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1. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   "You've seen how much sympathy you got here, right? Well, that is the culture of medicine, and the culture of traditionally woman's occupations." ^^^^You nailed that one. It's an artifact of people in lesser positions in life; and, that does tend to ...

2. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   I'm getting the feeling some of the posters are not used to standing up for their rights and somehow perceive what some instructor who is acting unprofessionally says is gospel. Also regarding their educations, come on let's stop tip-toeing around it...

3. Do you ever people feel are trying to "pick at" things when you're in a new workplace

   TopSecret replied to NurseSuzann's topic in Geriatric

   OP, What you're seeing is a result of people who don't have a lot on the ball and who are petty and unprofessional. In most careers, you won't encounter that kind of behavior except from the oddball character. There seems to be something about people...

4. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   i'm not insecure about my age. however, it is very noticeable that there is a definite discrepancy in the way instructors are treating students and it appears to be age-related and also gender-related. i didn't go into this program with any preconcei...

5. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   This is not the situation.

6. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   btw, to those posting advice in general, i definitely appreciate the advice, but try not to get caught up in feelings of resentment or in making assumptions. most posters aren't doing that, but a few are and the overall effect is to obscure useful ad...

7. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret replied to TopSecret's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the advice so far. I do want to clarify that I absolutely do not display any sort of "superior" attitude in class. To reiterate, I am a straight A student in the nursing classes too (very high A's at that), so it's not as though I'm goofin...

8. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

   TopSecret posted a topic in General Students

   This is gonna be long... I'm in my first semester of an RN program at an older age. I was eagerly looking forward to it until I actually got into it and found that I don't seem to be getting the respect I think I deserve. Let me preface this by sayin...