Problems with the aging nurses

LynnRN you seem the most reasonable with your responses. This is not because you agree with my original posting. But, you actually took the time to understand, this was not a general statement of an entire generation. Although, we've been deemed the "entitled" generation, what's to say of the individuals who are older and feel the younger generation owe them the world because of age?

I would never disrespect anyone. But, if these posters knew my back story and credentials I am certain entitled would be the last term used to describe me.

I for one was homeless at 16; worked my way through high school at an Arby's in Brooklyn while my family resided in the wealthiest neighborhood on Long Island, worked 2 jobs while completing my Bachelors in Health Information Management, returned back to school to receive a Masters in Health Informatics, climbed from a Medical Records Technician to the Director of Health Information management and Physician documentation specialist...Resigned from that position to complete a BSN in nursing & presently going to school for my MSN! Entitled? I don't think these individuals could handle my job on their best day!

What major hospital doesn't offer a pension after you've vested? If you work in a SNF or a convalescent hospital, you should have been looking to transfer to a hospital while you were young enough to do it. I started off in long term back in the early 90s and got out when opportunity knocked. As for no nest egg for retirement, who's fault is that?

I am 45. The opportunity did knock..and I choose not to answer. What I do everyday is very important and I am damn good at it too.

Love from an "old bat" in LTC....be there until I need my own bed too!

I am 45. The opportunity did knock..and I choose not to answer. What I do everyday is very important and I am damn good at it too.

Love from an "old bat" in LTC....be there until I need my own bed too!

You're 8 Years my senior. You took this personally when the post excluded you, even if you felt as though it was targeting a certain age group? You wanted to pick a battle, not converse logically!

Unfortunately this is the way it works on this forum. As soon as 'age' is mentioned even though you clearly stated you were definitely not generalizing, others (and I am going to assume *more experienced* nurses) automatically go on defense and attack.

It makes me wonder if people on these forums don't take the time to thoroughly read a post before assumptions are made, don't care because they think they're always 'right', and/or don't give a rats orifice.

My advice is to consider what it's like to walk in the other persons shoes. There may be a lot more to the story or it could be that this nurse that the OP is based upon has always been that way?And also in the grand scheme of things, does it REALLY matter?

You're 8 Years my senior. You took this personally when the post excluded you, even if you felt as though it was targeting a certain age group? You wanted to pick a battle, not converse logically!

while you may have a valid concern about your cn, i would caution you against stereotyping all nurses of a certain age, as each and every nurse is unique in their abilities and presentation.i'll make a deal with you:if you resist from condemning all middle-aged nurses as incapable, i will resist from condemning all 20-somethings, as cocky, arrogant, and short-sighted.deal?leslie