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Thank you! I did already have my interview, and a lot of those questions were asked!

I have an interview next week for a clinical instructor. Does anyone have any tips? Common questions asked? I know a question about how to deal with difficult students will definitely be asked. TIA!

Peds nurses just play with kids all day!

28 years old, been a nurse for 4 years.

I agree with what a lot of the others said with regards to doing something non-bedside. Bedside nursing is not for everyone, and that's okay! Nurses are needed in many areas, not only at the bedside. Do what works for you, Ashley!

Coworkers giving you the silent treatment - would that be considered passive-aggressive? Let's say another nurse gives you report before going on break and asks you to a complete a task (which is not high priority, but has to be done at some point du...

Do you think that most nursing schools use a lot of fear tactics? In the particular nursing school I went to there seemed to have been particular instructors who, while teaching skills in lab, would always say things like, "This nurse put the wrong t...

I've heard a bit about it, but I haven't done in-depth research on the subject.

Excellent points, everyone! Thanks for your responses. I like hearing different perspectives.

Aren't nurses considered the eyes and ears of the physician? Still pretty important. And, don't you mean learn how to help & assist him or her?

There is a very specialized unit in which some of the nurse friends I work with also float to, let's call it "Unit X." This unit has the reputation of being unwelcoming towards float nurses, especially the newer float nurses. Many of these nurses dre...

Whoa!

To be honest, I'm not completely sure if they ask or not. It goes both ways - when you see another nurse very busy on the floor, the polite thing to do would be to ask if he/she needs help and to help them. However, no one is a mind reader. So, if th...

They're float pool nurses. I do hear the same complaints as well; it seems to be a common trend in a lot of places.

To be more specific, the unit I'm referring to is a pediatric oncology unit. Some of the float nurses have a few years of experience on other pediatric units, but are new to this unit. Some are new grads who previously worked in adults who've since s...

Thanks for all your replies! I'm getting the sense that the way things work in the hospital I work at is different from everyone else's. I apologize for not being clear. To clarify, these newer float nurses were doing orientation/buddy shifts. For th...

I'm including these past situations to highlight a pattern here - I'm often told that I'm too nice, passive, laidback, things like that - with regards to being treated poorly by other people, but not saying anything about it. · When I worked i...

For sure, it wasn't that bad at all. I'm not "scarred" by it or anything I didn't intend for it to come across that way. I have searched on Google here and there for assertiveness strategies, but I will definitely spend more time searching!

Thanks for your response! I agree with you that it would be helpful for me to go back to them, but this meeting happened over a year ago, and both of them are no longer in management positions. They still, however, work in the same hospital. Would i...

I struggle with shyness. People who don't know me well/aren't close to me, will say that I am a quiet person who doesn't like talking. However, when I am with people I'm comfortable with and close to (usually outside of work), I can be very extrovert...

Thanks so much for your input, dontbetachy90. I really appreciate your advice! I agree with you that being quiet is not a bad thing, but being quiet and being shy are two different things. Not all quiet people are shy, and not all shy people are qui...

Thanks, JKL33. Much appreciated!

A little over two years!

I personally do not think that 4 shifts is enough. When I worked in adult med/surg as a new grad, I only had 5 orientation shifts. I didn't think it was enough, but I still thought I would be okay working on my own. I worked on my own after that, and...

I worked on an adult unit prior to working in pediatrics. I've been working in pediatrics for a little over a year. It's been great to work with children. However, it's been difficult a lot of times, because there have been some nurses who have had a...