Plato

Plato

Member

  • Content

    37

  • Visitors

    1,031

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by Plato

  1. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato posted a topic in General Nursing

    All this talk of professionalism and being respected by doctors makes me sick. I am a professional. I am a nurse. My job is to diagnose and treat human responses to illness (care for the sick). I...

  2. How the Battle Axe is Born

    Plato posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let's face it, some nurses are battle axes. They're mean, negative, condescending, uncaring, self-centered, lazy, neglectful incompetents. But where do they come from? #1 The Authoritarian...

  3. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato posted a topic in General Nursing

    nursing students: your job is to learn, not to criticize. you don't know enough to criticize what you see. you need to sit down with your coloring book and color. when you graduate, if you graduate,...

  4. lpn-rn...same difference

    Plato replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Hope you have your flame suit on; go in peace? That's priceless. Anyway, an RN is a professional position in society just like the following: Physician Engineer Lawyer Accountant Administrator Teacher...

  5. lpn-rn...same difference

    Plato replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    You're a hopeful for nursing school next fall, and yet you are going to voice your opinion. Well, OK, but I hope you aren't writing checks with your mouth that your butt can't cover, or something like...

  6. lpn-rn...same difference

    Plato replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you're a nurse in the general sense of the word, but not in the professional sense. And I never said the LPN was not of value, but one year practicing nursing tasks does not make one equal to an...

  7. lpn-rn...same difference

    Plato replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I get acused of this everywhere I go. What the hell is a troll? Maybe then I can tell you if I am

  8. How the Battle Axe is Born

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    I think the people who don't find this post funny in the least, may be the one's on the list. I mean, when I was in Civil Service, there was a guy just like Milton in the movie Office Space. He...

  9. lpn-rn...same difference

    Plato replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    LPNs are not professional nurses. They have the word "nurse" in their title, but so does a CNA. An LPN is an assistant to the RN. A CNA, is also an assistant to the RN. The LPN is given technical...

  10. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god--he was, he was...rude. Will someone please get the president on the phone, we have an emergency

  11. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, like I'm going to scare off someone who feels called by God to be a "good" nurse. Sure I might scare off the one who wasn't sure if there was more money in marketing or nursing, but not a...

  12. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    This is an online forum--I've never treated a student nurse bad in the real world. Of course, I've never actually had a student nurse, so... Anyway, I work on a telemetry step-down unit. Mostly CABG...

  13. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    When you meet someone, do you know if they are being sincere or not? So will your patient--even if they're severly demented. When you talk to someone, can you tell when they are keeping a distance...

  14. Nursing Students: Shut up and color

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Who ever said you couldn't have opinions, but read the post: What difference do your opinions make? As a human being with a conscience, sure, you have an opinion. But will you act any differently when...

  15. Florence Nightingale Pledge

    Plato replied to Teresa76's topic in General Nursing

    I like your signature saying better than that stupid pledge that wasn't even written by Flo. I'd rather light a candle and say what you said! "Wanna be a nurse so much! Wanna work at various nursing...

  16. Nursing Home Adm & RN Charged by DA

    Plato replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at a nursing home as an aid, for a year, I guess. Full time for a while then weekends while I was in level 1. I call it the dungeon, and that's what it was. I know I needed to be there....

  17. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Hoolahan, Please don't go there. If I had the problem of professional low self-esteem, then I would accept NPs as nurses--just like you do. I do not. So, even though I said "We" I was only trying to...

  18. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    I think we've pretty much exhausted this topic, and it's good that we did, because I got a chance to see where you stand and you now know where I stand on nurse professionalism. I do want to say for...

  19. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

  20. Is it true?

    Plato replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in general, I think it's true that most nurses have a psychological issue they are trying to work out, and that leads them into the profession. The profession and the tasks that go along with it...

  21. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    I say that doctors, their PAs and NPs will always fail, because their task is to dx and tx diseases that lead to human suffering and death. They will always fail at this task. But the compassion of...

  22. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to clear up one thing, because it seems to be a common theme in these replies: I am not jealous of NPs nor do I have any bad childhood experiences with them. I simply don't like them...

  23. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Dayray, You have said what I meant to say, exactly as I would have liked to have said it!

  24. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry folks, As much as I would like to reply, there are just way too many replies to answer, so I will have to just read them now and pick out one or two to answer. I assure you, I'm not ignoring...

  25. Nurses are not Doctors

    Plato replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing