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1. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   I would never say that and 100% do not feel that way about the looks. Nothing to do with the job. I believe in solidarity of women and of nurses which is why hateful nurses bother me so much. I don’t see anything rude about my reaction to being told ...

2. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Haha I got very lucky!! This hospital has so many weekend workers they don’t need us!

3. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Advice that you had given was incredibly valid, in fact parts of it made me feel better. But I don’t think I am being crazy or overly emotional by being hurt by the way it was expressed. I feel my original post already made it very obvious how low I ...

4. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much!! This was very helpful. Again, I do agree there was very valid points to Ruby’s advice.

5. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, I appreciate your thoughtful response. I understand that some people do learn that way, and perhaps welcome it, but not everyone does. I feel as though that came off as pretty clear through my post, the internal struggle and lack of confid...

6. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   You’re absolutely right, blunt is not the same as rude. Constructive criticism, gee did not realize that “suck it up” was a form of constructive criticism. I’ll make sure to make note of that. Interesting how my concise, calm response is considered “...

7. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for this ❤️

8. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Your advice is truly revolutionary. YOU are what’s wrong with the way nurses treat one another and I don’t need a lifetime of experience to see that. It absolutely blows my mind that you chose to get on this post and those are the words you chose. Y...

9. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

   salexandra replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, this is more comforting than you’ll know.

10. A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

    salexandra posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope this topic helps me, along with other nurses stuck in the middle like myself. So my background: I graduated nursing school in May 2017. I passed my NCLEX in July '17 and was hired right away onto a SICU at a level I trauma center/teaching hos...