CGrindel

I have been in health care for 20+ years and never seen someone intentionally pretending to be something they are not. What I HAVE seen are people who get tired of explaining that "NO, I am not a nurse, I'm a (fill in blank) and we do (blah blah blah)..." over and over and over again. I'm sure that get's tiring - everyone assumes all staff are nurses which is why so many facilities now require all staff of same department wear same color scrubs.

"isn't the way that they worry and stress and constantly talk about nursing school kind of similar to the way you worry and get frustrated over how much they do it?" EXACTLY what I was thinking. Everyone gets frustrated just by different triggers and then they express it in different ways. My feeling is one has a few choices is these matters: 1) Find a way to change what frustrates you, perhaps by positive influence - BE a leader! 2) Fuel it (be a part of the problem) or let it fuel you (which seems to be the case here) 3) Let it go. One must always find ways to do that because there are plenty of things outside of our circles of influence and control. Either way - this is an opportunity for growth.

Hello, As a BSN student I am writing a paper on Nurse Informatics. A copy of this supplement, or at least article 1) Deep impact: Informatics and nursing practice, would be very helpful as I'm finding it difficult to locate recent full-text articles meeting the course criteria. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! CGrindel