Alnitak7

The act of shaking someones hand originated long ago when armies, more specifically the generals, would meet before the battle and to prove that the other person did not have a weapon up their sleeve or under their armor, would shake the opponents hand to ensure this.

To this day, I still rarely ever like to shake hands and with someone who I just met, it makes me feel violated. This was one good thing about the pandemic, it made it so I didn't have to shake hands as often. It gives me a bad feeling when every so often, someone still expects this.

It's off the subject but anyone being told they're getting an "injection in the fanny" should run. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a shot in the flesh of the hip and not in the butt. I don't know why they tell people this. Neither do I know why patients announce this like they're proud of it. https://www.physio-pedia.com/Sciatic_Nerve_Injury#:~:text=Injection palsy can begin suddenly,trained staff or unqualified staff.

You have to remember that sociopaths seldom get professional help because they're not suffering. Most of them probably do not have a formal diagnosis unless they have either been to jail or a mental ward where medical intervention is pushed on them.

I don't think people who worry about their patients always cry over them. I would think some of the most sensitive people on earth rarely ever cry. You don't have to be attached to patients or cry for them to have empathy. There are varying ways for empathy to express itself. Empathy makes me frantic sometimes. Empathy caused me to bring a drink to a screaming, cursing patient once. I could tell he was thirsty. What concerns me about sociopaths is that they start fights. I would worry that people quit because of them. I would think if someone wonders if they're a sociopath they should look for empathy inside themselves. Empathy can fade when you're under stress or if you're tired or feeling ill. There are certain people who don't bring out this trait in others.

Do you think their charge nurses would negatively diagnose their favorites?

Sociopathy often clouds the mind and makes some act in ways that are not evidence based. I watched a C.N.A. with a severely arthritic patient who was jerking her limbs around and ignoring her screams. She claimed that not doing this would make her worse. She didn't care about anything but herself. They're known for putting people in crisis and being insensitive to the feelings of others. I've seen my coworkers deny people the right to water just to be obnoxious and had them prevent me from giving my patients adequate care. I think a sociopathic nurse would need rigid self-control to work in such close contact with people.

Let me ask one more time, should handshaking be obliterated from our culture? Covid and other illnesses are still spreading.

I remember being shadowed by students when I still worked. I was getting the feeling from some of them that they were there for voyeuristic purposes and just wanted to stare at some vulnerable patients. Although their R.N. teacher sent them, they did not know how to act. They did not speak or show concern. They did not offer to help in any way, even though there are ways an untrained person could help. I was getting madder by the minute since it seemed to me that they could stare without even blinking and with complete lack of feeling. I do not think patient care is a spectator sport. It would not matter what age group or category of patients I had.

This is similar to my situation at present. I'm protecting my patient. I have communicated my concerns to the doctors. I'm involved in a power struggle for protecting my patient. I have listed my reasoning in extensive detail and am getting nowhere.

So much of this depends on whether the place likes you. I agree with not going behind the managers back. I would ask before you visit a unit you don't work in.

I think this might depend on why you're an introvert and if you can even get along with people on a superficial level. What your post brought to mind was a laundry lady in a hotel I worked in that used to drive everyone insane and yet she worked by herself. I'm assuming you're not in any way similar to her. It also brings to mind some people I worked with decades ago who would turn and look the other way and not answer when I talked to them. It used to be a welcome relief when the more outspoken girls came to work. I would think that even if these poor communicators were working in a lab, they would be getting a lot of complaints. I do understand your not wanting to work with a team of health workers who are capable of stirring up trouble and who have rigid expectations.

Then if you're looking for schooling, what degree program is the best to qualify you and how many years would it be and what are the credentials to get in?

Would you recommend this job to someone with zero nursing experience who has never been to nursing school or done patient care? Can they go to nursing school only for research nursing and never do hands-on care during their schooling?