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Oh my god! You actually cry? Maybe this isn't the career for you. I would start looking at other options. You should be able to handle these situations without getting out of control like that! Just kidding, lol. Hopefully no one will take that too seriously :) I didn't even wait to get home from clinicals to cry, I cried during clinicals lol. It does get better; I noticed a difference by the end of clinicals and I think with more experience it'll get even better. I think that the nurses that breeze through everything without getting phased are able to do that because they are so busy, the turn around is high, they have a lot to get accomplished, and they are looking at things in a "clinical" way. You on the other hand are probably with only a couple of patients all day so you have a lot of time to get into the emotional stuff. I'm sure you'll be fine with time! Wish you luck!

I know it sounds odd, but I have a couple of friends that have been in a similar situation where they were "forced" to take a promotion. No, no one held a gun to their head, but it was made clear that they "had to" take the position.

Kaplan is always a safe bet.

Oops, saw it was meant to be sarcastic

So funny that some coffee and doughnuts could ease tensions on a floor, but I can definitely see how that would take the edge off! Nice to know you found a way to relax people a bit.

Wow, that's a bit harsh to go to the DNS before even approaching the coworker, don't you think? If it were me and I was doing something that someone objected to I would appreciate them coming to me first. That way I could take the opportunity to fix something I was doing wrong or explain/defend my actions. This type of thing where people go to the DNS without even hearing out their coworker is what makes some work places hell holes.

Thanks for your input, I appreciate your inside view on things! Don't take what people say to heart here...it is a nursing forum so I think most people are at least a little biased. I don't agree that nursing school is a joke, but I can see how difficult PA school could be.

You know I wouldn't take it too seriously that a medical student on a medical students forum said nurses weren't the brightest people. I have read many, many, MANY posts on allnurses that say things like "some doctors are so stupid" and "doctors aren't the smartest people in the world". It really is nothing to take to heart. And it's not like they're singling out nurses either...I've heard cardiologists say internists weren't that bright, and other specialist MDs say that you go into Anesthesia if you're lazy.

Agreed! A CRNA is a CRNA and an Anesthesiologist is an anesthesiologist! You can't have less schooling and a different curriculum and expect to compare yourself to an MD!

The nursing shortage may be relative, but it certainly isn't a myth. Your area may just be saturated with nurses for one reason or another. Take a look at the housing crisis...it was a national disaster, but the area I am in was relatively untouched by it. Similarly, there are nursing jobs for those that want to work.

Congrats!!!

Hey I don't personally care if there're a lot of foreign nurses. I just got involved in the conversation because I think it's interesting that people say more than 50% of the nursing staff is foreign, let alone 80%. It just seems statistically impossible.

Do you guys mind sharing what part of the country you are from? Naming cities would be great. I've just never seen anything like what you guys are describing. I would say less than 5% of nurses I've ever worked with or observed have been foreign. By the way, are you guys including CNAs in your count? There are many more foreign (mostly latino) CNAS than RNs and LPNs combined, but still no where near the number you guys are talking about. I wonder if it's just a geographical thing. Are you guys with the high foreign rate more in the Southern part of the country or in rural areas? I can also see California having a higher foreign nurse rate.

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Unless you know the instructor personally you have no idea why she did it. Maybe she had been working with him and knew he had a rough day and needed to grab something quickly before heading back up. Maybe she's worked with him for years and knows he's a great, hard working doctor and just wanted to make a friendly gesture. Maybe she wanted to kiss a**. Maybe she just likes him (as a colleague). Maybe they've known each other for 40 years. Maybe he cared for her or her loved one once and since then she's really appreciated the good care he provided. When I had clinicals our instructors didn't bend over backwards for someone just because they were a doctor, but they certainly were very friendly with many of the doctors we came into contact with because they had a long history with them. I'd just let it go because it really doesn't affect you no matter what her reasoning was. Believe me, our instructors did not hold back if they thought a doctor was being rude or something.