students? we take up her time rather than being a mentor and being patient with us? that is what it seems to me.

no thank you!

purplcav

you need to activate and develop your brain to be able to develop some critical thinking or else you will be lost.

child, you for sure don't want to make this group of experienced older nurses angry and expect to gain any respect out in the real world or advice on lessons to make life easier down the road... ruby has more wisdom in her left little toe than most people have tact when they open their mouth.

i had no attitude one way or another when i started reading this thread but geesh, sounds like someone asked for advice and then when it was given they had a hissy fit. it is not worth the hassel.

p.s. the use of the word "child" denotes youthful type behavior and inexperience and i

hope

innocence, not ill intentioned hatefulness.

good analogy!

ps i was gonig to jump in and support ruby vee's perspective, but she does not need my help!!

diva rn, BSN, RN · Aug 14, 2011

Right on! Ruby does not need any one else's help but I just wanted to say, I have been a nurse for almost 20 years and I would love to spend a day precepting with Ruby Vee!!!

To Purplecav.....you need to get a clue...I am afraid you have a long and bumpy road ahead of you-if you are a student-you need to "know when to hold em and know when to fold em".....seriously, you just don't know what you don't know and that's unfortunate. If you would stop your egotistical gripping and shut up and listen you might just learn something....nursing is not for the faint of heart and we are not here to make your lives easier or hold your hands while you learn what we learned to do years ago.....watch, look and listen...join in-if asked. Try not to get in the way and don't act like you know it all. But most of all. lose the attitude.......it will not serve you well!!! *DISLIKE*

Ruby Vee, BSN · Aug 15, 2011

thanks, guys! i don't need to be defended, but man it feels good!

justavolunteer · Aug 16, 2011

I have a slightly different perspective on this because I am 'justavolunteer' on a pt unit. I have noticed that most nursing students are eager to learn & glad to help out. (The troublesome students usually end up with unwelcome attention from their instructor before too long, anyway).

I do know that students can get the wrong idea about life after graduation. I once had a person who worked on our unit who was also a student. She told me there were people in her class who thought they would never have to clean up poopy patients after graduation. (This while I was helping her with such a pt.) We both had a good laugh about that! For that matter, I have sometimes even helped students turn pts, etc. I go home & say, "Well it was really busy today! Even the nursing STUDENTS were asking me for help"!

The nurses who are rude to students are often rude to everybody. I have generally gotten nothing but kindness & appreciation as a volunteer. There is a rude-to-everybody nurse who shows up on my unit sometimes. Even the other nurses have warned me to stay clear of her occasionally. (They appreciate my help & look out for me.)

As for clearing out of seats at the nurses' station, I have no problem at all doing that. I figured out a long time ago that a nurse who sits at a computer actually needs to use it. I'm just taking up space, which I can do someplace else.

JenTheRN · Aug 16, 2011

Like many previous posters, please students, do not take up the valuable space at the nurses station by the computers! I need to chart and put orders in. It is difficult when you are there checking your email (I know not everyone does this but it has happened!) Please offer your chair to the weary nurses during report.

I also love having students that are willing to learn! But I have encountered some who don't seem to realize or aren't aware that the computer / space at the nurses station is a valuable comodity for us.

NurseKellyH · Aug 21, 2011

I think I've arrived a bit late to the conversation, but I had something to add to the ipod discussion...

Technology is indeed fantastic, and people should embrace it being used in more situations. However, the patient is in the hospital to seek the help of a trained and skilled professional, not google. The patient could diagnose their own condition on their computer at home, or look up side effects of their meds and things of that nature (which, as we all know some people have a tendency to do this anyways).

Point being, yes, technology is wonderful and can be amazing in a variety of situations. I'd imagine it has less to do with whether you're checking your email or looking up drug interactions and more of a person wondering why their nurse, student or not, doesn't know these things already. I know it would make me feel a little less safe about my surroundings if the person charged with taking care of me had to rely on a search engine and not just knowledge... It just appears unprofessional to a patient who went to the hospital because google couldn't help them solve their own problem, or they wouldn't be in there in the first place.

*Edit* If you'd really like to look things up to know more about them, write them down somewhere to reference later when you aren't at work/clinical or perhaps even on break and out of sight of people who don't want to see you on your phone at work.

littleneoRN · Aug 21, 2011

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*Edit* If you'd really like to look things up to know more about them, write them down somewhere to reference later when you aren't at work/clinical or perhaps even on break and out of sight of people who don't want to see you on your phone at work.

Yes and no. I agree that you want to breed confidence, but I'd be more confident in someone who looks up a dose or side effect than someone who writes it down to read later...after they give me the medicine. I tell parents all the time...I don't know, but I'll find out. I am not in favor of the IPod exactly, but I'm even less in favor of discouraging lookning things up. There is just too much to know.