suziesunshine

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1. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

   suziesunshine replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

   I was bulled as an older student when I went back to school for my MSN and was bullied by a nurse practitioner in a VA clinic. It started when she began rolling her eyes when introducing me to her...

2. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

   suziesunshine replied to Roland's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hello. We should not be stereotyping. The CDC is in Atlanta, hardly a group of

3. Do you wear rings to work?

   suziesunshine replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I think it's ok to wear your wedding ring but I wouldn't advise wearing an engagement ring. They can tear gloves, harbor microorganisms and get dirty. I just wear a plain wedding

4. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

   suziesunshine replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

5. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

   suziesunshine replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

   I would do the project for sure. I would also advise the instructor of the behavior and remind her/him that you are paying for an education which doesn't include this type of behavior. I would also...

6. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

   suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

   There's something wrong with bullying and taking frustrations out on other people ...I've seen may a bright and enthusiastic young person enter the field only to leave because of nasty women. It's...

7. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

   suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

   It's not a matter of a an attitude. It's a matter of being humiliated in front of a patient and in front of a physician. It's a matter of expecting to be treated as an adult when I am paying for an...

8. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

   suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

   I've been an RN for over 20 years and I've been in an Ivy League University Medical Center for about 6 years now. I can honestly say that bullying, snapping at people, belittling people and bringing a...

9. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

   suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

   I don't consider being treated as an adult as coddling. That many nurses "eat their young" my be a stereotype but, sadly to say, it's an earned one. Everyone has heard about it and many have...

10. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the OR years ago and I was told by the nurse manager (after being humiliated by my preceptor in front of an entire O.R. team) that this was "the way it was" in the O.R. When I went...

11. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    suziesunshine replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    My original thread was closed for whatever reason. I have been in the profession for over twenty years and I've met middle aged nurses or NP's who enjoys humiliating new nurses, orientees or...

12. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    suziesunshine posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We are in the realm of evidence based practice where nursing "traditions' have little value. This should translate over to the tradition of nurses who eat their young. We've all met them..usually...

13. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    suziesunshine posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are in the realm of evidence based practice where nursing "traditions' have little value. This should translate over to the tradition of nurses who eat their young. We've all met them..usually...